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Manchester City have withdrawn from the European Super League (ESL) and Chelsea are also preparing to do so. Efforts to leave come just two days after both were announced as two of six English clubs to sign up to the controversial new competition. The ESL has been widely criticised since being announced on Sunday. Around 1,000 fans gathered outside Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge home ground before their game against Brighton on Tuesday to protest their involvement. European Super League created to ‘save football’ – Florentino Perez Chelsea and City were part of English football’s ‘big six’ clubs – alongside Arsenal, Liverpool,…

Two persons have been killed in renewed boundary dispute between Ezilo and Iyionu communities in Íshíelu local government area of Ebonyi state. Governor David Umahi confirmed this on Tuesday after a security council meeting at the old Government House in Abakaliki. He expressed dismay at the role played by the councillor representing the area in the crisis. According to him, the government committee working on the land dispute was on the verge of resolving the dispute having declared the disputed land as a buffer zone. “But the Councillor took some foreign investors to the land and this led to shootings…

Russia will soon have more than 120,000 troops on Ukraine’s border, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday, calling for new Western economic sanctions on Moscow. Kyiv, Washington and NATO have been alarmed by the large build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine and in Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ravn9ewfHB0] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOYg638vBg] Western officials say the concentration of forces is now larger than during that annexation. “Russian troops continue to arrive in close proximity to our borders in the northeast, in the east and in the south. In about a week, they are…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties against acrimonious and violent congresses and primaries. INEC threatened to boycott the exercises if its staff continued to be exposed to harm. The commission warned that it would no longer condone unprovoked attacks on INEC workers and the destruction of its property by party members. It urged parties to “hold themselves to the same standards they hold the commission during elections, namely, openness, fairness, adherence to rules and peaceful conduct”. According to a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, “the Independent National…

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Dattijo Usman as a Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission. Usman’s confirmation followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on National Identity and National Population. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Saidu Alkali, while presenting the report, said the nominee possesses the requisite qualifications, integrity, leadership qualities and comportment to discharge his responsibilities. Buhari appoints DIG Usman Baba as acting IGP According to the lawmaker, the appointment of the nominee satisfies the requirements of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the a Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).…

The Ondo Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure has thrown out the petition challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in last year’s governorship election. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, had filed the petition seeking to be declared winner of the election on the grounds that Governor Akeredolu was not properly nominated by the All Progressives Congress(APC). The verdict on Jegede’s petition was delivered via Zoom. But the tribunal headed by Justice Abubakar Umar struck out the petition for want of Jurisdiction. Ondo: Jegede challenges Akeredolu’s victory at the election tribunal Justice Umar, who delivered the judgment…

The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the alleged invasion of Rice Traders’ shops by men of the Nigerian Customs that resulted in the carting away of goods to the tune of N85 million naira. This followed receipt of a petition from the Ibadan Foodstuff Sellers Association addressed to the Senate President through Senator Kola Balogun representing Oyo South Senatorial District. According to the lawmaker, 3,046 bags of rice worth N79,196,000; 25kg vegetable oil numbering 14; cash of N4,862,000; and 15kg bags of garri were carted away by men of the Nigerian…

Less than 24 hours after the death of the newly re-elected President of Chad Idriss Déby was announced, his son, General Mahamat Kaka has been named the interim head of State. He is expected to pilot the state’s administration until a substantive president is elected. The development was confirmed by the army spokesman, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna in a statement read out on the national television. The new appointment was announced shortly after Agouna disclosed that Déby died of wounds he received while commanding his army in battles against insurgents in the North. “General Mahamat Kaka, the son of the…

The Senate, on Tuesday, waded into assault allegations leveled against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar in a petition received to that effect. The Petition was brought to the floor by Senator Istifanus Gyang (PDP, Plateau North). Accordingly, the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, referred the petition to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions for immediate investigation. Gyang, while giving a summary of the petition said, “that Justice Umar Danladi assaulted him (petitioner), brutalized him and slapped him on the face, and asked him to kneel down and, thereby, used his leg to hit…