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Retired Lt.Gen.Tukur Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff says military action alone can’t tackle security challenges in the country. Buratai, a non career ambassadorial designate said this, when he appeared before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for secreening on Thursday in Abuja. “This security challenge is something that started more than 30, or 40 years ago. “It had penetrated the communities, the terrorists have won the communities to their side, that is why you see a small hamlet keeping Boko Haram in those locations,so it is a complex issue. “So it requires the whole government approach to to deal with…

As Manchester City power towards the Premier League title, the question is not whether Arsenal can stall the leaders, but is this Pep Guardiola’s finest achievement in his Etihad reign? Liverpool were expected to push City all the way but the champions have stumbled so badly that their only concern going into the Merseyside derby against Everton is getting back into the top four. Chelsea, in action at Southampton, hold that lucrative fourth Champions League berth thanks to an impressive unbeaten start to Thomas Tuchel’s reign. Guardiola’s masterpiece. When the final whistle blew on Manchester City’s 17th successive victory in…

ADP aspirant vows to upstage Obiano’s party on Nov 6 Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has officially declared his intention to participate in the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Though the Governor, Willie Obiano; his deputy, Dr. Nkem Okeke; and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Solo Chukwudobelu, were absent during the declaration, yesterday, some other personalities were present. Past and present federal and state legislators, including the Deputy Speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr. Paschal Agbodike, and Dr.…

• As bandits launch another attack in Niger, killing five, abducting 40 • Govs volunteer excess crude, stabilisation fund for military equipment • Buratai says insurgency may last 20 years • NEC announces move to include non-indigenes/minority residents in security initiatives Concerns over insecurity in the country reached a feverish point yesterday as bandits launched another attack in Niger State. Yesterday’s attack took place in Magami, Kokki and Kurebi communities in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Council of the state. Five persons were killed and 40 abducted in the operation, which lasted for hours. It came few hours after…

AC Milan and city rivals Inter renew their duel for top spot in Serie A on Sunday in a third clash this season between star strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku as champions Juventus play catch-up. Antonio Conte’s Inter went top after Lukaku scored twice in a 3-1 win over Lazio, one point ahead of Milan who dropped to second after losing to Spezia last weekend. Juventus will be looking for a boost against rock bottom Crotone after following their Napoli defeat with a Champions League last 16, first leg loss at Porto. Inter have the advantage of being fresher…

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has implored his counterparts and other leaders in the country to do everything humanly possible to accomodate one another. A statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello, Thursday, said the governor stated this at Government House, Sokoto while receiving hundreds of Sokoto indigenes who returned from Ibadan in Oyo state as a result of the recent crisis there. He described as unfortunate what happened in Ibadan and what is happening in several parts of the country, saying “as Nigerians we know that every citizen has the right to live peacefully where he chooses…

French defender Benjamin Pavard is in quarantine after becoming the latest Bayern Munich player to test positive for the coronavirus, the Bundesliga club announced Thursday. “Benjamin Pavard has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in quarantine at home. He is doing fine,” said Bayern in a short statement, confirming media reports from Wednesday evening. French World Cup winner Pavard, 24, is the fourth Bayern player to have contracted the virus, after Leon Goretzka, Javi Martinez and Thomas Mueller all tested positive in recent weeks. Mueller’s positive test came on the eve of the Club World Cup Final in Qatar…

A variant of coronavirus acclaimed to have been initially detected in Nigeria contains a number of mutations that are disturbing, a report shows. The report by researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom said the variant has been detected through genome sequencing. The report said the variant was first identified in Nigeria in December 2020. The team said the variant has similarities in its genome to the Kent variant, B117, and it contains a number of mutations that have worried researchers, including the E484K mutation to the spike protein – a protein found on the outside of the virus…

Niran Adedokun niranadedokun@punchng.com When the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande turned 80 in 1999, Nigerian Tribune had an interview with him at his Ilupeju, Lagos home. A part of the introduction to the interview published on July 25, 1999, says that Jakande: “…in his Buba and Sokoto, sitting in his garage, on a mere bench, came forcefully across as a man of very simple means. Yet, he said he was very satisfied with life.” As expected, the first question his interviewers threw at him was: “Your simplicity is very striking. For one, you don’t wear agbada and you don’t…

Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com There are at least two fundraising efforts ongoing for Sunday Igboho, now deemed a Yoruba freedom fighter. So far, one has garnered £43,024, raised out of its £100,000 goal while another one has raised about $4,000. A couple of weeks ago, when I got the links urging me to donate to those funds, I thought the initiative would not get far. I must have underestimated the degree of collective frustration against the present leadership. From sums ranging from £5 to £500, people are committing themselves to the noble project of salvaging their homeland from myrmidons. I am…