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We are past the halfway mark of the 2019/2020 season of La Liga, which means now we now know how every player has fared for their respective teams on a consistent basis. Usual competitors Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid traditionally produce the most goalscorers in most seasons, but this season, it’s been different. While Atletico have struggled to find the back of the net regularly, the Blaugrana and the Los Blancos have been dependent on one or two players for their goals. Nevertheless, La Liga is blessed with attacking talent and we have seen some players from the mid-table…

The number of new cases from China’s coronavirus epidemic dropped for a third consecutive day on Sunday, as the World Health Organisation chief warned it was “impossible” to predict how the outbreak would develop. Global concern remains high about the spread of the virus, which first emerged in China’s central Hubei province in December, with the first death outside Asia reported in France this weekend. The death toll jumped to 1,665 in mainland China on Sunday after 142 more people died from the virus. More than 68,000 people have now been infected — but the number of new cases of…

The Kogi State Government yesterday disclosed that it would partner the security agencies in the state curb the rising tide of Kidnapping and other criminality. The state government also noted that it would take the fight to the den of the kidnappers terrorising the unsuspecting residents and travellers across the state. The state governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello disclosed this at the special valedictory session organised in honour of Late Justice Tom Shaibu Yakubu who was laid go rest in Enjema, Ankpa Local Government Area, Lokoja Friday. Bello said the state government would not fold it arms “to allow criminal elements…

The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, set the entire social atmosphere on fire last week, when his comment on the Maryam Sanda death sentence turned out the biggest joke of the week/moment. Addressing his colleagues during plenary, the Senate President, stated: “Ermmm… A woman, who was alleged to have killed her husband to death.” The poor grammar of a PhD holder has since been the talk of the town with many wondering what went wrong. Perhaps, it is safe to assume he was joking but that again, would be joking too much or some joke taken too far.…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)  says the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will not implement policies that will affect the existence of the poor while raising revenue to fund the nation’s infrastructure projects. Its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju, stated this on Sunday at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said the president always considered the consequence of every government policy on the Nigerian people, particular the poor. Akinsiju said: “We have a President that is considerate that for every policy, the important thing to him would be the consequence to Nigerian poor and the Nigerian people. “The…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)  says community policing will assist in complementing Federal Government security efforts to sniff out criminal elements in the country. BMO Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju, said this while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He noted that states,  community, villages and hamlets needed volunteered security units to complement policing activities in the country. Akinsiju said: “Nothing stop state,  community, villages, hamlets from having volunteered security units. I support area community policing and  whatever form of civil society constituted policing activities. “Because we are as a country getting sophisticated…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says a supposed ‘Breaking News Flash’ with the headline “Nigerian Air Force Kills Over 250 Boko Haram Fighters In Maiduguri” is totally fake. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Daramola said the fake news said to have been released on Feb. 13 by one ‘Comr Aminu Shuaibu Musawa’ did not originate from the NAF. “The NAF wishes to categorically state that the false sensational news item, with its gory doctored visuals, is totally fake and did not originate from…

The Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, who were already preparing to be inaugurated into office. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to the All Progressives Congress’ candidates as the winners of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. The apex court ordered INEC to issue fresh certificates to the candidates of the party with the next highest votes and with the required constitutional spread of…

Community leaders must cooperate with leaders to end the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the cooperation of community leaders to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. “This Boko Haram or whatever they are, cannot come up to Maiduguri or environs without the local leadership knowing.  Because traditionally the local leadership is in charge of security in their areas. So, with my understanding of our culture, I wonder how Boko Haram survives up to this end, he added. The President spoke during a condolence visit to Maiduguri on his way from…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi and the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar have expressed the readiness of traditional rulers to partner the Federal Government in tackling the security challenges in the country. They also advocated good governance as key to ending the challenges that range from killings to insurgency. The two first class monarchs spoke during a National Summit on Security and Insecurity in Nigeria at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday. Ogunwusi, who described security of lives and property as fundamental to existence, stressed the need for government to return…