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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make his state of health public to Nigerians . Speaking to journalists in Lagos, Friday, Mr. Soyinka said the current speculations about the president’s health is “unnecessary.” “Why is the president hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s public property, me I’m still private property, that’s why I’m not in Aso Rock,” said Mr. Soyinka, a professor of Comparative Literature. “Once you are in Aso Rock, or you occupy a similar position, you have a responsibility to come out frankly to your citizens. “Guarding your state of health like Donald Trump is guarding his tax returns is not what we expect from a Nigerian president. “Let him address the nation and stop all these speculations which creates unnecessary political manipulations among other things.” Details later…

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu will stand trial for his involvement in the signing of Neymar after his appeal was rejected by a court on Thursday. Bartomeu, vice-president to Sandro Rosell at the time of the 2013 deal, faces fraud and corruption charges after a complaint was lodged by Brazilian investment company DIS. In February, it was announced that Neymar had lost his final appeal and would stand trial on corruption charges related to the transfer. Rosell, Barcelona, Brazilian club Santos and the company run by Neymar’s parents also lost appeals and will stand trial. On Thursday, Spain’s National Court ruled that Bartomeu was involved in the transfer to the same level as Rosell. DIS have called for a five-year prison sentence for the Barca chief. Prosecutors, meanwhile, are seeking a two-year sentence and a fine of nearly €10 million for both Neymar and his father on corruption charges.. If found guilty, they are not likely to spend any time in pri...

With the reconstitution of the Federal Capital Territory Inland Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), the necessary machinery has been set in motion to end multiple taxation in the territory. The FCT Minister, Malam Mohammad Musa Bello, stated this yesterday in Abuja while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) who paid him a courtesy call. The minister revealed that one of the quick wins expected from the recently reconstituted FCT-IRS was able to elimination of multiple taxation in the territory and harmonisation of all taxes payable to government. And he also  noted that multiple taxation had been of great concern to various business entities in the FCT, including NECA, adding that eliminating it would enhance ease of doing business in the territory. Speaking, leader of the NECA, Alhaji Mahmud Othman, expressed concern over the multiplicity of vehicle stickers produced by the different area councils in the territory which, he said, caused a l...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB,) has called on its members to ensure that every roads leading to South-East zone were blocked on 30 May, a day set aside to honour its members who lost their lives during the civil war. IPOB's members on solidarity march This was made known to newsmen in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful. However, in its statement IPOB's ordered every Igbo person to sit at home and remember their heroes and heroines past. According to him, “We should not be discouraged by the court ruling of April 25, 2017. rather, we should be able to focused on May 30, 2017 remembrance day, which is the priority of every IPOB's member to ensure that no movement of any sort, both human and vehicular, across Biafra's land on that day, will take place. “We must make sure that all areas occupied by Biafrans for the remembrance and honour of our heroes and heroines, who laid down their lives during the genocidal war are shut down. “Our lea...

ABUJA—SENATOR George Sekibo (PDP, Rivers East) yesterday, told the senators during plenary that the $43 million recovered at a luxury apartment building in Osborne, Ikoyi, Lagos, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, belongs to the Rivers State Government. Sekibo alleged that the said apartment belongs to the former governor of Rivers  State, adding that if the apartment belonged to the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, the EFCC would not have gone there because they are interrelated. Senator Sekibo raised doubt over the credibility of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo -led panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the circumstances surrounding the huge amount of monies found in the apartment, just as he called for the inclusion of Rivers State Government in the investigation of the said monies. George Sekibo Speaking, yesterday, during plenary, Sekibo, who came under Order 43, argued that Rivers State Government should be invited to submit its claim...

A Lagos-based woman slumped and died minutes after arriving Uyo from Lagos, reprorts say. According to an eye witness, a co-passenger revealed that the woman’s husband brought her to the motor park in Lagos looking weak and sick. The eye witness identified as Ab Isong speaking further said “I went to Item Park long distance bus terminus where i was expecting a parcel from Lagos. On arrival I saw an unusual crowd and I decided to get close. Only to find this woman dead and laid beside the young shall grow bus which transported her to Uyo. “I was privileged to ask a co-passenger who boarded same vehicle with her from Lagos to Uyo. She said the woman’s husband brought her to the park alive to board the vehicle. And that He knew the woman wasn’t very strong while embarking on the long journey. And had made arrangement with a pastor here in Uyo to pick her and commence prayers. “The woman arrived Uyo alive, stepped out of the vehicle, asked for her lu...