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A former President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has called on the 10th National Assembly to do away with Section 315 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). Section 315 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution) confers on the President the power to modify federal laws while a State Governor similarly has the power to modify state laws. Agbakoba said against the backdrop that it was a creation of the military, the section has become obsolete. Speaking Thursday in Abuja at a Lecture/Colloquium in honour of the 61st birthday of the President…

Nigeria’s annual inflation jumped to 28.20% in November from 27.33% in October, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. According to the  Statistics Office, food and non-alcoholic beverages were the biggest contributors to the rise in inflation. Recall that inflation in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has risen to double-digits since 2016, eroding incomes and savings and worsening a cost-living crisis in the continent’s most populous country. Meanwhile, the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has adopted an inflation-targeting policy and vowed to phase out the bank’s fiscal intervention programs in a bid to tame inflation. The…

An ex-Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, popularly known as ‘Okwadike’ has departed for eternal home, the family proclaimed. Aged 86, Mr Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, according to a statement on Friday by Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family. “On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, ‘Okwadike’, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former federal permanent secretary, a former governor of Anambra State, a former political adviser to the (an ex-) president and former presidential aspirant,” the statement said. The statement said details…

The National Association of Labour Veterans (NALVET) would show strength by turning its Multipurpose Cooperative Society to a Micro Finance Bank, the Chairman announced Wednesday, 13 December. Comrade Asuquo Akang, the NALVET Chairman stated this during the handing-over ceremony and inauguration of a 13-member State Working Council at Sir Udo Kierian Akpan’s Hall, Workers’ Solidarity Centre, Atan Offot, Uyo. ‘‘Our aim is to transform NALVET’s Multipurpose Cooperative Society to a micro finance bank. We therefore strongly solicit for a grant to the Cooperative Society, to enable us achieve this. ‘‘This will help us to continue to give soft loans to…

It was a night of shocks and surprises as some teams termed underdogs triumphed over the big ones in the UEFA Champions League round–off matches played Wednesday night. Troubled Barcelona missed out on €2.8 million (£2.4m) of UEFA prize money, losing their last Champions’ League group game to Royal Antwerp. It was a drama-filled conclusion to Group H, as Royal Antwerp secured an emphatic 3-2 victory over Barcelona, while Porto joined them in the last 16 with a 5-3 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. There was early action across both games in Group H. Antwerp, the group’s bottom side, took a stunning lead after 76 seconds when 18-year-old Arthur Vermeeren…

A Nigerian clergyman has admonished Organised Labour to buckle up as Nigerians’ hope of resolving the country’s socio-economic challenges caused by predators lies with labour. The Organised Labour comprises Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). Preaching on the theme, If it had not been the Lord, Stanley Orji of God’s House of Refuge, Uyo said the hope of Nigerians coming out of the present quagmire lies with the movement. Orji, who spoke this at the Nigeria Labour Congress, Akwa Ibom State Council end-of-year thanksgiving service held at NLC Secretariat, Atan Offot, Uyo on Wednesday, decried hardships facing the…

Israel has begun pumping seawater into Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza to smoke out the terror group’s vast underground network.  Israel is said to have installed at least five pumps about a mile from the Al-Shati refugee camp in the north of the coastal enclave that could move thousands of cubic metres of water per hour, flooding 300 miles of tunnels. US officials have now revealed that the operation has begun, with the Biden administration being told that it will take weeks, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Though this is part of the military strategy to destroy the…

A victim of illegal organ harvesting, Saliman Adedoyin has sued Alliance Hospital, Abuja, demanding payment of N700 million compensation. Justice Abdullahi Aminu of FCT High Court, Monday, adjourned the suit to enable the parties to prepare for the hearing on February 19, 2024. The suit was brought by the father of a 16-year-old victim, Salaudeen Saliman  Adedoyin, against Dr Aremu Abayomi Adeniran, Dr. Christopher Otabor, and Alliance Hospital and Services Ltd. The case was instituted following a Daily Trust’s investigation that uncovered an organ harvesting syndicate and implicated Alliance Hospital. At the hearing, defence counsel, C. J. Dimgba, informed the court…

After months of playing ‘monkey’ politics on Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s health, the State House of Assembly has confirmed Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as the acting Governor of the state. Akeredolu began another medical leave on Wednesday, 13 December, as a follow-up to his medical treatment. Mr Akeredolu, who is battling an undisclosed ailment, was away for the first medical leave between June and August 2023 in Germany. He returned to the country shortly after the leave expired in September 2023 and announced his resumption of duties but failed to show up at the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure, which prompted the…

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen was named African Footballer of the Year  with  his compatriot Asisat Oshoala winning the top prize in the 2023 women’s category to the award at a ceremony in Marrakech on Monday, Nigeria’s Barcelona forward Oshoala was the women’s African Footballer of the Year for a record sixth time, having battled injury to help her side to the round of 16 at the World Cup in Australia & New Zealand where they took England to penalties. Monday’s award capped off a sterling year for the Super Eagles forward whose historic feat in the imperial Moroccan city of…