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By Akanimo Sampson In a seeming damning allegation, a Nigerian constitutional lawyer and human rights activist says President Muhammadu Buhari has been giving the murderous Fulani herdsmen the leverage to wreck havoc across Nigeria. In a post on his Facebook wall, Inibehe Effiong stated, “Those who are silent on this evil in our country will not escape the harsh verdict of history.’’ His obviously weighty allegation is coming after a report by the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) claimed that no fewer than 10,665 Nigerians died from herdsmen clashes, banditry, Boko Haram conflict, cultism and other violence across…

The FIFA Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura has been appointed as “FIFA General Delegate for Africa” to man the football body for a six-month period. The appointment will begin from 1 August 2019 to 31 January 2020, renewable with the agreement of both organisations. Early this month, the French police reportedly arrested Ahmad Ahmad, the President of Confederation of African Football (CAF), in Paris over alleged corruption charge. As a result, CAF Executive Committee met in Cairo on June 19, 2019, and sought FIFA’s expertise to assess the current situation in the African governing body and help to conclusively accelerate the implementation…

By Akanimo Sampson The Federal Government has dragged the senator representing Delta-North, Peter Nwaoboshi, to the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a three-count of false declaration of assets. The charges were filed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice. Nwaoboshi was recently referred to the DPPF’s office for prosecution by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property led by Okoi Obono-Obla. The Senator is to be tried for allegedly making false assets declaration in his Form CCB1 submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau by failing to declare three bank…

The Super Falcons, Thursday, qualified for the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 20 years. The Falcons have reached the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup just once before now, a quarter-final appearance in the competition in the United States in 1999. They will confront former champions, Germany in the last 16 of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in Grenoble on Saturday. The Falcons qualified as one of the best losers to the round of 16 after finishing third in Group A behind France and Norway but had to endure a torrid time…

Akwa Ibom State Government has reiterated its resolve to continue to empower the less privileged and downtrodden in rural communities in the state, through life touching micro projects. This was disclosed yesterday in Uyo during a One-Day Capacity and Partnership Building Workshop for Stakeholders of Community and Social Development Project in Local Government and State Sectoral MDAs. Speaking during the occasion, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Manpower Planning, Dr. Otuekong Ukut stated that the present administration under the leadership of Governor Udom Emmanuel is focused on alleviating poverty as well as creating job opportunity for rural…

By Akanimo Sampson For the third consecutive year, the global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) appears to be enjoying a downward slide. It nose-dived by 13 percent in 2018, to $1.3 trillion from $1.5 trillion the previous year. This is the third consecutive annual decline, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019. Largely, the contraction was precipitated by United States Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) repatriating earnings from abroad, making use of tax reforms introduced by the country in 2017, designed for that purpose. Hardest hit by the earnings repatriation were developed countries, where flows…

A faction of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to withdraw a petition filed in the name of the party, which is challenging the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Presidential candidate of the party, Chief Ambrose Owuru, had in a petition he jointly filed with the party, queried the declaration of President Buhari as the valid winner of the February 23 presidential election. The tribunal was in the petition, which has the HDP as the 2nd Petitioner, urged to nullify President Buhari’s election and order a fresh poll. According to the petitioners…

The Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, requires investments of over $100 billion in the next 20 years, if the country, Nigeria must have 24 hours of electricity supply daily, stakeholders in the power sector have said. The stakeholders spoke at a two-day power sector stakeholders’ seminar held in Abuja, to discus and determine strategic approach for development of the Performance Improvement Plans 2020-2024, PIPs, as recently requested by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. The seminar was convened by Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, in collaboration with the European Union, EU, AFD, and USAID/Power Africa NPSP project, with the participation of…

By Akanimo Sampson In the next 31 years, Nigeria is expected to add 200 million more people to the global population which is expected to hit some 10 billion by 2050. A new report, The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) estimates: a mind-boggling 9.7 billion people will inhabit the Earth by 2050, which is an increase of two billion from now. Nine countries are projected to be responsible for over the half of that surge with India leading the way. She is projected to add 273 million to…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday charged governors of the 36 states of the federation to enforce free basic education in their domain. Buhari also said it was criminal for parents to keep their children out of school, especially in the first nine years of basic education. The President, who made the remarks after inaugurating the 2019 to 2023 National Economic Council, NEC at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, equally asked governors to pay great attention to security, health, education and agriculture so as to guarantee a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. He said: “On education, I want to stress in particular…