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Club president Sandro Rosell confirmed on Friday that the 44-year-old will undergo further cancer treatment, making it “impossible for him to continue as coach” Tito Vilanova has resigned as coach of Barcelona, the club has confirmed.  Rumors emerged on Friday that the 44-year-old, who took over from Pep Guardiola prior to the 2012-13 season, was […]

It is no longer news that the Senate has not been able to summon a majority enough to remove a clause in the Nigerian Constitution that grants the status “of full age” to a person who has been married.Section 29 of the 1999 Constitution says: 1) Any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will from August 19th to 25th, 2013, conduct Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State, preparatory to the governorship election scheduled for November 16th, 2013. Before the CVR, the Commission will conduct voter verification from 16th to 18th August, 2013. During this exercise, the Register of Voters for […]

The political crisis in Rivers State portends deleterious consequences for the country’s democracy, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has warned. The former Head of State and mastermind of Nigeria`s fourteen year old democracy cautioned politicians in the state and the country to put their house in order and avoid overheating the polity or […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has indicted former Chief Judge of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Lawal Gummi who is the current Emir of Gummi, Zamfara State of gross misconduct while in the office. Justice Gummi resigned the position of Chief Judge, FCT following his appointment as Emir of Gummi after the death of […]

Nigeria is a deeply flawed polity. And unless we brace up to this reality and do something about it, we would continue to witness the show of shame that is going on in the name of democracy in Rivers State and indeed across the country. In July 2003, a pseudo-democrat and putative dictator posing as […]

This should be the question on the lips of every man and woman of conscience, considering the acquittal last week of Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer of ex-military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. Al-Mustapha, until his acquittal, had been in detention since 1999 for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of M.KO. Abiola, winner of […]

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the Police to be more circumspect and avoid being partisan in their ongoing investigation into the crisis in Rivers State, if the outcome of the investigation is to be acceptable to Nigerians. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party argued […]

Civil society group, Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) has expressed concerns over the resolution of the Senate to alter Section 29(a) of the Constitution, which stipulates that a woman shall not be qualified for marriage until she attains 18 years of age. While deleting the section from the draft Constitution on Wednesday, the Senate had claimed […]

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has described Enugu Rangers forward Alhaji Gero as a quality player deserving of his maiden invitation to the senior national team to engage Cote d’Ivoire in the second leg of the CHAN qualifier. “I saw a lot of qualities in him; that was why I invited him,” Keshi said. “I […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has unveiled plans to make Nairabi an international financial centre and is calling on UBA to play a pivotal role in seeing to the actualization of this plan. Speaking in Abuja at a luncheon organized in his honor on Monday by UBA, President Kenyatta said the bank, as African financial services institution […]

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has dissolved his cabinet and sacked all his Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants in a major action that caught his appointees unawares. As Governor of the State, Okorocha had appointed a whole lot of aides that resulted in a lot of criticisms from Nigerians. But in […]