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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Wednesday decorate the new Acting IG of Police, Usman Alkali Baba at the Presidential Villa. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday announced the appointment of Baba as the successor of outgoing Mohammed Adamu. Osinbajo visits Imo, condemns prison break Adamu had his tenure extended by three months after he reached the mandatory service years for retirement. More to follow…

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has signed a new contract with the Premier League leaders that runs until 2025. The 29-year-old Belgium international had more than two years remaining on his previous deal. https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1379720692065787906?s=20 https://twitter.com/DeBruyneKev/status/1379722139700449281?s=20 De Bruyne has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the League Cup four times since joining City from Wolfsburg in the summer of 2015. “Signing this contract was a straightforward decision,” he said. “This football club is geared for success. It offers me everything I need to maximise my performance.” The Belgian has again been instrumental for Pep Guardiola’s side this…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has strongly condemned the Monday attacks on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) in Owerri. He also said that freeing inmates poses grave danger to the society. The Vice President, who is on a one-day visit to Imo State to commission state projects such as the Dick Tiger road project, took out time to visit the Imo State Police Command and the Correctional Facility which were both attacked by gunmen suspected to belong to the separatist IPOB group on Monday. https://twitter.com/ProfOsinbajo/status/1379448292149448704?s=20 Professor Osinbajo, speaking on the incident…

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool made it “too easy” for Real Madrid to win the quarter-final first leg between the sides, but feels Mohamed Salah’s goal offers his side a lifeline in the return game at Anfield. The Reds were largely second best throughout an entertaining game against a Real team missing their first-choice centre-back pairing, but packed with impressive attacking talent. https://twitter.com/realmadriden/status/1379569607711711235?s=20 Much of the damage was done in the first half through Vinicius Junior’s low drive after he had chested down a superb long pass from Toni Kroos and a Marco Asensio’s close-range finish following a defensive mistake…

Phil Foden’s last-gasp strike gave Manchester City a crucial slender advantage in their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Borussia Dortmund at Etihad Stadium. City’s hopes of reaching the semi-final looked to be in the balance when Marco Reus gave Dortmund what looked like a priceless away goal with a cool finish from Erling Haaland’s pass six minutes from time. Kevin de Bruyne, who had given City the lead with a crisp finish after 19 minutes, played his part once more in the final minute of normal time when his fine cross was touched back by Ilkay Gundogan for Foden…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has confirmed the abduction of members of Anglican Church in Kaduna State. The abductors, according to CAN, have already contacted the Church to demand N100 million ransom. The Nation had reported female members of the Church were among 25 persons abducted during blockade of Kaduna-Kachia road in the early hours of Tuesday. Confirming abduction of the Anglican Church members, Kaduna CAN chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, clarified that, of the 15 members of the Church on the journey, only four were whisked away by the kidnappers. The CAN Chairman said other occupants of the bus…

Gunmen have razed another police station in Imo State few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu left Owerri, the Imo State capital. Osinbajo and other officials of the Federal Government, including Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, had visited the state to inspect the level of damage on the burnt security facilities. BREAKING: Buhari appoints DIG Usman Baba as acting IGP But the gunmen burnt Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters shortly after they left. It was gathered that, on arrival at the station, the gunmen freed all suspects in…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has eulogised the late Yinka Odumakin, saying he was an activist who fought endlessly for a great Nigeria and a greater Yoruba race. Obasa made the remark on Tuesday when he led a delegation of lawmakers from the state Assembly to the Omole Phase 1, Lagos home of the bereaved family. The Speaker and his team were received by some civil society officials and Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, wife of the deceased, who passed on recently at the age of 59. He described the late Odumakin as…

Another member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Sulaiman Aliyu Lere, is dead. He was said to have died at a hospital in Kaduna after a brief illness on Tuesday. Lere, who recently returned to the House after the Court of Appeal reinstated him reportedly died at the popular Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna. His death is coming barely four days after a member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau state died alongside his son and aide in a car accident. It brings to four the number of members of the House that have died since February and six…

Kidnappers have abducted a man, his wife and three children between Ajowa Akoko and Ayere community in Kogi State. The man identified as Ibrahim Olusa was returning to Abuja with his family after spending the Easter holiday when they were abducted. A source said the kidnappers have contacted the family and demanded for N10million ransom to release the family. A former chairman of Ajowa Akoko community council, Mr. Ajayi Bakare, said the kidnapping and armed robbery were on the increase along that axis because of the bad state of the road especially the Kogi axis. IGP Adamu orders police to…