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FULANI cattle herdsmen in Benue State have agreed to lay down their arms and abide by the provisions of the Benue Open Grazing Prohibition Law recently enacted by the state government in a bid to end the ongoing feuding and bloodshed in the area.

FIVE passengers suffered injuries yesterday when an Atlanta-bound plane made an emergency landing in Lagos after it developed engine trouble shortly after take-off and had to abort the flight.

FORMER Super Eagles striker Victor Anichebe is said to be within the sights of English Championship side Bolton Wanderers after his contract with Chinese outfit Beijing Enterprises ended.

SOUTH Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) remains divided about how best to rid itself of embattled president Jacob Zuma amid his refusal to resign and calls from opposition parties for an early general election.

CONTROVERSIAL blogger and journalist Kemi Olunloyo has stirred another hornets' nest by declaring that secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) poses more of a danger to Nigeria than Fulani cattle herdsmen.

ENGLISH Premiership giants Liverpool are said to be eyeing Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi with a view to signing him from his current club Leicester City at the end of the season.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials has signed another major sponsorship deal ahead of the forthcoming World Cup this time with confectionery giant Cadbury that will make Tom-Tom the Super Eagles' official candy at the tournament.

IBADAN clergyman Pastor Oluwasanjo Eniola has asked a customary court to dissolve his 20-year old marriage because of his wife's objection to his religious calling which he says led him to have extra-marital affairs.

NIGERIAN artist Kehinde Wiley has become one of the two first black artists to create official Smithsonian-commissioned portraits of a former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona has expressed fears about the chances of his team in the forthcoming World Cup saying that Argentina has now lost that fear factor after the team was beaten by Nigeria in a friendly last year.