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Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku will reportedly not be joining Manchester City in the summer, despite rumoured interest from the Premier League side. The Belgium international is said to be a target for Pep Guardiola, who is seeking a replacement for club-record goalscorer Sergio Aguero. However, according to UK’s The Express, the 27-year-old does not want to play for Guardiola’s side and he is happy at Inter. Lukaku spent eight years in the Premier League with Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, representing the latter on loan. Since making a £74m switch from United to Inter in August…

An industrialist, Chief Sam Ohuabunwa, yesterday in Abuja kick-started a political move with the aim of wresting power from the current politicians in 2023, promising a ‘revolution of ideas’ in Nigeria if given the opportunity in the political space to serve. Launching the movement tagged: ‘The New Nigeria Group (NNG)’, Ohuabunwa said solving Nigerian economic problem is very simple, and it is not as complex as it seems to the current operators. “We don’t need a violent revolution to change Nigeria, it a revolution of ideas that we need to change this country. “Solving Nigerian economic problem is as simple…

•Force devolves power to CPs, DPOs to take directives from govs, LG chairmen Commissioners of Police (CPs) in state commands and divisional police officers (DPOs) have been invested with more powers in discharging their responsibilities, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, announced yesterday. Adamu, during an interview on ARISE NEWS Channel, the broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers, said the decentralisation of powers was part of the several reforms contained in the Police Act 2020 to revitalise the law enforcement agency to tackle the nation’s security challenges. Also, in a bid to boost the morale of police personnel, Adamu stated…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, on his appointment into the Papal Dicastery on the promotion of integral human development. The governor, in a personally signed congratulatory letter dated January 19, 2021, and made available to journalists yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, stated that the appointment was an unequivocal expression of Pope Francis confidence in Bishop Kukah’s ability to be an “impeccable advisor on a wide range of human development issues.” Fayemi described the Dicastery as a perfect place for Kukah because it…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has declared that the United State has redeemed itself by rejecting Mr. Donald Trump at the presidential poll. Speaking last night on ARISE NEWS Channels, a sister broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers, Soyinka argued that with the removal of Trump and successful inauguration of President Joe Biden, the United States has effectively corrected the mistakes made four years ago. The playwright disclosed that he has forgiven Americans for electing Trump whom he described as a “racist” and a “xenophobe”. Soyinka had in 2016 torn his American Immigrant Visa in protest against Trump’s victory. He, however,…

Says it’s a brazen display of emotional attachment As controversy continues to trail the quit notice issued by the Ondo State Government to unregistered herdsmen operating in the state, the State Government, Wednesday expressed disappointment with the statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr Garba Shehu, on behalf of the presidency. Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu had asked criminal elements operating as herdsmen in the state to vacate the state government forest reserves within seven days. But Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu had in a statement Tuesday said…

No fewer than One million Nigerians are to benefit from the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Project which aims to lift the urban poor affected by the pandemic out of poverty. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said this on Tuesday in Abuja while inaugurating the COVID-19 Rapid Response Registration (RRR) Cash Transfer Project. According to him, the project is a national initiative to build a shock responsive framework for capturing and registering the urban poor and vulnerable populations across Nigeria. Osinbajo said that the new register complements the already existing platforms under the World Bank supported National Social Safety…

Elders in the South West under the aegis of Coalition of Oduduwa Elders have thrown their weight behind the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu’s quit notice order to herders in the state. The elders, who also took swipe at the Presidency over the latter’s statement cautioning the governor against his directive, accused the Presidency of undue meddlesomeness in issues within the purview of the state. “We strongly believe that as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, the governor knows the position of law regarding the action he has taken to protect the Ondo people,” the coalition side. Akeredolu had…

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the year 2021 currently holding at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari are physically attending the meeting, which is also the 30th to be held virtually. Nine ministers are also attending the meeting. They are the Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Police Affairs, Muhammadu Dingyadi and Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Others are…

•Urges dialogue in resolving security challenges •Asks govs to show restraint The Presidency yesterday called to order Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), over his seven-day ultimatum to herders to vacate the forests in the state following growing insecurity allegedly perpetrated by the pastoralists. It expressed concern that the governor, as a legal luminary, could unilaterally issue the quit order without taking cognizance of the constitution that guarantees the rights of citizens to movement and to live in any part of the country. It said in a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu that the…