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After 10 years of trying and billions spent to make it possible, Manchester City is closer to winning the Champions League than they have ever been. A come-from-behind 2-1 win away to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday has put Pep Guardiola’s side in sight of the final. The threat posed by PSG’s star duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe remains ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final, the second leg in Manchester, but City appears to have learned from many years of harsh lessons in Europe’s premier club competition. A clash between the French champions and soon-to-be-crowned Premier League winners was also a proxy battle…

By Olusegun Adeniyi Disturbing videos are making the rounds on WhatsApp. As Boko Haram insurgents invade a northern town with their armoured vehicles, they are being hailed by young boys and girls who act as though they are watching a movie. The videos also come with a message that sums up the state of our country and the danger the future portends: “Children taking terrorists attacks on their community as sports. They watch, laugh and cheer, they even take selfies. This is tragically abnormal. The crisis has been with some of them since their birth, so they see it as…

The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad-Hoc Committee that would investigate the status of the N500 million earmarked for the Chibok School Rebuilding Fund and the Safe School Initiative (SSI). The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance that was moved at the plenary yesterday by Hon. Satomi Ahmed. Ahmed recalled the destruction of the school and the abduction of 230 school girls from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. He further recalled that the abduction of the Chibok School Girls attracted national and…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the National Assembly to make laws that would strengthen Local Governments, make them autonomous and empowered to generate their own revenues. He said that if he were a member of the national assembly, he would mobilise others to amend sections of the Constitution to totally prohibit the appointment of Local Government Chairmen and allow the people at the grassroots to decide who led them, through the election. Jonathan stated this on Thursday, when the national and state executives of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) paid him a courtesy visit in his…

Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising Amotekun Corps collaborating with Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in the early hours of Thursday apprehended six suspected bandits at Kajola local government area of the state while on their joint routine patrol along two separate routes within the council. A statement made available to journalists by the state Commandant of Amotekun, Col.Olayinka Olayanju (rtd.), said the bandits were arrested in separate incidents following encounters at two illegally mounted road blocks. He added that they tried to escape from the scene but was given hot pursuit by…

The Senate Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari was pushing the country to war and disintegration. The senator, who represents Abia Central senatorial district in Abia State said the spates of insecurity and killings in all parts of the country were caused by Buhari’s policy of nepotism bad sectionalism. In his keynote address delivered yesterday at 2021 law week of the Owerri Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, Abaribe said that the “president’s “enthronement of sectionalism and nepotism has led to the country to be on free fall.” “Ethnic triumphalism of President Buhari’s…

After Nigerians criticised the National Broadcasting Commission for trying to strong-arm the television station, Channels TV, over their interview with the spokesperson for the Independent People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, a more contrite version of them addressed the public to clarify that they merely warned Channels TV to “check their excesses.” They said since the IPOB organisation had been proscribed, the television station should not have given “credence” to Emma Powerful, their spokesperson. Interestingly, they also noted that “the (IPOB) spokesman made lots of allusion that were not true, that are inciting and inimical to the peace of the society that could cause unrest.”…

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians, irrespective of party affiliations, to join hands in tackling the challenges facing the country. Obi who ran for Vice President in the 2019 general elections listed the challenges as insecurity, poverty, and unemployment. According to him, Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state, adding that the downward spiral should not be allowed to continue. All Nigerians, irrespective of party and other affiliations, should immediately join hands to tackle the spectre of insecurity, poverty, and unemployment that are now ruling and ruining our dear country. We are fast becoming a failed…

Former Rangers star and manager, Ally McCoist, has criticised Chelsea’s striker, Timo Werner, saying the striker is not a natural finisher like Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho, reports soccernet.com. Werner joined Chelsea from Rb Leipzig with so much promise, but the German international has failed to live up to expectations so far. Although he has scored 11 goals and registered 12 assists in all competitions for the Blues this season, Werner has come under heavy criticism for the number of chances he has missed this season. This season, no Premier League player has missed more big chances (29) in the league…

Right from the outset of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been marked for vilification by forces within and outside the government who saw and still see his gain as Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice as their loss. As it were, barring any act of God, they will have to live with their sense of loss until May 29, 2023 when the second term of the administration comes to an end. The forces had calculated and, in fact, wished that Buhari would drop him as a cabinet member in his second…