A top-four finish and a return to European football’s premier competition for the first time since 2016/17 was Arsenal’s goal at the start of the campaign, and that has now been mathematically secured with five matches still to play, but while the boss is proud of that achievement, he believes no-one is happy to settle for that just yet. Arsenal could return to the top of the Premier League should we beat Chelsea on Tuesday night, and Mikel is thrilled that everyone still feels that there could be even more to celebrate at the campaign’s conclusion as it enters its…
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Victoria Benedict Citizens’ Democratic Movement in the Defence of Nigeria’s Democracy, convened by former President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), Comrade Shehu Sanni, Amb Nkoyo Toyo, Prof. Udenta Udenta, Salisu Mohammed and Olawale Okunniyi have called on the NBA and Nigerians to join hands with it to defend Nigeria’s democracy. This was contained in a statement made at a press conference by Citizens’ Democratic Movement, which is on a course to protect the nation’s democracy and in solidarity with the Nigerian workers, which was held at Labour House, Abuja. The group said that, the 2023 general elections have taken…
Victoria Benedict Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured Nigerian workers, under his administration, from May 29, of a living wage and not just minimum wage. Tinubu, who gave the assurance, while saluting Nigerian workers during the International Workers Day, on Monday, however, asked the workers for a better understanding and cooperation. The President-elect alerted that leadership would require that hard and tough decisions will be taken by the incoming administration for workers to live abundantly. While declaring solidarity with the workers, Tinubu assured them that their fight would be his fight. Wishing the workers and leadership of the…
At the end of day two of the ongoing National Teqball tour in Asaba the Delta state capital on Friday, Edo state representative UYI Amengor Teqball club has reached the finals of the female singles event, also through to Saturday final Edo state female doubles pair of Gladys Abasi and Eke success, while team Edo Efosa will play in the third place final in male singles. Kwara State and host Delta will also play in the finals of some events. Meanwhile, the mixed doubles is expected to begin tomorrow morning among the over Ten states participating in the maiden National…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos In line with the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor from Ikorodu to Stadium, the Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted at Ogolonto Junction for a duration of one week to enable seamless repairs of the failed section. Allaying the fears of the citizenry, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde explained that Traffic inbound Majidun and beyond from Oba Sekumade would be diverted to Agric to make a U-turn to access their desired destinations while Traffic inbound Oba Sekumade from Agric will be diverted to Majidun to make a…
Victoria Benedict The United States (U.S.) Mission in Nigeria has announced the names of the 57 Nigerians who were selected for 2023 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship programme, even as it congratulated them for emerging winners. Launched in 2014, the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship programme of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and embodies the U.S. commitment to invest in the future of Africa. A statement made available to Daily Independent on Tuesday by the U.S. Mission, Abuja, noted that the Fellowship is composed of academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. It added…
Victoria Benedict Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the 2023 general elections are the “most competitive and most hard-fought” race in the history of Nigeria’s democracy. Disclosing this while addressing retuning and newly elected members of the 10th National Assembly during the beginning of their induction programme on Monday night in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said: “By any measure, the 2023 general elections are the most hard-fought and competitive ever since the return to democratic rule in 1999. In this election, assumptions about electoral performance based on historical antecedents proved nought. Rooted political parties and interests were…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The All Progressives Congress has chosen Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the consensus candidate for the Senate Presidency. The APC in a statement by Felix Morka on Monday also chose Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State as the consensus for House of Representatives Speaker. APC leadership also zeroed on Kano North Senator, Barau Jibrin as the Deputy State President while spokesperson of the 9th House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu was ratified as the Deputy Speaker. The North Central where the outgoing Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase hails from has been jettisoned in the zoning…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the petitions of the Action Peoples Party and the Labour Party to Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Both APP and LP are challenging the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressive Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. In the petition marked CA/ABJ/PEPC/02/2022, the APP is challenging the results of the presidential election on the grounds of irregularities, including alleged mutilation of election results. Also, the APP, which is the only applicant in the petition, is also challenging Tinubu’s victory on the grounds that…