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PASTORALIST association the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has demanded an apology from the Benue State government for linking it with the ongoing murderous attacks against farmers and villages across the state.

BORNO State capital Maiduguri was thrown into chaos yesterday after hundreds of mobile policemen staged a demonstration to protest being owed seven months allowance arrears and corruption within the hierarchy of the force.

NIGERIA is facing the prospect of a Fifa ban after the federal government ordered the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) chairman Amaju Pinnick to stand down and respect a Supreme Court ruling that negated his election.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr looks set to end the international careers of several veterans by leaving them out of his squad when he names the team to face the Seychelles in an African Nations Cup qualifier come September.

ARMED gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have carried out a daring raid on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Borno State in a battle that left about four people dead as they away supplies delivered there to cater for the refugees.

FORMER Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has declared that he can easily beat President Muhammadu Buhari in a two-horse race if he is given the ticket to run as the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria ((Macban) chairman Alhaji Abdullahi Bodejo has provocatively boasted that all the land in Nigeria belongs to the Fulani and as such they are free to rear their livestock anywhere they please.

VETERAN Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano has announced his retirement from international football after Albiceleste were knocked out of the ongoing World Cup by France yesterday following a 3-4 defeat in the second round.

SUPER Eagles midfielder Joel Obi looks set to join La Liga outfit Celta Vigo after the Spanish side and his Italian club Torino appear to have agreed on a €5m transfer fee that could see him move over the next couple of weeks.

FINANCE minister Kemi Adeosun has revealed that the federal government will begin disbursing the $322m Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states as from July.