Dar es Salaam. Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan amepangua wakuu wa mikoa na kuteua wapya akiwemo David Kafulila, Amos Makalla na Queen Sendiga ambaye aligombea urais katika uchaguzi mkuu mwaka 2020 kwa tiketi ya chama cha ADC.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=250&slotname=6310719999&adk=2325624191&adf=3294750100&pi=t.ma~as.6310719999&w=300&fwrn=7&lmt=1621133673&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&wgl=1&dt=1621133672238&bpp=40&bdt=4291&idt=1650&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=4080777809297&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133674&ga_hid=2120458490&ga_fc=0&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=30&ady=202&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060710%2C31061138%2C31060474&oid=3&pvsid=4098680406291602&pem=184&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeE%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=29&ifi=2&uci=a!2&xpc=vzFRSsMpQZ&p=https%3A//stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&dtd=1757

Taarifa iliyotolewa leo Jumamosi Mei 15, 2021 na mkurugenzi wa mawasiliano ya rais Ikulu, Gerson Msigwa inaeleza kuwa wateule hao wataapishwa Ikulu, Dar es Salaam Mei 18, 2021.

Kafulila kada wa zamani wa NCCR-Mageuzi na Chadema ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Arusha kuchukua nafasi ya Idd Kimanta aliyestaafu.

Kafulila aliyeanzisha safari yake ya siasa katika vyama vya upinzani, aliwahi kuwa mbunge wa Kigoma Kusini na baadaye kuteuliwa kuwa katibu tawala wa Mkoa wa Songwe ambako mwaka 2020 aliachia nafasi hiyo na kujitosa kuwania ubunge Kigoma Kusini kwa tiketi ya CCM lakini alianguka katika kura za maoni.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=250&slotname=8179441687&adk=2696039139&adf=4284492777&pi=t.ma~as.8179441687&w=300&fwrn=7&lmt=1621133674&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&wgl=1&dt=1621133672278&bpp=16&bdt=4332&idt=1934&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250&nras=1&correlator=4080777809297&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133674&ga_hid=2120458490&ga_fc=0&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=30&ady=933&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060710%2C31061138%2C31060474&oid=3&pvsid=4098680406291602&pem=184&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=29&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&xpc=qVidjd0kui&p=https%3A//stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&dtd=1994

Katika uteuzi huo, Makalla ambaye amewahi kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam, ameteuliwa tena kuwa mkuu wa mkoa huo kuchukua nafasi ya Aboubakar Kunenge aliyehamishiwa Pwani kuchukua nafasi ya Evarist Ndikilo ambaye amestaafu.

Queen ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Iringa kuchukua nafasi ya Ali Hapi aliyehamishiwa Tabora huku Rosemary Senyamule akiteuliwa kuuongoza Mkoa wa Geita akichukua nafasi ya Robert Gabriel aliyehamishiwa Mara kuendelea na wadhifa huo.Used Car Prices in Dar Es Salaam Might Surprise YouUsed Cars| Search Adsby TaboolaSponsored Links

Brigedia Jenerali Charles Mbuge ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kagera kuchukua nafasi ya Meja Jenerali Marco Gaguti na Mwanamvua Mrindoko yeye ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Katavi kuchukua nafasi ya Juma Homera aliyehamishiwa Mbeya.

Aliyekuwa katibu wa Bunge, Stephen Kagaigai ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro kuchukua nafasi ya Anna Mghwira ambaye amestaafu.https://res.adx.opera.com/pagead/?w=328&h=0&pk=s3349331957248&ct=&uc=true&cc=US&lc=en&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&rf=&cst=UTF-8&title=UmFpcyBTYW1pYSBhcGFuZ3VhIHdha3V1IHdhIG1pa29hLCBhdGV1YSB3YXB5YSAtIE9wZXJhIE5ld3MgT2ZmaWNpYWw%3D&vr=stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&bl=en-US&sh=640&sw=360&sch=4136&scw=360&scl=0&sct=0&tz=GMT%2B0300&vph=523&vpw=360&debug=false

Naye Brigedia Jenerali Wilbert Ibuge ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Ruvuma akichukua nafasi ya Christine Mndeme ambaye ameteuliwa kuwa naibu katibu mkuu wa CCM.

Omary Mgumba ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Songwe akichukua nafasi ya Brigedia Jenerali Nicodemus Mwangela aliyestaafu. Mgumba alikuwa mbunge wa Morogoro Kusini na naibu Waziri wa Kilimo hadi mwaka 2020.https://res.adx.opera.com/pagead/?w=328&h=0&pk=s3480327769472&ct=&uc=true&cc=US&lc=en&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&rf=&cst=UTF-8&title=UmFpcyBTYW1pYSBhcGFuZ3VhIHdha3V1IHdhIG1pa29hLCBhdGV1YSB3YXB5YSAtIE9wZXJhIE5ld3MgT2ZmaWNpYWw%3D&vr=stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&bl=en-US&sh=640&sw=360&sch=4136&scw=360&scl=0&sct=0&tz=GMT%2B0300&vph=523&vpw=360&debug=false

Rais Samia pia amemteua Makongoro Nyerere kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Manyara akichukua nafasi ya Joseph Mkirikiti aliyehamishiwa Rukwa kuchukua nafasi ya Joachim Wangabo aliyestaafu.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=250&slotname=4256911181&adk=2250904035&adf=2521839095&pi=t.ma~as.4256911181&w=300&fwrn=7&lmt=1621133675&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&wgl=1&dt=1621133672302&bpp=17&bdt=4355&idt=3260&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x250&nras=1&correlator=4080777809297&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133674&ga_hid=2120458490&ga_fc=0&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=30&ady=2402&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060710%2C31061138%2C31060474&oid=3&pvsid=4098680406291602&pem=184&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=29&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=2&xpc=RoJBFzsJSl&p=https%3A//stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&dtd=3306

Aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Simiyu, Anthony Mtaka amehamishiwa Dodoma kuchukua nafasi ya Dk Binilith Mahenge aliyehamishiwa Mkoa wa Singida kuchukua nafasi ya Dk Rehema Nchimbi aliyestaafu.

Aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mwanza, John Mongella amehamishiwa Simiyu huku aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mbeya, Albert Chalamila akihamishiwa Mwanza.

“Amemteua Zainab Telack kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Lindi. Kabla ya uteuzi huo, Telack alikuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Shinyanga na anachukua nafasi ya Godfrey Zambi ambaye amestaafu.”

“Juma Homera aliyekuwa Mkoa wa Katavi kahamishiwa Mkoa wa Mbeya huku aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Tanga, Martin Shigella akihamishiwa Mkoa wa Morogoro kuchukua nafasi ya Loata Erasto Ole Sanare ambaye amemaliza muda wake. Aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mara, Adam  Malima amehamishiwa Mkoa wa Tanga,” inaeleza taarifa hiyo.

Katika uteuzi huo, kiongozi mkuu huyo wa nchi amemteua aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kagera, Meja Jenerali Marco Gaguti kuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mtwara akichukua nafasi ya Gelasius Byakanwa ambaye atapangiwa majukumu mengine.

Aliyekuwa mkuu wa Mkoa wa Tabora, Dk Philemon Sengati amehamishiwa Shinyanga na nafasi yake kuchukuliwa na Hapi.

Wakuu wa Mikoa waliobaki katika maeneo yao ni Thobias Andengenye (Kigoma) na  Marwa Rubirya (Njombe).https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=375&slotname=7825531549&adk=3882026931&adf=1830052935&pi=t.ma~as.7825531549&w=360&lmt=1621133679&rafmt=11&psa=1&format=360×375&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.6chcdn.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F667a8cc0bbc106d34138135e76a0cfad%3Fac%3D3g%26app_version%3D8.6.2254.56868%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26language%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26request_id%3DNEWS_BAR_a3ffdc3a-3115-45a0-bdd5-2ebb36aa616d%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&fwr=1&wgl=1&dt=1621133672320&bpp=59&bdt=4372&idt=3583&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x250%2C300x250&nras=1&correlator=4080777809297&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133674&ga_hid=2120458490&ga_fc=0&rplot=4&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=3568&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=101&eid=31060710%2C31061138%2C31060474&oid=3&pvsid=4098680406291602&pem=184&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=29&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=3&xpc=y3wR5sJiDf&p=https%3A//stories.6chcdn.feednews.com&dtd=7416

Tume ya Utumishi wa Walimu (TSC) Wilaya ya Kinondoni ipo katika hatua za mwisho za kukamilisha zoezi la kupandisha vyeo/madaraja walimu 1,333 wa shule za msingi na sekondari wa Manispaa ya Kinondoni ambao wana sifa za kupanda vyeo kwa mujibu wa miongozo na taratibu za Serikali.

Hayo yamebainishwa na Kaimu Katibu Msaidizi wa TSC wa Wilaya hiyo, Theobald Kilindo wakati akitoa taarifa kwa Mkurugenzi wa Ajira, Maadili na Maendeleo ya Walimu kutoka TSC Makao Makuu, juu ya hatua iliyofikiwa katika zoezi la kuwapandisha vyeo walimu wa Manispaa hiyo, ambapo ameeleza kuwa ofisi yake imepitia hatua mbalimbali katika kufanya zoezi hilo, na kila hatua ilifanyika kwa uangalifu. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=250&slotname=6310719999&adk=3451024743&adf=1679816669&pi=t.ma~as.6310719999&w=300&fwrn=7&lmt=1621133548&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F95d4714509849885fb09077de6537006%3Fac%3D3g%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&wgl=1&dt=1621133547492&bpp=48&bdt=9425&idt=1466&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=922917518437&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133549&ga_hid=1072490735&ga_fc=0&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=30&ady=851&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060474&oid=3&pvsid=628104320692367&pem=855&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=29&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&xpc=ULE8OXb28t&p=https%3A//cdn-af.feednews.com&dtd=1566

“Tuliletewa barua na Mkurugenzi iliyotutaka tuanze zoezi la kupandisha vyeo walimu. Tuliitisha majalada yote ya walimu na kuanza kuyachambua ili tuweze kubaini walimu wenye sifa za kupanda vyeo. Tulianza zoezi la uchambuzi Mei 3 na kulihitimisha Mei 11,” alisema Kilindo. 

Kilindo ameeleza kuwa uchambuzi ulipokamilika walipitia Ikama ya walimu ya miaka mitatu (2018/2019, 2019/2020 na 2020/2021) na kuona kuwa Manispaa hiyo ina jumla ya nafasi 2874 za kupandisha vyeo walimu katika madaraja mbalimbali.

“Baada ya taratibu zote kukamilika, Kamati ya TSC Wilaya ambayo ndiyo yenye wajibu kisheria wa kupandisha vyeo walimu, ilifanya kikao chake Mei 12, 2021 na kuwapandisha vyeo walimu 1,333 ambao ndio waliokuwa na sifa,”alifafanua Kilindo.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=250&slotname=8179441687&adk=369731748&adf=3386365613&pi=t.ma~as.8179441687&w=300&fwrn=7&lmt=1621133549&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F95d4714509849885fb09077de6537006%3Fac%3D3g%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&wgl=1&dt=1621133547540&bpp=21&bdt=9472&idt=1610&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250&nras=1&correlator=922917518437&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133549&ga_hid=1072490735&ga_fc=0&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=30&ady=1702&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060474&oid=3&pvsid=628104320692367&pem=855&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=29&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=2&xpc=ybySvqmve6&p=https%3A//cdn-af.feednews.com&dtd=1674

Kwa upande wake Mkurugenzi Christina Hape alisema kuwa Serikali ilifanya jambo la busara kwa kuamua kuchukua Ikama za miaka mitatu kwa kuwa hatua hiyo inaondoa kabisa malalamiko ya madaraja kwa walimu, huku akitoa wito kwa Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma na Utawala Bora kujitahidi kuwabadilishia mishara walimu mapema iwezekanavyo.

“Unajua ukimwambia mwalimu umepanda cheo anataka aone mshahara umebadilika, kumpatia karatasi (barua) ya kupanda cheo peke yake bila yeye kuona maslahi yake yameboreshwa haitakuwa na faida sana kwake. Hivyo, napenda niwaombe wenzetu wa UTUMISHI kuhakikisha wanafanya kila linalowezekana ili mishahara ya walimu iendane na vyeo vyao kwa wakati,” alisema Mkurugenzi huyo.

Manispaa ya Kinondoni ina Jumla ya walimu 2,922 wa shule za msingi na sekondari wanaofundisha shule za Serikali, ambapo katika idadi hiyo, walimu 1939 ni wa shule za msingi na walimu 983 ni wa sekondari.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=375&slotname=7825531549&adk=3882026931&adf=3778546804&pi=t.ma~as.7825531549&w=360&lmt=1621133549&rafmt=11&psa=1&format=360×375&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F95d4714509849885fb09077de6537006%3Fac%3D3g%26client%3Dnews%26country%3Dtz%26features%3D35183784886029%26lang%3Dsw%26low_perf%3Dtrue%26mode%3Dbody%26picture_less%3Ddisabled%26swdp%3D360%26uid%3D5474b3b8f249df4eb9f94c3f468aeb2105058822&flash=0&fwr=1&wgl=1&dt=1621133547561&bpp=42&bdt=9493&idt=1708&shv=r20210511&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D7fc535a6bc1292ef-22758f60c5c70001%3AT%3D1620319191%3ART%3D1620319191%3AS%3DALNI_MZN1MUG1Q9fdb8FCWtW0TeABx4mhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x250&nras=1&correlator=922917518437&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=460988874.1620319159&ga_sid=1621133549&ga_hid=1072490735&ga_fc=0&rplot=4&u_tz=180&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=640&u_w=360&u_ah=640&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=2673&biw=360&bih=523&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31060474&oid=3&pvsid=628104320692367&pem=855&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C523%2C360%2C523&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=29&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=3&xpc=3ri9peWM8w&p=https%3A//cdn-af.feednews.com&dtd=1760

Marekani yawalipa wadukuzi dola milioni tano ili kulikomboa bomba kubwa la mafuta

Bomba kubwa la mafuta nchini Marekani limeripotiwa kuwalipa wahalifu wa mtandaoni wanaofahamika kama DarkSide kiasi cha dola milioni tano $5m (£3.6m) kama kikombozi ,baada ya bomba hilo kuvamiwa mtandaoni.

Bomba la Colonial lilikuwa linapata wakati mgumu kufanya shughuli zake baada ya kudukuliwa mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita na kusababisha kuzimwa kwa huduma za mtandaoni katika bomba hilo kwa muda wa siku tano na hivyo kufanya usambazaji wa mafuta kuwa mgumu katika maeneo yote Marekani.

Ripoti kutoka CNN, the New York Times, Bloomberg na the Wall Street Journal all zinasema kikombozi kililipwa kwa kunukuu vyanzo vyake.

BBC imewasiliana na Colonial kwa maelezo.

Siku ya Ijumaa, wateja wa teknolojia kubwa ya Japan ya Toshiba walisema upande wa ulaya nchini Ufaransa ulikuwa umeshambuliwa na genge hilo hilo la wahalifu wa mtandaoni .

Colonial imetangaza kurudisha operesheni zake siku ya Jumatano lakini ilitoa angalizo kuwa itachukua siku kadhaa kuanza kusambaza bidhaa na kurudi katika taratibu zake za kawaida.

Usitishwaji wa usamazaji wa mafuta ya dizeli, petroli na mafuta ya ndege katika taifa zima la Marekani kumesababisha bei za bidhaa hizo kupanda na sheria ya dharura kupitishwa Jumatatu ya kutangaza hali ya dharura.

Bomba hilo kwa kina la Colonial linabeba mapipa milioni 2.5 kila siku – sawa na 45% ya mahitaji ya mafuta ya Pwani ya Mashariki nchi hiyo na liinasambaza mafuta ya dizeli, ya petroli na mafuta ya ndege.

Wahalifu wa mtandaoni walifanya hujuma dhidi ya bomba ambalo limeshindwa kushindwa kufanya kazi tangu siku ya Ijumaa na mpaka sasa bado oparesheni ya kujaribu kurudisha huduma za bomba hilo zinaendelea.

Hali ya dharura inaruhusu mafuta kusafirishwa kwa njia ya barabara.

Jumla ya majimbo 18 yamepewa muda kidogo kusafirisha mafuta ya petroli, dizeli, ya ndege na aina nyingine za bidhaa za mafuta.

Majimbo hayo ni Alabama, Arkansas, Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas na Virginia.

Jumapili jioni ilisema licha ya kuwa njia nne kuu zimezimwa, kuna njia nyingine ndogo kutoka eneo moja mpaka sehemu ya kupokelea mizigo ambayo inafanya kazi.

“Mara tu baada ya kubaini shambulio hilo, Colonial iliamua kuzima mifumo mingine kama tahadhari la tishio.

Hatua hii iliathiri kwa muda utendaji wa bomba hilo na kuathiri mfumo wa taarifa ambao ulikuwa unarudisha huduma,” kampuni hiyo imeeleza.

Wakati wadukuzi hao wa DarkSide sio genge kubwa katika eneo hilo lakini tukio hilo linaongeza hatari ya kuathiri miundombinu ya taifa viwanda na sio biashara peke yake.

Vilevile inaashiria kuongezeka kwa mfumo wa uhalifu wa kihalifu katika mfumo wa teknolojia ambao una thamani ya mamilioni ya pauni, ambayo ni tofauti na kitu chochote ambacho sekta viwanda ya usalama wa mtandao imewahi kukukabiliana nayo.

Ukiachana na ilani iliyoachwa kwenye komputa , waathirika wa shambulio la DarkSide walipokea kifurushi cha habari kuwajulisha kuwa kompyuta na mifumo yao imedukuliwa.

Genge hilo liliorodhesha aina zote za data ambazo waliiba na kuwatumia waathirika kurasa binafsi ambayo ilivujishwa ambapo tayari data ilikuwa inachukuliwa na kusubiri kujichapisha yenyewe,hivyo kampuni inapaswa kulipa kabla ya muda waliopewa kufika.

DarkSide waliwaambia waathirika pia kuwa watatoa ushahidi wa data ambazo wako nazo na wanajiandaa kufuta zote katika mtandao wa wahanga wao.

Kwa mujibu wa Digital Shadows, kampuni ya usalama wa mtandaoni iliyopo inafuatilia wadukuzi wa mtandao ili kusaidia makampuni kutodukuliwa mtandaoni , DarkSide inafanya kazi kama biashara.

Genge hilo linafanya kazi kwa kuwa na mfumo ambao unaiba data ambayo inawashirikisha washirika kwa kutuma barua pepe ya kutaka jambo na namna ya kufanya shambulio.

Washirika wa genge la wadukuzi wa mtandaoni wanawalipa DarkSide asilimia kadhaa ya kile ambacho watakipata kwa shambulio lolote ambalo litafanikiwa.

Na kuachiwa kwa mfumo mpya mwezi Machi inaweza kuhifadhi data haraka zaii kabla ya genge la wahalifu alijatoa taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari au kuwaalika wageni kwa ajili ya mahojiano.

Jinsi gani wadukuzi waliweza ‘kuteka’ bomba la mafuta?

Kwa watu wengi, picha ya kiwanda cha mafuta inayowajia kichwani ni ya mabomba, pampu na vifaa vingine vikuukuu viliyopiga weusi kwa uchafu wa mafuta.

Ukweli ni kuwa bomba la Colonial linafanya kazi kwa njia ya kidigitali.

Mabomba na vifaa vyote vinavyotumika kuangalia na kudhibiti usambazaji wa mafuta ya dizeli, petroli na mafuta ya ndege katika mamia ya maili vinafanya kazi kidijitali.

Colonial inatumia teknolojia ya kiwango cha juu kuendesha operesheni za bomba hilo.

Operesheni zote za teknolojia hii zimeunganishwa na mfumo mmoja.

Na wataalamu wa masuala ya mtandao kama kama Jon Niccolls kutoka taasisi ya CheckPoint, anaeleza kuwa popote pale kwenye kuunganisha mfumo kuna hatari ya uvamizi wa kimtandao:

“Vifaa vyote ambavyo vinatumika kuliendelesha bomba hili la kisasa vinatumia kompyuta badala ya kudhibitiwa na watu,” alisema.

“Kama vifaa hivyo vimeunganishwa kupitia mtandao wa ndani wa kampuni na ukadukuliwa, basi bomba lenyewe linakuwa limeathirika katika shambulio baya la kimtandao.”

Mzozo wa Israeli na Wapalestina: Fahamu Waarabu Waisraeli ni akina nani na ni kwanini wanadai wanatengwa.

Wiki hii imekuwa wiki ya msururu wa mashambulio katika maeneo ya ya Waisraeli na Wapalestina.

Baada ya siku za ghasia, Israeli iliweka kipindi cha dharura katika mji wa Lod. Karibu na mji mkuu Tel Aviv, baada ya Waarabu katika mji huo kuandamana.

Hii ni mara ya kwanza kwa serikali ya Israeli kuweka hali ya dharura dhidi ya Waarabu tangu mwaka 1966.https://bbc.com/ws/av-embeds/cps/swahili/habari-57115461/p09hbjqc/swMaelezo ya video,

Tazama jinsi jengo la Ghorofa Gaza linavyoanguka katika shambulizi la angani la Israeli.

Lakini je Waarabu wa Israeli ni akina nani ?

Historia ya Waarabu wa Israeli

Ndio maana sio jambo la kushangaza unasikia kwamba Israeli ni ardhi ya Wayahudi, lakini pia kuna watu Wayahudi.

Kuna waarabu walio wachache, ambao asili yao ni kutoka Palestina lakini pia ni raia wa Israeli.

Israeli ina jumla ya idadi ya watu takriban milioni tisa, na karibu moja ya tano ya watu hao – ambao ni sawa na takriban milioni 1.9 ni Waarabu.

Walikuwa ni Wapalestina ambao waliendelea kuishi Israeli baada ya kuundwa kwa taifa mwaka 1948, huku 750,000 kati yao ama walikimbia au nyumba zao zilichukuliwa baada ya kuibuka kwa vita vilivyofuatia.

Wakimbizi wamevuka mpaka na kuingia katika maeneo ya West Bank na ukanda wa Gaza na katika makambi ya wakimbizi katika katika maeneo hayo.

Waliobaki nchini Israeli hujiita Waarabu au Waisraeli Wapalestina au Wapalestina.

Waarabu wa Israeli wengi wao ni Waislamu, lakini swan a maeneo mengine ya Palestina.

Tangu kufanyika kwa uchaguzi mkuu wa kwanza wa Isreli, Waarabu walipewa haki ya kupiga kura Januari 25, 1925- lakini wanasema wamekuwa wakibaguliwakatika nchi hiyo kwa miaka.

Waarabu na Wayahudi wa Israeli hawakuingiliana sana, ingawa janga la corona liliwalazimisha kufanya kazi pamoja.

Moja ya ushirikiano ulikluwa ni kupitia sekta ya afya -ambapo Waarabu na Wayahudi wakikutana katika hospitali moja ambapo ungekuta mmoja ni daktari wa kliniki na mwingine ni daktari bingwa wa maradhi.

Unaweza pia kusoma:

• Uwezo na mapungufu ya silaha zinazotumiwa na Hamas dhidi ya Israel
• Kwanini nchi za Kiarabu zinaogopa kuingilia kati mzozo wa Israel na Palestina?Jibu lipo katika vita vya siku 6

Asilimia 20 ya madaktari wote wa Israeli ni Waarabu, 25 asilimia ni manesi, na asilimia 50 ni wataalamu wa Famasia.

Lakini ni vigumu kuelewa uhusiano kati yao ingawa wote ni raia wa nchi moja.

Kwa mfano, jeshi lina nafasi muhimu nchini Israeli na mafunzo ya kijeshi ni ya lazima kwa raia wote. Lakini pia mafunzo hayo sio muhimu kwa Waarabu.

Ubaguzi

Waarabu Waisraeli mara kwa mara wamekuwa wakisema kuwa wanabaguliwa dhidi ya nchi yao wenyewe, na makundi mengi ya haki za binadamu yanaamini hili.

Shirika la haki za binadamu la kimataifa Amnesty International linasema Israeli imetangaza rasmi ubaguzi dhidi ya Wapalestina wanaoishi nchini humo.

Ripoti ya Shirika la haki za binadamu la Human Rights Watch iliyotolewa mwezi Aprili 2021 inasema kwamba serikali ya Israeli ni ya kibaguzi, inafanya uhalifu dhidi ya Waarabu Waisraeli na Wapalestina wanaoishi katika miji iliyovamiwa West Bank na Fail.

Wizara ya mambo ya nje ya Israeli ilipinga ripoti hiyo iliyoitaja kuwa “uongo”.

Waarabu wanasema serikali ina historia ndefu ya kuchukua ardhi na kuwashutumu Wayahudi kwa kuwabagua katika bajeti na masuala ya kitaifa.

Sheria za kila kundi pia ni tofauti nchini.

‘Ng’ombe aliyetengwa’

Kwa mfano, sheria ya Israeli ya kupata cheti cha uraia inawapendelea zaidi Wayahudi, ambao wanaweza kupata mara moja paspoti bila kujali walikotoka

Wapalestina walifurushwa na watoto wao hawana haki

Mwaka 2018, bunge la Israeli lilipitisha sheria inayopiga marufuku matumizi ya Kiarabu kama lugha ya taifa-na Kiyahudi- na baadae kubuni “mazingira bora ” kwa Wayahudi.

Ayman Odeh, mbunge wa Kiarabu katika bunge la Israeli, alisemaIsraeli ilipitisha sheria ya ‘kuwaheshimu Wayahudi’, na kuwaambia Waarabu kwmaba ‘ng’ombe aliyetengwa atakuwepo wakati wote nchini Israeli .’

Kwa upande mwingine, Waziri Mkuu wa Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu aliahidi usawa lakini akasema ” ni jukumu la wengi kuamua”.kuhusu hilo.

Israeli imeimarisha mashambulio katika Gaza, huku wanamgambo wa Palestina waliendelea kufyatua maroketi ndani ya Israeli katika siku ya tano ya makabiliano.

Jeshi la Israeli lilisema kuwa vikosi vyake vya anga na nchi kavu vilihusika katika mashambulio ya Ijumaa lakini havikuingia Gaza.

Video kutoka katika mji wa Gaza zinaonesha picha za usiku za anga lililojaa vimulimuli vya vilipuzi kutoka kwa ndege za kijeshi za israeli, maboti ya silaha na silaha nyingine.

Watu wapatao 119 wameuawa Gaza na wengine wanane wameuawa Israeli tangu mapigano yalipoanza Jumatatu.

Wakati huo huo, umati wa Wayahudi na Waisraeli-Waarabu wamekuwa wakipigana ndani ya Israeli, , na kumfanya rais wake kuonya juu ya vita vya wenyee kwa wenyewe.

Waziri wa ulinzi Benny Gantz aliamrisha “kuimarishwa ” kwa vikosi vya usalama kumaliza ghasia za ndani ambayo zimesababisha kukamatwa kwa zaidi ya watu 400.

Polisi wanasema Waisraeli -Waarabu wamehusika na ghasia kwa kiasi kikubwa na wamepinga shutuma kwamba walikuwa wakishuhudia magenge ya vijana Kiyahudi wakizishambulia nyumba za Waarabu bila kuchukua hatua zozote.

Ghasia za wiki hii mjini Gaza na israeli ni mbaya zaidi kuwahi kushuhudiwa tangu mwaka 2014. Zilikuja wiki kadhaa baada ya kuongezeka kwa hali ya wasi wasi katika eneo la Jerusalemu Mashariki ambapo hatimaye makabiliano katika eneo takatifu la Waislamu na Wayahudi yaliibuka . kikindi cha kijeshi cha Hamas, ambacho kinatawala mji wa rules Gaza,kilianza kufyatua maroketi baada ya kuitahadharisha Israeli kuondoka kwenye eneo takatifu, ambapo Israeli ilijibu kwa mashambulio.

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Mjini Gaza, Wapalestina wanaohofia mashambulio ya vikosi vya Israeli wamekuwa wakikimbilia kwenye maeneo yaliyoko karibu na mpakani mwa Israeli. Wakazi waliokuwa wameondoka katika eneo la Shejaiya katika mji wa Gaza City wamesema makombora yamekuwa yakiangukia kwenye nyumba zao.

“Tulihisi kana kwamba tulikuwa katika filamu ya kutisha ,” alisema mmoja wa wakazi wa eneo hilo Salwa Al-Attar, ambaye alitoroka makombora na familia yake. “Ndege zilikuwa juu yetu, na makombora ya wanamaji – na usingeweza kutembea. Watoto, wanawake na wanaume walikuwa wanapiga mayowe .”

Jeshi la Israeli lilisema kuwa limefanya mashambulio usiku kucha kuharibu mtandao wa mahandaki wa Hamas “the metro”, lakini hakuna jeshi lake lililoingia Gaza. Liliongeza kuwa -katika kipindi cha kuanzia Alhamisi jioni na Ijumaa asubuhi-makombora zaidi ya 220 yalifyatuliwa kutoka ukanda wa Gaza.

Kusini mwa Israeli, mwanamke mwenye umri wa miaka 87 alikufa baada ya kuanguka alipokuwa njiani kujikinga na mashambulio ya mabomu karibu na Ashdod. maeneo mengine ikiwa ni pamoja na Ashkelon, Beersheba na Yavne pia yalilengwa.

Wizara ya afya ya Gaza ilisema watoto 27 walikuwa miongoni mwa watu waliouawa tangu yalipoanza mapigano , na raia wengine wengi wameuawa. Wakazi wengine 600 wa Gaza wamejeruhiwa. Israeli inasema makumi ya wale waliouawa Gaza ni wanamgambo, na baadhi ya vifo vilisababishwa na na roketi zilizokwenda kimakosa kwenye maeneo ambayo hayakulengwa ya Gaza.

Katika taarifa iliyotolewa mapema leo Ijumaa asubuhi, Waziri Mkuu wa Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu alisema operesheni ya jeshi la nchi hiyo dhidi ya wanamgambo wa Palestina itaendelea kwa “muda mrefu kama ni ya umuhimu”. Aliongeza kuwa Hamas italipa vikali, kama vile “vikundi vingine vya kigaidi”.

Msemaji wa jeshi la Hamas alisema kundi hilo lilikuwa tayari kufundisha wanajeshi wa Israeli “masomo magumu” ikiwa itaamua kuendelea na uvamizi wa ardhi.

Siku ya Alhamisi, jeshi la Israeli liliita wanajeshi 7,000 wa akiba na kupeleka wanajeshi na vifaru karibu na mpaka wake na Gaza. Ilisema kuingia Gaza ilikuwa chaguo moja la kuzingatiwa lakini uamuzi bado haujafanywa.

‘Hatukutaka mzozo huu’

Wakati mapigano yalipoingia siku ya tano, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa António Guterres alitaka “kuondolewa mara moja na kukomeshwa kwa mapigano huko Gaza na Israeli”.

Ombi lake liliunga mkono la wanadiplomasia wengine – pamoja na mshirika wa Israeli Marekani- lakini maombi hayo kwa viongozi wa Israeli na Wapalestina hadi sasa wameshindwa kuunda makubaliano ya kusitisha mapigano.

Afisa mwandamizi wa Hamas amesema kuwa kundi hilo liko tayari kusitisha mapigano ikiwa jamii ya kimataifa itashinikiza Israeli “kukomesha vitendo vya kijeshi” katika Msikiti wa al-Aqsa uliobishaniwa huko Yerusalemu.ael to “suppress military actions” at the disputed al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Hatahivyo, mshauri mwandamizi wa Bw Netanyahu aliiambia BBC kwamba wito wa kimataifa wa kuzuia matukio hayo unahitajika

“Hatukutaka mzozo huu, lakini sasa umeanza lazima uishe na utulivu,” alisema Mark Regev. “Hiyo inaweza kupatikana tu kwa Israeli kuchukua Hamas – muundo wao wa jeshi, amri na udhibiti wao.”

Israeli pia imeita kampuni 10 za doria za mpaka kusaidia kukabiliana na machafuko mabaya kati ya jamii za Waarabu na Wayahudi kwa miaka mingi.

Bwana Netanyahu amependekeza kuanzisha “kizuizi cha utawala” kwa waandamanaji. Hatua hiyo ya kutatanisha ingeruhusu mamlaka kuwashikilia watu kwa muda mrefu bila kuwashtaki.

Rais Reuven Rivlin alielezea kuzuka kwa ghasia katika miji na majiji kadhaa kama “vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe visivyo na maana”.

Wakati huo huo, majaribio ya vyama nchini Israeli kuunda umoja kuchukua nafasi ya serikali ya Bw Netanyahu kufuatia uchaguzi wa Machi yanaonekana kuvunjika baada ya kiongozi muhimu wa mrengo wa kulia kukiondoa chama chake nje ya mazungumzo., vyombo vya habari vinasema.

Naftali Bennett sasa anafanya mazungumzo na chama cha Bw Netanyahu cha Likud kujaribu kuunda “serikali pana ya umoja wa kitaifa”, kulingana na ripoti.

NBA Has Had 75 Percent Of Players Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

The NBA has had approximately 75 percent of their players receive a COVID-19 vaccine, sources tell ESPN. The vaccination rate is significantly higher than of the general population. 

Adam Silver continues to appeal to front office executives to encourage further player participation.

Sources say Silver stressed the concern that losing a key player for a week could decide a playoff series.

Djokovic saved by the rain in Rome as Nadal gains revenge over Zverev

Stats Perform14/05/202119:33Novak Djokovic is in trouble against Stefanos Tsitsipas

Novak Djokovic’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia quarter-final with Stefanos Tsitsipas was halted by persistent rain on Friday with the world number one a set and a game down.

Reigning champion Djokovic, who is seeking a sixth triumph in Rome, struggled to get going against Tsitsipas and trails 6-4 2-1 ahead of the scheduled resumption of play on Saturday.

The top seed lost serve in the first game and continued to make some uncharacteristic errors that saw him trail 4-1 at one point.

While Djokovic did earn a first break in the sixth game, Tsitsipas stood firm to take the opening set and was in total control when again breaking his opponent early in the next set.

However, soon after the Greek had opened up a 2-1 advantage, the worsening conditions led to a pause in proceedings and organisers were eventually forced to bring the day’s play to an end.

Djokovic, who converted just one of his six break point opportunities, will return to the court on Saturday and will need to improve if he is to join Rafael Nadal in the final four.

Nadal exacted some revenge on Alexander Zverev earlier on Friday to reach the semi-finals for a 12th time.

The Spaniard lost to Zverev at the same stage of the Madrid Open seven days ago but responded to questions over his form by easing through this latest encounter.

Nadal, who saved two match points before beating Denis Shapovalov on Thursday, raced 4-0 ahead in the first set against Zverev and had little trouble seeing the job through.

Aiming for a record-extending 10th title in the Italian capital, Nadal saved all eight break points he faced in the second set to advance 6-3 6-4 in two hours.

“I played more solid than Madrid. Conditions are different,” he said in his post-match interview. “Here the conditions are a little more normal. I was able to control a little bit more.”

“I’m happy. I played a very solid match with not many mistakes, playing the way that I have to. It’s an important victory for me against a great player.”

Nadal will face Reilly Opelka for a place in the final, the American beating qualifier Federico Delbonis 7-5 7-6 (7-2) to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.

Opelka entered the tournament on a six-game losing streak, but he kept his good run going in Rome by earning the only break of the opening set in the 12th game.

Both players held throughout the second set and it was big-serving Opelka who prevailed 7-2 in the tie-break.

The day’s other quarter-final between Lorenzo Sonego and Andrey Rublev also fell victim to the bad weather and will get under way on Saturday.

Title game rematches & Brady’s trip to La La Land – The most intriguing games of the 2021 NFL season

By Nicholas McGeeStats Perform13/05/202115:42Tom Brady drops back to pass against the Rams

The 2021 NFL season may still be months away, but fans can begin eagerly circling their calendars in anticipation of some truly mouth-watering fixtures after Wednesday’s schedule release.

There are some obvious standouts. The Week 4 meeting of Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots should capture the entire league’s attention as Brady returns to Foxborough for the first time since saying a shock farewell to his home of 20 seasons last offseason, and then going on to win a seventh Super Bowl ring in his maiden season with the Bucs.

A potential duel between Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs and Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in Week 9 hinges on Rodgers blinking in his staring contest with the Packers’ brass and returning for the season.

Should he do so, it will pit the reigning MVP against the 2018 MVP and Super Bowl LIV MVP in a matchup of two quarterbacks who have each recently finished in the top five in well-thrown ball percentage. Rodgers was third in the NFL with 82.4 per cent last season while Mahomes was fourth with 81.1 per cent in 2019 as he led the Chiefs to the Lombardi Trophy.

But the games with the best narratives on the surface do not always produce the best matchups. Here, using Stats Perform data, we look at five other games on the schedule that are in the mix to be among the most exciting games of the 2021 campaign.

Packers @ 49ers – Week 3

The Packers trounced a 49ers team decimated by injuries last season, though that was probably hollow revenge for Green Bay’s NFC Championship Game humbling at the hands of San Francisco in the 2019 season.

Typically, when Rodgers has visited the team he idolised in his youth, things have gone poorly for the Packers. He has won two of his four regular-season meetings with the Niners in the Bay Area but has lost to San Francisco on each of the three occasions he has faced them in the playoffs, with two of those defeats on the road.

Still, if Rodgers acquiesces in his stand-off with Packers management and plays for Green Bay in 2021, it promises to be a fascinating duel of NFC contenders, with the Niners potentially starting a rookie quarterback in dual-threat Trey Lance.

Should Rodgers remain with the Packers, the key matchup in this one could well be the reigning MVP against a Niners defensive line that should get back edge rusher Nick Bosa after he missed most of the 2020 season with a torn ACL.

Rodgers’ well-thrown percentage under pressure was 71.0 per cent in 2020, the ninth-best in the NFL, and he will likely have to maintain that accuracy under duress if Bosa is back to his best. The 2019 Defensive Rookie of the Year had a pressure rate of 28.3 per cent in his first season in the league, trailing only Adrian Clayborn and elder brother Joey, and sacked Rodgers in the regular season and the NFC title game.

Buccaneers @ Rams – Week 3

Yes, Brady v Belichick is the game everybody in Tampa will be most excited for, and the season opener between the Super Bowl champions and the Dallas Cowboys will be a primetime ratings monster, but perhaps the best duel involving the only player with seven Super Bowl rings will take place when Tampa head west.

The Rams edged the Buccaneers 27-24 in Tampa last season and should provide a stern test again at SoFi Stadium with Matthew Stafford set to be under center for Los Angeles.

But Stafford is not the person Brady will be concerned with when it comes to the Rams. Instead, it will be three-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald.

Brady was phenomenal when it came to avoiding interceptable passes last season.

He threw a pickable pass on just 13 of 590 pass attempts in 2020, a percentage of 2.20 that only Alex Smith (2.12) could better. When under pressure, it increased to 3.45 per cent, but that was still the fourth-lowest pickable pass rate in the NFL under duress.

But no defender in the league strikes fear into the heart of quarterbacks quite like Donald, who led all defensive tackles in 2020 with a pressure rate of 27.7 per cent and an adjusted sack rate of 5.5 per cent.

Donald can destroy the best-laid plans of any offense, and surviving the challenge he and the Rams will pose will be one of the biggest tests for Brady and the Bucs in their bid to repeat as champions

Bills @ Chiefs – Week 5

This is a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship Game in which the Bills did not produce an effort reflective of their outstanding 2020, and Buffalo look like the team best placed to challenge Kansas City again in the AFC in 2021.

The headline act of this clash is the battle of the quarterbacks, with Mahomes and Josh Allen leading the revolution of athletic, cannon-armed quarterbacks who have taken the league by storm.

But an underrated aspect of this game will be Stefon Diggs’ performance against a Chiefs secondary that does not get the credit it deserves.

Diggs was held to six catches for 77 yards in the playoff matchup but recently revealed he played through the postseason with an oblique tear.

When healthy, Diggs has the ability to do significantly greater damage. He led the NFL with 1,535 receiving yards in his first season in Buffalo and trailed only Davante Adams (3.9) in burn yards per route as he averaged 3.6.

However, the Chiefs’ projected starting cornerbacks have the means to slow him down. L’Jarius Sneed was fifth among all corners in preventing big plays, allowing a play of 20 yards or more on just 14.5 per cent of his targets. 

Meanwhile, Charvarius Ward was fourth among corners in burns allowed, giving up a burn on 32.7 per cent of his targets.

Bears @ Seahawks – Week 16

The Bears have rarely been high on the list of teams to look out for when it comes to intrigue in recent years, but that all changed when they traded up to draft Justin Fields 11th overall.

Once Chicago ends the charade of committing to Andy Dalton as starting quarterback and goes with the high-upside rookie, the Bears have the potential to be an extremely interesting watch.

That will certainly be the case if Fields is under center when they travel to Seattle’s Lumen Field, with the Bears set to face the quarterback they reportedly pursued before picking Fields, Seahawks star Russell Wilson.

A quarterback battle between Fields and Wilson has the potential to be an absorbing encounter featuring two signal-callers who each excel with their accuracy throwing the deep ball.

Of quarterbacks with at least 25 throws of 25 or more air yards, only three players (Ryan Tannehill, Philip Rivers and Derek Carr) had a higher well-thrown percentage than Wilson’s 63.0 per cent on those attempts last season.

Fields was similarly proficient attacking downfield in his final year for Ohio State, posting a well-thrown percentage of 76.47 per cent on throws of 15 or more air yards that was superior to that of Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Mac Jones.

If his success in that regard quickly translates to the NFL, the Bears’ trip to the Pacific Northwest could turn into a scintillating showcase of the deep passing game. For the first time in a while, the Bears have the potential to be must-see TV.

Ravens @ Browns – Week 14

The balance of power in the AFC North is shifting towards the Ravens and Browns and their Monday Night game in Cleveland last year was among the most entertaining of the 2020 campaign.

In the end, the Browns’ inability to stop Lamar Jackson, even after his apparent ‘comfort break’, from making the big plays in Baltimore’s thrilling comeback was the decisive factor in the Ravens’ 47-42 triumph.

Cleveland took steps to stop such a scenario from playing out again, using their first-round pick on a cornerback in Greg Newsome II who allowed a big play on just 4.2 per cent of his 36 targets in an abbreviated final season at Northwestern.

His addition, and that of versatile second-round linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, who allowed a big-play percentage of 11.0 when covering from the slot and had an overall pressure rate of 25.0 per cent, should help the Browns do a better job of slowing down opponents.

But whether those arrivals are enough to make the difference against Jackson and the Ravens is another matter.

An underrated downfield thrower whose well-thrown percentage of 60.0 on throws of 25 or more air yards was seventh in the NFL last year, Jackson has another dynamic weapon to target in the form of first-round receiver Rashod Bateman.

Sixth among Power 5 wideouts with at least 50 targets in burn yards per target (16.15) in his stellar 2019 season, Bateman can be the number one receiver Jackson has long since lacked.

Bateman excelled at creating separation two years ago while having an average depth of target of 16.2. With him and speedster Marquise Brown in the mix, Jackson does not lack big-play weapons, and Cleveland’s ability to keep them under wraps could be critical in deciding an ultra-competitive division in 2021.

Packers want Aaron Rodgers back ‘in the worst way’ – LaFleur

Stats Perform14/05/202123:50Matt LaFleur and Aaron Rodgers

The Green Bay Packers continue to make it clear they want star Aaron Rodgers to remain as their quarterback, despite reports the reigning NFL MVP is unhappy. 

Rumours have swirled around Rodgers since reports on the first day of the NFL Draft claimed the QB wanted out of Green Bay after 16 seasons with the Packers.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has already said the team would not trade Rodgers and president and chief executive Mark Murphy reiterated Green Bay’s commitment to Rodgers.

Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur echoed those sentiments as the Packers opened their rookie mini-camp on Friday.

“I’ve got nothing new to update, and we still obviously feel the same way,” LaFleur said of Rodgers’ future.

“We want him back in the worst way. I know he knows that, and we’ll continue to work at it each and every day.”

Last season, Rodgers amassed 48 touchdowns, five interceptions and a completion rate of 70.7 per cent for the Packers – who lost to eventual Super Bowl champions the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game.

Rodgers’ quarterback rating of 121.5 puts him second on the all-time list among qualifiers, behind only his 2011 campaign (122.5).

In total, Rodgers completed 372 of 526 attempts for 4,299 yards as the Packers topped the NFC North with a 13-3 record to clinch home-field advantage and the top seed in the NFC playoffs for the first time since 2011.

Rodgers is level with Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Johnny Unitas and Jim Brown with three MVP honours – only Peyton Manning (five) has more in NFL history.

The Packers begin organised team activities on May 24 and Rodgers is not expected to be present, pending a resolution in the meantime. 

That leaves LaFleur and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to work with the quarterbacks on hand: Rodgers’ heir apparent Jordan Love and new signing Blake Bortles. 

Bortles, who signed with the team on Thursday, previously worked with Hackett on the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2015-18. 

“This is a guy that’s started a lot of games and had a lot of success — shoot, he led his team to the AFC Championship Game [in 2017], and they were close to knocking off the Patriots in New England,” LaFleur said.

“He’s got a lot of experience, and that’s something you can never take for granted.”

Love was the Packers’ first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft but did not play last season. 

LaFleur deflected a question about whether he would use the off-season to prepare Love for a starting role in case Rodgers does not return, saying he expects every player on the team to have that mind-set.

The Packers will open their season at the New Orleans Saints on September 12.

Giannis dominates with 40 in Bucks win over Pacers, 76ers miss top spot chance again

Stats Perform14/05/202105:30Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo produced a remarkable individual performance to keep the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference top two hunt with a 142-133 win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.

Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, with 15 rebounds and six assists as the Bucks closed in on the second-placed Brooklyn Nets (46-24), improving their record to 45-25.

Milwaukee shot at 57 per cent on the night, boosted by the Greek forward who shot 14-from-18 from the field, going at 77.8 per cent.

Antetokounmpo’s display was the first since Charles Barkley in 1988 where a player had at least 40 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and shot at higher than 75 per cent.

At the top of the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers missed the chance to claim first seeding again, going down 106-94 to the surging Miami Heat.

The 76ers trailed by 19 at the half with Joel Embiid returning from illness, while Jimmy Butler had 16 points by the main break.

Butler finished with 21 points including four-from-four beyond the arc as the Heat claimed their sixth win from their past seven.

Blazers blow buzzer beater, Knicks still in top four hunt

The Portland Trail Blazers left the door open for the Los Angeles Lakers to usurp them in the playoffs race after going down on the buzzer 118-117 to the Phoenix Suns.

C.J. McCollum, who had 27 points, had a shot to win the game on the buzzer but missed, meaning the Blazers move to 41-30, marginally ahead of the Lakers on 40-30 and seventh in the West. Damian Lillard had 41 points for Portland.

The New York Knicks kept up their push for a top four spot in the East with a 102-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs, who qualify for the play-in tournament after the Sacramento Kings lost.

Julius Randle had 25 points with nine rebounds and nine assists for the Knicks, while R.J. Barrett scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half.

MVP favourite Nikola Jokic faced off against Rookie of the Year candidate Anthony Edwards as the Denver Nuggets won 114-103 over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Jokic dominated with 31 points and 14 rebounds, while Edwards had 29 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

The Atlanta Hawks made it 10 consecutive home wins with a 116-93 victory over the Orlando Magic led by Clint Capela with 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Kings’ long wait extends

The Sacramento Kings’ 116-110 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies means they are mathematically out of post-season calculations, which also means they long wait for playoffs basketball extends. The Kings have not made the playoffs since 2006.

Clippers on-song beyond the arc

The Los Angeles Clippers scored an outstanding 21 three-pointers as a team in their 113-90 win over the Charlotte Hornets. They went at 46.7 per cent from range with Reggie Jackson draining five after coming off the bench.

Thursday’s results

Los Angeles Clippers 113-90 Charlotte Hornets
Milwaukee Bucks 142-133 Indiana Pacers
Miami Heat 106-94 Philadelphia 76ers
New York Knicks 102-98 San Antonio Spurs
Atlanta Hawks 116-93 Orlando Magic
Chicago Bulls 114-102 Toronto Raptors
Denver Nuggets 114-103 Minnesota Timberwolves
Memphis Grizzlies 116-110 Sacramento Kings
Phoenix Suns 118-117 Portland Trail Blazers

Magic at 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers, after back-to-back losses, will look to seal top seeding in the Eastern Conference when they host the lowly Orlando Magic.