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ENGLISH Premiership side have handed Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa a lifeline following the expected departure of Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City asking him to take over from the Algerian winger.

PRESIDENTIAL candidate Dr Ali Soyode has added his voice to the ongoing debate about the murder of over 100 people in Plateau State stating that the federal government should make the protection of lives and property its primary preoccupation.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester City have released Nigerian midfielder Chidiebere Nwakali following the expiration of his five year contract with the club making him a free agent to find a clubside ahead of the coming season.

Nwakali, 21, signed a five year contract with Manchester City in 2013, which is due to expire on July 30 this year. Despite his being on the club's payroll, he was unable to get into the  main team like his Nigerian colleague Kelechi Iheanacho.

FORMER aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed that he knows the whereabouts of Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu claiming that he is being held on a Nigerian Navy warship off the coast of Bayelsa State.

SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi's father has been rescued by security forces after being kidnapped by armed gunmen along with his driver in Enugu State last week while on his way from the Plateau State capital Jos.

PASTORALIST association the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has demanded an apology from the Benue State government for linking it with the ongoing murderous attacks against farmers and villages across the state.

BORNO State capital Maiduguri was thrown into chaos yesterday after hundreds of mobile policemen staged a demonstration to protest being owed seven months allowance arrears and corruption within the hierarchy of the force.

NIGERIA is facing the prospect of a Fifa ban after the federal government ordered the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) chairman Amaju Pinnick to stand down and respect a Supreme Court ruling that negated his election.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr looks set to end the international careers of several veterans by leaving them out of his squad when he names the team to face the Seychelles in an African Nations Cup qualifier come September.

ARMED gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have carried out a daring raid on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Borno State in a battle that left about four people dead as they away supplies delivered there to cater for the refugees.