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POPE Francis I has revealed that he regularly prays for peace and stability in Nigeria as part of his contribution to helping solve the plethora of security and socio-economic challenges that the country is facing.

SUPER Eagles striker Odion Ighalo could be on his way back to the English Premiership soon amid indications that four clubs are interested in signing up the former Watford attacker during the January transfer window.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and looks set to join Nigeria's main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in what is seen as the first declared candidacy for the 2019 presidential elections.

NEWLY acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) Ezenachukwu Okwudili has declared himself the new head of the secessionist group and revealed that its former boss Nnamdi Kanu has fled to London using his British passport.

With Russia 2018 around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about marketing Nigerian football as a premium product

BEING a 57 year old nation, it is time for Nigeria to grow up and take her place at the country of mature countries. Nowhere is this more pertinent than on the football pitch where we have shown that we can compete with some of the best in the world.

RUSSIAN legislator Senator Andrei Klimov has accused the US of trying to sabotage the 2018 World Cup due to kick off un June this year in a bid to discredit the event simply because the American team did not qualify.

PAN-Igbo group the World Igbo Youth Congress (Wiyc) plans to hold a one million man march to Aso Rock this month to show its support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

ITALIAN goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon stunned fans at the Allianz Stadium in Turin last night by taking off his shorts and throwing them into the crowd at the end of the Uefa Champions League match between Juventus and Barcelona.

ZIMBABWE'S former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa is to be sworn in as president by Friday at the latest following the official resignation of Robert Mugabe according to an official statement issued by state broadcaster ZBC.

NIGERIAN Army commanders have given all their troops one year to become proficient in the nation's three major languages as part of a plan to get the military to become closer to the populace.