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Henceforth, June 12 has replaced May 29 every year in Nigeria is Democracy Day. The Act specifies that June 12 now replaces May 29 which was introduced in 1999 as the official Democracy Day. The date will also be recognised as national public holiday by the Federal Government henceforth. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent of a bill on June 12 as the Democracy Day into law. A report from News Agency of Nigeria said Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), told State House correspondents in Abuja. Enang, a former senator, said…

By Akanimo Sampson In a bid to rally the Red Chamber of Nigeria’s bicameral Legislature behind Senator Ahmed Lawan, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to be ignoring President Muhammadu Buhari’s signature anti-corruption war with its alleged unrestrained cash inducement. Insiders say the ruling party and Senator Lawan are allegedly sharing money for senators in order to secure their votes for this Tuesday’s election of the principal officers of the 9th Senate. The seeming snub of the Buhari anti-graft war in the Senate is playing out as Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State is busy boasting that there is…

Power sector has lost due to constraints from insufficient gas supply, distribution infrastructure and transmission infrastructure has dropped from N1.8 billion, recorded week ago to N1.6 billion in the country. An authoritative report obtained from the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated: “The power sector lost an estimated N1, 610,000,000 (One Billion Six Hundred and Ten Million Naira) on June 8 2019 due to constraints from insufficient gas supply, distribution infrastructure and transmission infrastructure. “On June 8 2019, average energy sent out was 3,430 MWH/Hour (up by 87.16 MWH/Hour from the previous day). 1,767.5 MW was not generated due…

Operatives of Nigeria Police Force that barricaded Oando Plc’s head office in Lagos have finally vacated the office. This development is coming four days after a Federal High Court’s order in Lagos on June 3, granted an interim injunction restraining SEC from executing the interim management in Oando. The court injunction followed an application filed by Wale Tinubu, Managing Director and his Deputy, Mr Omamofe Boyo. Confirming the latest development to Vanguard, Head of Corporate Affairs of Oando Plc, Alero Balogun said: “All the policemen have left our head office. On Friday, they all left and work is going on…

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote group, has said the poor performance of the country’s power sector was hindering growth of the economy. Dangote spoke at a consultative round-table session for public and private sector stakeholders organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in Lagos, weekend. According to Dangote, Nigeria had been struggling to increase its electricity output for the past 18 years without success. He urged the federal government to improve the sector, saying that no business would thrive with business owners generating their own power. He said: “How do you have economic growth without power? So, no power,…

Religious bodies in Kaduna State have expressed divergent views on the passage of the bill to regulate preaching in the state. The state House of Assembly had, on Friday, passed the executive bill which was introduced in 2016. Reacting to the development, Sunny Akanni, counsel to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, threatened to sue the state assembly for disobeying a court order restraining it from taking any action on the bill, pending the determination of a suit before the state high court. According to him, in March 2017, the PFN filed a suit against the bill on the grounds that it…

The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, will on Thursday, June 14, face the Disciplinary Panel the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee over a prejudicial statement made against the detained former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, retd. His invitation is based on a petition written the Nigerian bar Association, NBA, by Dasuki’s family. The Hearing Notice, dated May 16, 2019, and signed by Patricia Orhomuru Esq, the Secretary, Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practitioners’ Privilege Committee, has a reference No: PET/LPPC/23/2018. The Notice read in part: “Take notice that the above matter is…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Buhari has also accepted the voluntary retirement of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja Sunday. The President, according to the statement, wrote: ‘‘Pursuant to the provisions of Section 230(2) A&B of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to…

Ashleigh Barty crowned her comeback to tennis with a first grand slam singles title by beating Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova at the French Open. The 23-year-old Australian took a break from the game in 2014 after finding the pressure too much and spent time playing professional cricket before returning three years ago ranked outside the top 600. She has been on an upward trajectory ever since and was totally in control of this meeting of two first-time grand slam singles finalists, winning 6-1 6-3 in just an hour and 10 minutes. Barty, who will be ranked second in the world…

Rafael Nadal swept to an historic 12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Austria’s Dominic Thiem. The 33-year-old Spaniard becomes the first player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 times after seeing off a brave challenge from a weary Thiem in a repeat of the 2018 final. Nadal is now just two behind Roger Federer’s all-time record of 20 majors and three ahead of Novak Djokovic who was knocked out by Thiem in the semi-finals. The world number two also took his Paris record to…