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The House of Representatives says it does not agree with President Muhammadu Buhari over the third clause in the Electoral Act which says they don’t have powers to amend the Act. The Reps say they will re-gazette and re-transmit the declined Electoral Act Amendment Bill for Presidential assent. The spokesman of the House, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this known on Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja. Namdas said that the House would not override the president’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Namdas said that the lower chamber of the National Assembly had agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that there will be no rest for him, his ministers and security chiefs until the last Dapchi and Chibok schoolgirls are released. Speaking during an official visit to Yobe state, where 110 Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist sect, Boko Haram, Buhari stressed that like all citizens, the girls must enjoy freedom. “There will be no rest till the last girl, whether from Chibok and Dapchi, is released. The girls, like all our citizens, must enjoy unhindered freedom and pursue their legitimate aspirations,” he said. Buhari promised parents of the abducted students that he has…

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has warned individuals and corporate entities, who refuse to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), that the service voted a bigger sum of money for legal fees in its 2018 budget. Fowler made the disclosure in a recent interview. The FIRS boss explained that those under the impression that the government will be fazed by an avalanche of litigation that may arise at the closure of the VAIDS window on 31 March are mistaken. He also warned that the deadline will be not be…

Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane suffered damaged ankle ligaments in Sunday’s win over Bournemouth and will be out until next month. Spurs said in a statement that “preliminary assessments” confirmed the injury after a scan on Monday. Kane, who has scored 35 goals for Spurs this season, injured his right ankle in a collision with Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic. The prognosis means he is set to be fit for England’s World Cup campaign. READ: Camp Nou: GOtv subscribers to watch Barcelona vs Chelsea live But the 24-year-old will miss Tottenham’s FA Cup quarter-final at Swansea on Saturday, as well…

GOtv subscribers will, on Wednesday, watch the highly anticipated UEFA Champions League round of 16 return match between Barcelona and Chelsea on SuperSport Select 2 (channel 32) at 8:40pm on GOtv. The second leg of the round of 16 match between Barcelona and Chelsea promises to be full of excitement for lovers of football. Chelsea travel to Camp Nou with the hope of securing a win, although Barcelona have an edge after Lionel Messi equalized at Stamford Bridge in the first leg. It was Messi’s first goal against the Blues. Both teams are determined to make it through to the…

A Democrat has declared victory after a cliffhanger Pennsylvania election for a congressional district that Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016. There is no official result, but Conor Lamb and Republican opponent Rick Saccone were neck-and-neck in the solidly conservative 18th district. Republican sway over the district is so strong that Democrats have run no candidates in the previous two votes. The contest could set the tone for November’s US mid-term polls. With votes counted in every precinct of the working-class district, Mr Lamb has 49.8% – just ahead of Mr Saccone (49.6%). The gap between the two…

Herdsmen are believed to have killed 25 villagers in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, barely five days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state. The killings happened on Monday in the Bassa area of Plateau state, just a few days after at least five people were killed in the area, police said on Wednesday. “The people were returning to Zirechi (village) from Dundun when they were attacked by gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen,” state police commissioner Undie Adie told AFP. “I can confirm that 25 villagers were killed while two were injured. A number of houses were also burnt down…

Nigeria’s total national debt grew to 21.7 trillion naira ($70.92 billion) at the end of December 2017, the director-general of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha told a news briefing on Wednesday. It was 17.36 trillion naira at the end of 2016. Nigeria’s first Eurobond will be repaid when it matures in July, Oniha added. The national debt mix is about 30 percent foreign and 70 percent local after a $2.5 billion Eurobond sale in February, she said. Earlier this month, Nigeria paid off about 130 billion naira worth of treasury bills maturing this week instead of rolling over the…

Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has been suspended by Sky until the end of the football season after he spat at a car. Carragher was filmed spitting from his car towards a girl in another vehicle after Liverpool’s 2-1 Premier League loss at Manchester United on Saturday. He has apologised over the incident. The broadcaster says the 40-year-old, a Sky Sports pundit, will “get the help he needs to guarantee something like this never happens again”. Sky says the decision was made following an internal review, adding: “Before the start of the next season we will sit down…

A professor of law, Osita Ogbu says President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the Electoral Act as amended by the National Assembly is in order. Both chambers of the NASS had amended sections of the Electoral Act, prominent among which was the alteration of election sequence as fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president had after receiving the amended act declined to assent and also communicated his position and reasons to the NASS. Ogbu, who is the Dean, Faculty of Law, Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli told NAN in Enugu on Wednesday that the prevailing circumstance…