The Federal Government says it will no longer condone further attacks by herdsmen in any part of the country. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), gave the assurance at a meeting with some state governors in Abuja today January 8th.
The meeting had in attendance Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, Niger state's Abubakar Bello, Benue state's Samuel Ortom, Darius Ishaku of Taraba state and Adamawa's Mohammad Jibrilla, IG of Police Idris Ibrahim among others.
He told the meeting that President Buhari remains committed to ensuring peace in every part of the country.
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, who also attended the meeting, said the clash between farmers and hersmen is becoming one too many. Ogbeh blamed criminally minded persons for taking the advantage of conflicts between farmers and herdsmen to cause mayhem in the country. He alleged that the past administration contributed to this present crisis by refusing to protect the interest of herdsmen when in office.
He further revealed the Federal Government’s plan to establish cattle colonies to be protected by cattle rangers, as well as provide water, pasture and security for such colonies.
The CIES Football Observatory has published its annual rankings of most valuable players in the top five European leagues (the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga).
The list is made up based on their worth, factors including age, position, contract duration, performance and international status.
On the list, Brazilian and PSG superstar, Neymar piped his former Barcelona teammate, Lionel Messi to the top of the list with a value of €213million, while the Argentine footballer scooped the second spot with €202.2m worth.
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Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane is ranked third on the list as he's valued at (£172m).
One of the shocking disclosure on the list was Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, who surprisingly is the 49th most valuable player in Europe, according to the Football Observatory.
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See the full list of the top100 most valuable footballers in the World.
1. Neymar (PSG) - £188m
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £178.5m
3. Harry Kane (Tottenham) - £172m
4. Kylian Mbappe (PSG) - £170m
5. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - £154m
6. Dele Alli (Tottenham) - £151.25m
7. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) - £148m
8. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) - £145.5m
9. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) - £132m
10. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £130m
11. Leroy Sane (Manchester City) - £124m
12. Mo Salah (Liverpool) - £124m
13. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) - £122m
14. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - £113.6m
15. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) - £112m
16. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) - £108.6m
17. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) - £108.25m
18. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £105.6m
19. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) - £99.8m
20. Alvaro Morata (Chelsea) - £95.3m
21. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 95m
22. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) - £92.2m
23. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - £91m
24. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) - £90m
25. Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) - £89.6m
26. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid) - £88.5m
27. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) - £87.2m
28. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - £87.1m
29. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) - £86.8m
30. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) - £86.1m
31. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) - £85m
32. Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona) - £84.7m
33. John Stones (Manchester City) - £82.7m
34. Ederson (Manchester City) - £82.5m
35. Eric Dier (Tottenham) - £82.1m
36. Edinson Cavani (PSG) - £81.7m
37. Dries Mertens (Napoli) - £79.3m
38. Koke (Atletico Madrid) - £78.5m
39. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) - £78m
40. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) - £77.1m
41. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) - £77.1m
42. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) - £76.9m
43. Tiemoue Bakayoko (Chelsea) - £76.2m
44. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) - £75.5m
45. Isco (Real Madrid) - £75.4m
46. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - £75.2m
47. Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City) - £74.8m
48. Anthony Martial (Manchester Utd) - £72.4m
49. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £71m
50. Fabinho (Monaco) - £70m
51. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) - £68.3m
52. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) - £68m
53. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - £67.1m
54. Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) - £66.5m
55. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - £66m
56. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham) - £64.1m
57. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) - £64m
58. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) - £63.8m
59. Marquinhos (PSG) - £63.4m
60. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) - £62.2m
61. Andrea Belotti (Torino) - £62.1m
62. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) - £61.2m
63. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal) - £60.5m
64. Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham) - £60.5m
65. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) - £60.2m
66. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) - £60.2m
67. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) - £60m
68. Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich) - £59m
69. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - £58.5m
70. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) - £57.5m
71. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) - £57.5m
72. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) - £57.1m
73. Edin Dzeko (Roma) - £56.7m
74. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) - £56.7m
75. Julian Draxler (PSG) - £56.2m
76. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) - £55.8m
77. Casemiro (Real Madrid) - £55.5m
78. Marco Verratti (PSG) - £55.4m
79. Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich) - £55.3m
80. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) - £54.75m
81. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) - £54.7m
82. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) - £54.1m
83. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) - £53.6m
84. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) - £53.2m
85. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) - £51.5m
86. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) - £51.5m
87. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) - £51.4m
88. Jemerson (Monaco) - £48.9m
89. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) - £48.5m
90. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) - £48.3m
91. David Silva (Manchester City) - £48m
92. Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich) - £47m
93. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham) - £46.5m
94. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) - £45.2m
95. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) - £45m
96. Harry Maguire (Leicester City) - £44.9m
97. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - £44.8m
98. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) - £44.7m
99. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) - £44.6m
100. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) - £44.3m
In the spirit of the season, Unilever Nigeria Plc alongside the Lagos State First Lady Mrs. Bolanle Ambode paid a special visit to Lagos State first babies of year 2018 across select hospitals in the state.
It was double celebration at Ikorodu General Hospital which recorded the birth of twins; a girl and a boy born at 12.23am, weighing 2.9 kilogrammes and 3.2kg respectively. At the General Hospital Gbagada, it was a boy, weighing 3.36kg and was delivered at 12.05am while the first baby at the Lagos Island Maternity, was born at 12.05am and weighed 3.3kg.
The joy of the visit was full of pleasant surprises with the presentation of pears products and cash gifts to the families of the new born babies. Pears range of products are rich in natural ingredients to suit babies tender skin that keeps them happy and healthy always.
While congratulating the families on their bundles of joy, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, expressed delight at the safe delivery of the babies and encouraged all mothers across the state to ensure their babies are given the routine immunization to keep them healthy.
Pears baby range of products has enabled mothers to care for their children adequately through all stages of growth for over 46 years in Nigeria.
The brand has supported the Lagos State First baby of the year initiative since 2000.
See adorable pictures from the event...
In the spirit of the season, Unilever Nigeria Plc alongside the Lagos State First Lady Mrs. Bolanle Ambode paid a special visit to Lagos State first babies of year 2018 across select hospitals in the state.
It was double celebration at Ikorodu General Hospital which recorded the birth of twins; a girl and a boy born at 12.23am, weighing 2.9 kilogrammes and 3.2kg respectively. At the General Hospital Gbagada, it was a boy, weighing 3.36kg and was delivered at 12.05am while the first baby at the Lagos Island Maternity, was born at 12.05am and weighed 3.3kg.
The joy of the visit was full of pleasant surprises with the presentation of pears products and cash gifts to the families of the new born babies. Pears range of products are rich in natural ingredients to suit babies tender skin that keeps them happy and healthy always.
While congratulating the families on their bundles of joy, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, expressed delight at the safe delivery of the babies and encouraged all mothers across the state to ensure their babies are given the routine immunization to keep them healthy.
Pears baby range of products has enabled mothers to care for their children adequately through all stages of growth for over 46 years in Nigeria.
The brand has supported the Lagos State First baby of the year initiative since 2000.
See adorable pictures from the event...
In the spirit of the season, Unilever Nigeria Plc alongside the Lagos State First Lady Mrs. Bolanle Ambode paid a special visit to Lagos State first babies of year 2018 across select hospitals in the state.
It was double celebration at Ikorodu General Hospital which recorded the birth of twins; a girl and a boy born at 12.23am, weighing 2.9 kilogrammes and 3.2kg respectively. At the General Hospital Gbagada, it was a boy, weighing 3.36kg and was delivered at 12.05am while the first baby at the Lagos Island Maternity, was born at 12.05am and weighed 3.3kg.
The joy of the visit was full of pleasant surprises with the presentation of pears products and cash gifts to the families of the new born babies. Pears range of products are rich in natural ingredients to suit babies tender skin that keeps them happy and healthy always.
While congratulating the families on their bundles of joy, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, expressed delight at the safe delivery of the babies and encouraged all mothers across the state to ensure their babies are given the routine immunization to keep them healthy.
Pears baby range of products has enabled mothers to care for their children adequately through all stages of growth for over 46 years in Nigeria.
The brand has supported the Lagos State First baby of the year initiative since 2000.
See adorable pictures from the event...
In the spirit of the season, Unilever Nigeria Plc alongside the Lagos State First Lady Mrs. Bolanle Ambode paid a special visit to Lagos State first babies of year 2018 across select hospitals in the state.
It was double celebration at Ikorodu General Hospital which recorded the birth of twins; a girl and a boy born at 12.23am, weighing 2.9 kilogrammes and 3.2kg respectively. At the General Hospital Gbagada, it was a boy, weighing 3.36kg and was delivered at 12.05am while the first baby at the Lagos Island Maternity, was born at 12.05am and weighed 3.3kg.
The joy of the visit was full of pleasant surprises with the presentation of pears products and cash gifts to the families of the new born babies. Pears range of products are rich in natural ingredients to suit babies tender skin that keeps them happy and healthy always.
While congratulating the families on their bundles of joy, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, expressed delight at the safe delivery of the babies and encouraged all mothers across the state to ensure their babies are given the routine immunization to keep them healthy.
Pears baby range of products has enabled mothers to care for their children adequately through all stages of growth for over 46 years in Nigeria.
The brand has supported the Lagos State First baby of the year initiative since 2000.
See adorable pictures from the event...
In the spirit of the season, Unilever Nigeria Plc alongside the Lagos State First Lady Mrs. Bolanle Ambode paid a special visit to Lagos State first babies of year 2018 across select hospitals in the state.
It was double celebration at Ikorodu General Hospital which recorded the birth of twins; a girl and a boy born at 12.23am, weighing 2.9 kilogrammes and 3.2kg respectively. At the General Hospital Gbagada, it was a boy, weighing 3.36kg and was delivered at 12.05am while the first baby at the Lagos Island Maternity, was born at 12.05am and weighed 3.3kg.
The joy of the visit was full of pleasant surprises with the presentation of pears products and cash gifts to the families of the new born babies. Pears range of products are rich in natural ingredients to suit babies tender skin that keeps them happy and healthy always.
While congratulating the families on their bundles of joy, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, expressed delight at the safe delivery of the babies and encouraged all mothers across the state to ensure their babies are given the routine immunization to keep them healthy.
Pears baby range of products has enabled mothers to care for their children adequately through all stages of growth for over 46 years in Nigeria.
The brand has supported the Lagos State First baby of the year initiative since 2000.
See adorable pictures from the event...
Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane is ranked third on the list as he's valued at (£172m).
