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Verona announce Salvatore Bocchetti as new coach

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Verona announce Salvatore Bocchetti as new coach

Verona announced Salvatore Bocchetti as their new coach on Thursday after sacking Gabriele Cioffi earlier in the week.

Bocchetti, who was assistant to Cioffi’s predecessor Igor Tudor last season, has been promoted from coaching Verona’s youth team to take up the vacant first-team post.

Cioffi was dismissed on Tuesday after a 2-1 defeat at Salernitana, their fourth loss on the bounce, which left them in the relegation zone.

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He had been brought in over the summer on a two-year deal following the departure of Tudor, now at Marseille.

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But they have won just once in their opening nine games after Giovanni Simeone, Gianluca Caprari and Antonin Barak — who starred in Verona’s best campaign in years last term — all left the club.

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Former centre-back Bocchetti, 35, only retired as a player last year and will have the daunting task of taking on champions AC Milan in his first game on Sunday.

He spent much of his playing career in Russia with Rubin Kazan and Spartak Moscow, winning the country’s Premier League in 2017.

Bocchetti made five appearances for his country and was part of the Italy squad during their disastrous campaign at the 2010 World Cup, when the Azzurri finished bottom of a group which also contained Slovakia, Paraguay and New Zealand.

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Benue IDPs block highway, demand return to ancestral homes

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Vehicular movement along the Yelwata axis of the Benue–Nasarawa highway was brought to a standstill on Wednesday as Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, staged a protest, demanding immediate return to their ancestral homes.

The protesters, believed to be victims of persistent attacks by suspected herdsmen, blocked both lanes of the busy highway for several hours, chanting “We want to go back home”.

The protest caused disruption, leaving hundreds of motorists and passengers stranded.

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Eyewitnesses said the displaced persons, many of whom have spent years in overcrowded IDP camps, are expressing deep frustration over the government’s delay in restoring security to their communities.

“We have suffered enough. We want to return to our homes and farms,” one of the protesters told reporters at the scene.

Security personnel were reportedly deployed to monitor the situation and prevent any escalation, though tensions remained high as of press time.

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Efforts to reach the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, and other relevant authorities for comment were unsuccessful.

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NNPCL reveals decision not to sell Port Harcourt refinery

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL has officially decided not to sell the Port Harcourt Refining Company.

NNPCL has, instead said it is committed to conducting an extensive rehabilitation of the facility and ensuring its continued operation.

During a company-wide town hall meeting held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, announced the decision regarding the future of the nation’s most significant state-owned refining asset, putting an end to weeks of speculation.

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A statement by NNPCL reads, “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has officially ruled out the sale of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, reaffirming its commitment to completing high-grade rehabilitation and retention of the plant.

“The ongoing review indicates that the earlier decision to operate the Port Harcourt refinery, before full completion of its rehabilitation, was ill-informed and subcommercial.

”Although progress is being made on all three, the emerging outlook calls for more advanced technical partnerships to complete and high-grade the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery.

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”Thus, selling is highly unlikely as it would lead to further value erosion.”

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Tinubu appoints Olumode Adeyemi as Federal Fire Service boss

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Adeyemi Olumode, as the new Federal Fire Service, FFS, Controller-General.

The appointment was announced on Wednesday on behalf of the Federal Government by retired Maj.-Gen Abdulmalik Jubril, Secretary of the Civil, Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB.

Jubril said the appointment followed the retirement of the current Controller-General, Abdulganiyu Jaji, on August 13.

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Jaji is retiring upon attaining the age of 60 by August 13.

Jibril further disclosed said that Adeyemi Olumode is qualified for the position, having attended and passed all mandatory in-service training, Command courses as well as other courses within and outside the country.

“He brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having transferred his service from the FCT Fire Service to the Federal Fire Service and grown to the rank of DCG in the Human Resource Directorate of the Service Headquarters.

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“He has served in various capacities and is equally a member/fellow of the following professional associations including Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria, Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Treasury Management of Nigeria.”

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