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Sadio Mane scored twice to hand Liverpool a 3-1 victory at Bayern Munich on Wednesday (March 13) with a dominant performance that sent them through to the Champions League quarter-finals. After the last-16 first leg ended goalless at Anfield, five-times European champions Liverpool took control in Munich, bossing the game and nullifying their German opponents to become the fourth English team into the last eight. In-form Mane pounced on a needless charge out of his goal by Manuel Neuer in his 100th Champions League appearance, to round the Bayern keeper with a superb turn before chipping his finish into the empty net in the 26th minute. The German champions levelled 13 minutes later against the run of play when winger Serge Gnabry beat his marker and his cutback was turned into the goal by Liverpool defender Joel Matip. Centre back Virgil van Dijk, who had missed the first leg last month, killed off any German hopes of a comeback when he rose high to head home in ...

Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh was killed by expert marksmen, an associate of the deceased has alleged. The former Chief of Defence Staff was shot dead by unknown gunmen along Abuja-Keffi Road on December 18. The Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the killing of Badeh. One of the suspects, Shuaibu Rabo,  in a  confessional video claimed that they killed the ex-CDS because he resisted being robbed of a large sum of money in his possession meant for the purchase of a parcel of land. However, his family denied the allegation, claiming that the police concocted the story to deceive the public. However, the deceased’s associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that a crime scene analysis, the bullet’s trajectory and pictures had indicated that Badeh’s killers were not hoodlums. Speaking to Saturday PUNCH  on Friday, the retired security officer ...

The Nigerian Air Force on Friday provided details of how its aircraft repelled a major Boko Haram onslaught on a top military base. The attack on the fishing town is believed to have been executed by the Boko Haram faction also known as Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Wednesday. The spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force, Ibikunle Daramola, narrated how several aerial strikes were carried out on the terrorists during the attack. “It may be recalled that the Headquarters 7 Brigade Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Baga came under attack by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the evening of December 26,” Mr Daramola, an air commodore, said in a statement. “Upon receipt of the information of the attack, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE immediately dispatched a NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), platform along with two Mi-35M Helicopter Gunships to provide support for the troops to repel the att...

People of Igbo extraction in the 19 northern states have been banned from travelling to their states of origin to vote in next year’s general elections.Any person who flouts the directive would be fined an undisclosed amount of money. The decision was reached following an extraordinary meeting of the Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA) in Barnawa, Kaduna State. IDA, an administrative umbrella organisation of Igbo resident in the northern states and Abuja, is responsible for members’ welfare. In attendance were executives, all Eze Igbos and chapter presidents in the 19 states. “We want our people to stay in their respective states and cast their votes. The era of running home during elections cannot be tolerated again. There is no need for us to go home at every election because if you do that you will automatically disenfranchise yourself. “We have done a lot of sensitisation. We have also educated our people on this and we all agreed. That is why we decided to place an embargo. And i...