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*State security network commander says some herders have relocated to Osun, Edo, Kogi Enforcing the quit order of the State Government to herdsmen to vacate the government forest reserves, the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Thursday said that no fewer than 37 herdsmen and 5, 000 cows had been arrested for disobeying the state directive. The state governor, Mr Oluwatotimi Akeredolu, had last month, issued directive asking herdsmen to quit the government forest reserves and also banned movement of cattle along the highways and within the cities. The government also banned night grazing…

Liverpool will not be allowed to enter Germany for a Champions League match against RB Leipzig on February 16 because of strict entry rules imposed over the pandemic, the German interior ministry said Thursday. “German federal police informed RB Leipzig today that the described case does not meet the requirements for an exception” to the travel restrictions, the interior ministry said in a statement. According to AFP sports subsidiary SID, Leipzig is now looking for an alternative location. The Bundesliga club is set to host Premier League champions Liverpool in a Champions League last-16, first-leg game but the planning for…

The Federal Government on Thursday approved the extension of the tenure of Mr Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (I-G) by three months. Mr Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, the Press Secretary to the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi confirmed the approval in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said the extension was to give room for the proper selection process of a successor. Adamu, the 20th indigenous I-G was appointed on Jan. 15, 2019, by President Muhammad Buhari. He joined the service of the Nigeria Police on February 1, 1986 and was…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied wooing former President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2023 presidential race on its platform. Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, said this in a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs on Thursday in Abuja. “It is diversionary to start discussing 2023 election now; we have a sitting president, who is less than two years in his second term in office. “We are concentrating on the success of his administration,” Buni said. He said that the visit of some APC Governors…

Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan head for Fiorentina on Friday hoping to bounce back from their Italian Cup setback against Juventus and keep pace with title rivals AC Milan. Inter, two points behind leaders Milan, can provisionally pull ahead of their city rivals who host lowly Crotone on Sunday. Behind the Milan teams champions, Juventus and Roma go head-to-head for third place. Inter are reeling after a Cristiano Ronaldo double gave Juve a 2-1 Italian Cup semi-final, first-leg win at the San Siro on Tuesday, with the return trip next week. Inter need a win against 11th-placed Fiorentina to keep their…

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has piled pressure on new Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel by insisting it is easy to win trophies at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho won three Premier League titles and enjoyed FA Cup and League Cup success in two spells in charge at Chelsea. Although the Portuguese coach was sacked twice by demanding Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, Mourinho is adamant the financial backing available to Blues bosses means silverware should not be hard to come by. That might not be welcome advice for former Paris Saint-Germain manager Tuchel, who will go head to head with Mourinho when Chelsea visit…

Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off the absence of a suspended Neymar to beat basement side Nimes 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday, while crisis-hit rivals Marseille let slip a two-goal lead against Lens. Angel di Maria pounced on a misplaced pass to steer PSG ahead on 17 minutes at the Parc des Princes, with Pablo Sarabia heading in a cross from the Argentine to double the advantage. Thilo Kehrer rattled the crossbar at a corner before PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico, again filling in for the injured Keylor Navas, reacted sharply to tip over from Lamine Fomba. Kylian Mbappe bagged a third…

Three Chinese employees have been abducted and their police escort killed following a dispute with local labourers at a gold-mining site in southwest Nigeria, police said Thursday. The incident which happened at the Atakumosa area of Osun state on Monday was under investigation, state police spokeswoman Yemisi Opalola told AFP. “The three Chinese nationals were abducted following a dispute with local labourers at the site,” Opalola said, adding that the police guard attached to the foreigners was killed in the incident. Kidnapping for ransom which used to be common in Nigeria’s oil-producing south, has lately spread to the other parts…

Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari has nominated immediate past service chiefs of the country as ambassadors. “President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate,” presidential aide Bashir Ahmad disclosed in a tweet. The ambassador-designates are retired Defense Chief Abayomi Olonisakin, former Army Chief Tukur Buratai, former Navy Chief Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and former Air Chief Sadique Abubakar. Their nomination is subject to confirmation by the National Assembly. The former service chief’s nomination comes nine days after Buhari replaced them – having spearheaded the country’s security agencies for over five years. Buhari appointed Chief…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has condemned Pastor Tunde Bakare’s statement on the chances of the South-East region to produce the next president. Bakare, the presiding Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Lagos, had during an Instagram live session with Dele Momodu, said the South-East does not have the numbers yet to produce a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. According to the cleric, “Yes, every citizen of this country can aspire to that position regardless of ethnic personality and I will be too glad to see an Igbo president.…