Russia 2018 should be the watershed when Nigeria joins the sextet of global footballing powers

[1] By now, most Nigerian football fans are tired of our Super Eagles "trying" at the World Cup. For a nation of 180m souls, it is time we join the ranks of the big boys

 

[2] For me, the big six are Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Spain and France

 

[3] Of the 20 times the World Cup have been played, these six teams won it 17 times

 

[4] Do you know that there has never been a World Cup final played not involving one of these six teams?

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Medview leaves Nigerian passengers stranded in Lagos and Gatwick with many spending Xmas at the airport

PASSENGERS travelling in and out of Nigeria for the Christmas holidays aboard domestic carrier Medview Airlines have been left stranded for days at airports as the airline has been overwhelmed by demand and unable to cope with demand.

 

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Buhari to host Lake Chad conference in bid to find ways to reverse its shrinking water levels

NIGERIA is to host an international conference aimed at saving the Lake Chad as part of a desperate attempt to reverse the growing shrinking of the waterhole which is facing a real threat of drying up.

 

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Croatian coach says he already knows his starting 11 against Nigeria as Ejide eyes place in squad

CROATIA'S national team coach Zlatko Dalić has revealed that he has already selected the starting 11 he hopes to use in the World Cup opening game against Nigeria on June 16 just as former Super Eagles goalkeeper Austin Ejide says he is keen to make the squad.

 

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Inspector general of police decorates new commissioner charged with extra-judicial killing

INSPECTOR-general of police Ibrahim Idris has courted controversy by publicly decorating Ibrahim Danjuma with his new rank of Commissioner of Police despite being the subject of a controversial extra-judicial killing.

 

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Couple to be charged with trafficking as wife bathes housemaid with hot water after husband assaults her sexually

MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a couple with a view to charging them to court for trafficking after the wife bathed the 19-year old teenager in hot water claiming she had a sexual relationship with her husband.

 

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Fulani herdsmen open fire on Nigerian Air Force jet and helicopter in Adamawa State

HEAVILY-armed Fulani cattle herdsman have shot at a Nigerian Air Force (Naf) attack helicopter and a fighter jet in Adamawa State  in the latest clash between the pastoralists and the security forces.

 

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Donald Trump refers to Nigerian diaspora in the US as people who do not want to return to their huts

PRESIDENT Donald trump has taunted Nigerians as one set of migrants who never want to return home after visiting the US describing them as people who to return to their huts after seeing America.

 

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Stoke City set to swoop for Ahmed Musa in January as club faces relegation dogfight

ENGLISH Premiership strugglers Stoke City are poised to make a bid for Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa in January when the transfer window opens in a bid to strengthen its attack and avoid a brutal relegation dogfight.

 

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Nigeria becomes first and only African country to issue biometric visas in bid to woo investors

NIGERIA has become the first and only African country to issue biometric visas to visitors following the introduction of the scheme this year as part of a government programme to woo foreign investors.

 

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