Victor Osimhen will miss the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against South Africa and Benin Republic due to an injury. This was announced on the Super Eagles’ official X handle on Tuesday. According to the post, Super Eagles Coach Finidi George has also called up Enugu Rangers’ Kenneth Igboke. The post read, “Camp update: Africa Player of the Year, Victor Osimhen is injured and out for 4 weeks. Super Eagles’ Coach Finidi George has called up Enugu Rangers’ left back Kenneth Igboke for the WC qualifiers against South Africa and Benin Rep.” Last week, George named the 23-man squad for the…
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Senate, on Tuesday, passed the National Anthem Bill, 2024, which seeks to restore the old national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” adopted by Nigeria at independence in 1960. Barely one week ago, the House of Representatives’ passed the same bill. The old anthem was replaced in 1978 with the current one, “Arise O Compatriots.” Both the Senate and the House of Representatives had last week initiated the legislation to revert to the old anthem. The House passed the bill through first, second and third readings last week, while the Senate referred the bill to its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, lambasted the All Progressives Congress-led government, saying Nigeria is not working as “Tinubu is a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies.” Atiku gave his assessment of the Tinubu administration in a statement titled: “Nigeria is not working: One year of Tinubu is a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies.” He said on May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu raised the hopes of Nigerians with his pledge to “remodel our economy to bring about growth and development through job creation, food security, and an end to extreme poverty. “Since then, Tinubu has also spoken about growing…
A Kano High Court, on Tuesday, restrained the police, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian military from evicting the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Sanusi filed the case alongside the four kingmakers of Kano: Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani; Makaman Kano Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi; Sarkin Bai Mansur Adnan and Sarkin Dawaki Maituta Bello Tuta. Presided judge, Justice Amina Aliyu, while granting the order, also restrained the security agencies from arresting or harassing the emir and his kingmakers. Justice Aliyu held “that an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondents either by themselves, their agents,…
Senate, on Tuesday, recalled Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi from suspension. Ningi, who represents Bauchi central was suspended on March 12, 2024, for accusing the Senate of budget padding. The lawmaker was recalled two weeks to the end of his three-month suspension. It is supposed to terminate on June 12, 2024. Ningi’s recall process was initiated, on Tuesday, after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Sen Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended senator. Moro promised to take full responsibility for Ningi’s actions, acknowledging the gravity of the suspension. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the unconditional recall…
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Tuesday, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved an emergency economic plan to be implemented within the next six months. Edun spoke in Abuja during the sectoral report of the Tinubu administration’s first year in office, saying the president gave the approval to further stabilise the economy. Edun said, “A fresh intervention approval from Mr. President today is the economic emergency plan for stabilising the economy and to be implemented over the next six months. “This was put together by the president’s economic team, by the private sector…
…say ‘it’s one year of hopelessness, hardship, insecurity’ Samuel Adesola, Abuja Labour Party caucus in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, described President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office as a period marked by economic hardship, insecurity and hopelessness, contrary to the promised ‘Renewed Hope’ mantra of the administration. The LP Reps’ assessment of Tinubu wascontained in a State-of-the-Nation statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday and signed by the caucus Leader, Hon. Afam Victor Ogene, to mark the first year anniversary of the Tinubu administration. According to the LP caucus, “It’s bewildering that the economy of the nation has dangerously…
…as Labour rejects fresh N60,000 offer, insists on N494,000 . May 31 deadline approaches Samuel Adesola, Abuja Inspite of Federal Government’s addition of the sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja, the Organised Labour staged a walk-out from the meeting. But Organised labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress, also cut down N3,000 from its last proposal of N497,000 during the last minimum wage meeting, shifting its position from the previous stance…
Segun Olatunji On June 13, 2024 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued a proclamation announcing the commencement of the legislative activities of the 10th Senate, Senator Lawal Adamu Usman, fondly called Mr. LA by his supporters and admirers, officially assumed office as the Senator representing the good people of Kaduna Central Senatorial District of Kaduna State. But long before that day, Adamu now popularly referred to as Senator LA, had hit the ground running. The moment his victory was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following his shocking defeat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muhammad…
After years of struggle characterised by wanton arrests, imprisonment, and assassinations of pro-democracy activists, Nigeria finally returned to the path of democratic governance on May 29, 1999. This gesture, which drove the military back to the barracks and ushered in a new dispensation, is most often referred to as Nigeria’s fourth republic. This has so far been the longest civilian rule without inference from the military since Nigeria’s independence in 1960. The journey has, however, not been smooth. The trajectory has witnessed some controversies that were weathered by the sheer will of Nigerians to strengthen their nascent democracy. Below are…