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Nigeria Service Chiefs have arrived Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to have an on-site assessment of the security situation in the state. Led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, they arrived the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army where Gen. Irabor addressed officers and men of the division. They proceeded to meet with Governor Seyi Makinde who received the military service chiefs at his Agodi Secretariat office, Ibadan. He was represented by his Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan. Senate confirms Chief Defence Staff, Service Chiefs After the initial pleasantries between the host and the visitors, the government…

For the first time since 2004-05, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will see their teams involved in the Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona were eliminated at the last-16 stage by PSG, who drew 1-1 against the Spanish side on Wednesday to seal a 5-2 aggregate triumph. The day before Porto stunned Juventus and Ronaldo, advancing after a thrilling extra-time battle in the second leg in Turin. The last time both superstars missed the last eight of the competition, Barcelona was eliminated by Chelsea in the last 16. Ronaldo, meanwhile, was with Manchester United at the time, with the Red Devils…

Manchester City returned to winning ways in style with a thumping win over Southampton that moves them 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League table. Riyad Mahrez and Kevin de Bruyne both scored twice as City delivered an emphatic and instant response to their defeat in Sunday’s Manchester derby, which had ended a 21-game winning run. This was not the disciplined display typical of many of City’s victories this season but their incisive attacking, aided by some helter-skelter Saints defending, meant they still ended up convincing winners. A strong Southampton start counted for nothing when Ryan Bertrand…

Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman says Lionel Messi can have no doubts over the “great future” the club has after they bowed out of the Champions League with a spirited performance at PSG. Messi, 33, who has won the competition with Barcelona on four occasions, outlined his frustrations at the Nou Camp last summer and was heavily linked with a move to PSG prior to this last-16 tie. However, while the result saw Barca fail to reach the last eight of the competition for the first time in 14 years, Koeman says the manner of their exit could help to persuade…

The Senate on Wednesday, urged the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Munguno to, as a matter of urgency, deploy more security personnel to communities affected by the activities of bandits and suspected herdsmen to avert a looming humanitarian crisis likely to occur as a result of the displacement of residents. This was even as the Upper Chamber called on National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) to undertake an ‘on-the-spot’ assessment of the affected communities with a view to determining the extent of the problem and providing relief to the…

The Senate, on Wednesday, considered a bill seeking to provide for the position of a substantive Chairman on the board of the Nigerian Directorate of Employment (NDE). The Bill which scaled second reading, according to its sponsor, Senator Kabir Abdullahi Barkiyya (APC, Katsina Central), intends to provide for the appointment of the substantive Chairman by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, “who will take over the functions of presiding over the Board as presently carried out by the Minister of Labor as stipulated in the existing act.” Leading debate on the Nigerian Directorate of Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2020,…

The National Assembly has expressed its readiness to amend the Constitution to ensure gender parity and enact laws to improve the fortunes of women and girls in Nigeria. This was just as the Senate resolved to expunge provisions of the law as contained in the Police Act, Federal Character Law, Electoral Act, Labour Act, Political Parties Constitutions, which infringes on the rights of women in Nigeria. The decision was conveyed amidst resolutions reached on Wednesday during plenary when the Upper Chamber considered a motion on the 2021 International Women’s Day Celebration with the theme: “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal…

Police officers from Myanmar have said that they fled across the border into India after refusing to carry out the orders of the military which seized power in a coup last month. In some of the first such interviews, more than a dozen defectors said they escaped, fearing they’d be forced to kill or harm civilians. “I was given orders to shoot at protesters. I told them I can’t.” For nine years Naing – whose name has been changed for his safety – served as a policeman in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Now, the 27-year-old is in hiding in…

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard says it is his dream to become Liverpool manager but that he hopes Jurgen Klopp remains in charge “for many years”. Klopp’s side have suffered six-straight home defeats, a run that has put a top-four league finish in jeopardy. Gerrard meanwhile has guided Rangers to their first Scottish Premiership title in 10 years, a feat that has fuelled talk he may one day manage Liverpool. “The Liverpool fans don’t want me to be the manager,” Gerrard, 40, told ITV. “They want Jurgen Klopp to continue to be the Liverpool manager – and I’m totally with all…

The Court of Appeal in Gombe State has ordered that the case involving a former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama and four others to be reassigned to another Federal High Court for retrial. It could be recalled; the former minister was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the EFCC, on Friday, May 29, 2018 before Justice Isa Hamman Dashen of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State on a seven count charge that bordered on money laundering to the tune of N450 million. Bulama was prosecuted alongside Mohammed Kadai, a former Commissioner for Integrated and Rural…