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EMINENT Nigerians, including former Chief of Staff, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (retd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; Second Republic Senator, Professor Banji Akintoye; President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; former Vice-Chairman of Arik Air, Senator Anietie Okon; Commodore Idongegist Nkanga, (retd); of PANDEF, the leader of Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu; former Minister, Prof. Yusuf Turaki and 121 others, yesterday, alleged that the 1999 constitution was skewed in favour of the North. They also petitioned the United Nations Security Council, African Union, European Union, United States and the British Government on the need to urgently convoke a Sovereign National Conference to discuss the constitutionality of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and the 1914 Amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Nigeria within 90 days to save the people from oppression, stagnation and squalor. The leaders said this after a meeting in Lagos. The leaders, numbering 127,

Like a bedridden comatose patient whose condition has failed to improve despite a series of interventions from attending physicians, so is the story of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL). Its fate is uncertain; the present state is abject while its future looks bleak. Insiders who are privy to the workings of the League Management Committee, LMC, claim that there is little transparency in the management of the NPFL and that clubs are habitually shortchanged “while the leadership keep lining their pockets and smiling to the bank”. In a bid to unravel the actual state of things at the LMC and NPFL, KOLAPO OLAPOJU undertook this investgaton and these are his findings. DIKKO’S DEALINGS Shehu Dikko, chairman of the LMC, was among the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, leadership investigated in 2019 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, and the dissolved Special Presidential Investigation Pa

The Nigerian government has approved new measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19 across the country. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja. Part of the measures, according to Mustapha, is the restriction of guests at weddings, conferences, and sporting activities, among others, to 50. The government also ordered the closure of all bars, nightclubs, and restaurants. Mustapha said, “The PTF has surveyed developments and actions taken by governments around the world, assessed our domestic environment and has accordingly submitted its recommendations to Mr President on immediate measures to be taken. “Accordingly, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has authorised the PTF to engage with the states and the FCT to assume full ownership of this stage of the response by deploying legal structures and resources, including enforcement to manage the pa

Olu of Warri, Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko, has died of COVID-19. The monarch died on Monday morning, barely a week after his fifth coronation anniversary. He was said to have met with the late Major General John Irefin, who died earlier this month from COVID-19 complications. oluofwarri.org Though none of the palace chiefs was willing to confirm or deny it, there was palpable apprehension in the palace vicinity on Monday while some people were also in a sombre mood. A source confirmed the news to SaharaReporters, saying the monarch died on Monday morning from the coronavirus. Another source said many palace workers besieged the adjoining shops selling strong alcoholic drinks to buy from them as they believed it would cure them of COVID-19 should they have contracted it from the monarch. “Olu of Warri is dead but the palace chiefs are trying to keep the information hidden from the public till they are sure the time is right,” the source added. The late monarch, who was born on M

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 43 people for prostitution and illegal sale of alcoholic substances at Kwanar Gafan vegetable market in Garun Malam Local Government Area of the state. Dr Harun Ibn-Syna, the Commander General of Hisbah, who paraded the suspects on Monday in Sharada quarters, confirmed the arrest. “Out of the 43, 34 are females while the remaining nine are males, aged between 15 and 18. “The investigation conducted on the suspects also revealed that eight were found selling hard drugs while one person was caught with 80 cartons of different bottles of beer,’’ NAN quoted Ibn-Syna as saying. He said 14 of them are HIV positive, adding that 10 knew their status while four do not know. He noted that three rolls of male and female condoms were also recovered at the market. Ibn-Syna said that the arrest was jointly coordinated by the Hisbah board and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Earlier, the Director-General of the board, Dr Aliyu Kibiya, dis

File photo used to illustrate story. The Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, on Monday said examination questions for pupils were written on blackboards because the state government had yet to give primary schools across the state running grants. The union said primary schools had not received grants for two consecutive terms. It added that secondary schools had not received grants for the just concluded first term and that they were paid half of the grants due to them for the previous term. File photo used to illustrate story. SKB This development, the union said necessitated the writing of examination questions on the board for pupils during their first term examination. The union, which spoke through the National Editor of its internal journal, Comrade Seye Obadina, on a radio programme in Ibadan, the state capital, urged the state government to execute its free education policy. Reacting to the rumour that examination questions were written on the

Oluwamayowa Akinola The Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom is appealing for the public’s help in tracing 12 most wanted violent offenders, including a 25-year-old Nigerian man, Oluwamayowa Akinola. According to the police on its website, Akinola is wanted for grievous bodily harm after he failed to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in relation to the serious assault which took place in June 2019 at Brunel University, in Hillingdon. Oluwamayowa Akinola It said images of the Nigerian and 11 others have been released in the hope that the public would inform the authorities of their whereabouts. The police said the suspects were classed as ‘high harm’ as they are either wanted in connection with violent offences or known to have a violent background. Oluwamayowa Akinola is wanted in relation to a serious assault at #BrunelUniversity in June 2019. Do you have information on where he might be? Please contact us by calling 101, or tweet @MetCC . You can contact @C

Millennium Park, Abuja Nigerians have called on the Nigerian government to close all National Identity Management Commission centres to curtail the second wave of the dreaded COVID-19. The calls were made on Monday when the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced the closure of Millennium Park in Abuja. Millennium Park, Abuja PT Ahmad, on his official Twitter handle, announced that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had closed the Millennium Park as part of the government’s efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But the announcement faced public criticism as people also demanded the closure of NIMC offices which could easily spread COVID-19. The government had given December 30 as the deadline for mobile phone users to synchronise their SIMs with their National Identification Numbers or have their mobile phone lines blocked. “The Federal Government isn’t serious because they claimed to be pr