NIGERIAN government officials have decided to proceed with the purchase of Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine later this year as part of its programme to combat the spread of the virus across the country.

TENSION is mounting across Ondo State as the seven-day deadline Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave Fulani cattle herdsmen to vacate the local forests expired last night and the two sides are yet to thrash out an acceptable agreement.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard and replaced him with former Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel in a desperate attempt to revive their title hopes.

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(1) Six mega cattle ranches will be established across Nigeria

(2) It will become illegal for cattle to roam across Nigeria or anywhere outside designated ranches

(3) All Fulani herdsmen will be disarmed by the Nigerian government

(4) Each cattle ranch will have schools, technical colleges and bandit rehabilitation centres

(5) Each ranch will have a veterinary clinic attached to it

WINNERS Chapel founder and Africa's richest pastorpruener Bishop David Oyedepo is set to launch another first with plans to construct the world largest megachurch auditorium to be known as the Ark Project with a capacity of 100,000 people.

FULANI herdsmen group Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has waded into the ongoing land disputes in the southwest of the country by calling on the federal government to restructure the country so they can go their way.

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(1) Come the 2023 elections at least a third of all elective positions will be reserved for women

(2) Sex with a minor under the age of 16 will be considered statutory rape under Nigeria law

(3) The right to terminate a pregnancy is a woman’s and that of no one else

(4) Marrying a child bride shall be an offence with carries a minimum jail term of 10 years with no option of parole

GOVERNOR Hope Uzodinma has introduced new laws that punish Imolites who flout Covid-19 restrictions with six month jail terms or a fine of N20,000 if caught by the state task force.

Although Nigeria has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, there are fears that the virus could spread given the nonchalant approach of most Nigerians to the crisis. Many Nigerians blatantly ignore the health protocols on social distancing, facemask wearing and washing their hands.

WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) manager Sam Allardyce has stepped up his bid to sign Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa before the close of the January transfer window before the end of the month.

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(1) General Motors

(2) Ford

(3) Chrysler

(4) John Deere

(5) Dell

(6) Boeing

(7) Prizer

(8) Tyson Foods

(9) Hewlett Packard

(10) Nike

We need about $50bn in foreign direct investment in 2021 to save us from economic strangulation. If these companies come to Nigeria, it will create about 1m new jobs and maybe an extra 2m ancillary and supply jobs.