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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday said he would ban commercial yellow buses from Lagos roads this year in a bid to improve the life of residents. Ambode hinted at this while delivering the 14th annual lecture of the Centre for Value and Leadership held at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The governor who delivered the paper titled: “Living well together, tomorrow: The Challenges of Africa’s future Cities,” said that connectivity was a critical element for a mega city to work, which requires having mass transit system to move people from one point to another. Ambode…

A group of 97 US tech companies have filed a legal document stating that President Trump’s immigration ban affects their operations and “inflicts significant harm” on business. The 97 signatories include Apple, Facebook and Microsoft but not Amazon or Tesla. The document is an amicus brief, which allows parties not directly involved in a case but who feel they are affected by it, to give their view. It was filed in Washington on Sunday. President Trump’s executive order halted the entire US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely banned Syrian refugees and suspended permission to enter the US for all…

The police on Monday sealed the troubled Ondo State House of Assembly over leadership crisis. Mr. Malachi Coker, the acting Speaker of the House told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure that the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, ordered indefinite closure. The Assembly, had on Friday, January 27, impeached the Speaker, Ms Jumoke Akindele, and other principal officers over allegation of N15 million fraud. The money was allegedly found on the Assembly’s Paymaster, Mr. Makanjuola Adesina, who told the lawmakers that it was withdrawn on the instruction of the Speaker for a project which he failed…

AC Milan suffered their fourth successive defeat in all competitions as they lost at home to Sampdoria. Luis Muriel scored the only goal with a penalty, after Gabriel Paletta fouled Fabio Quagliarella. Gerard Deulofeu, on loan from Everton, hit the post in the second half for Milan and substitute Gianluca Lapadula had a shot saved by Emiliano Viviano. Milan ended the match with 10 men after Argentine midfielder Jose Sosa was shown two yellow cards late on. “Is it a crisis? Only in terms of results, but not the way we’re playing,” said boss Vincenzo Montella. “We must continue to…

Cameroon came from behind to beat Egypt 2-1 and seal a fifth Africa Cup of Nations in a thrilling, edgy final. Substitute Vincent Aboubakar swept in the winner two minutes from time, flicking the ball over defender Ali Gabr and thumping it home. Nicolas Nkoulou had earlier equalised for Cameroon, rising highest to power home a header on the hour mark. The equaliser cancelled out Mohamed Elneny’s opener on 22 minutes with a beautifully taken near-post strike. Underdogs Cameroon had already upset the odds to reach the final and stunned the much-fancied Egyptians with the late dramatic winner from Aboubaker,…

Three and a half million truck tyres have been declared missing by Dangote Group. The tyres which bear the company’s imprint were stolen over some time. The Coordinator of the company’s National Patrol Unit, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, a retired Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja. He said 285 drivers are wanted in connection with some of the theft. Magaji said each tyre of the company had an identification number and the number was registered against the driver’s name at collection point. ”Already, 285 drivers identified to have collected 285 tyres have been declared wanted…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday asked parliament to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, after he took two weeks off for medical checks in Britain. Buhari’s extended leave could hurt already-shaky confidence in his administration amid criticism that the government is gripped by inertia. “President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors,” the statement said. “The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening,…

In a video he posted online, the popular musician Tuface announced the cancellation of the protest scheduled for Monday, 6 February, 2017. 2Baba said that the decision was made after discovery that the protests were under threat of hijack by elements not aligned with the interests of the protesters. “The point I’m intent on making is not worth the life of any Nigerian,” he said in the video. He had earlier insisted that the protest will go on as planned since, according to him, it is meant to tell Nigerian leaders the need to ‘connect with the people’. He said:…

The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to immediately reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The ban targeted people from seven mainly Muslim countries. State lawyers had argued it was unconstitutional and discriminatory. The federal judge in Seattle had ruled against government lawyers’ claims that states did not have the standing to challenge Mr Trump’s executive order. On Twitter Trump described the ruling as ‘opening up the US to potential terrorists’. “The judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interests at heart.…

Civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump urging his “Administration to attach and release to Nigeria some $500 million worth of US-based proceeds of corruption traced to former Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha.” The organization said that, “these proceeds are separate from the $480 million of Abacha-origin funds that have been forfeited to the US under an August 2014 US federal district court order. SERAP’s request is fully consistent with the UN Convention Against Corruption, which both the US and Nigeria have ratified.” SERAP in the letter…