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DIASPORA umbrella body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) will hold its first-ever health and wellbeing day on June 29 at Empires Longue restaurant along the Old Kent Road in southeast London.

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[1] There will be free primary and secondary education for every Nigerian child

[2] Our federal government will offer one free meal a day to all primary and secondary school pupils

[3] The federal government will pay a N20,000 monthly stipend to all unemployed school leavers under the age of 24

[4] Every state government will be compelled by law to open at least one vocational training centre in each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas

DIASPORA body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has arranged a coach trip to Southend-on-Sea beach on Saturday August 3 as part of its community bonding programme aimed at fostering togetherness.

In the second-ever such programme of its kind, Canuk has hired two coaches that will leave from Euston and North Greenwich stations in London at 10am on August 3. They will travel to Southend-on-Sea beach for the day and then leave at 5pm in the evening.

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[1] Nigeria is willing to offer all G7 member states observer status at the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). This is to facilitate massive investment in West Africa with an annual minimum target of $500bn

DIASPORA umbrella body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has initiated plans towards becoming a community interest company (CIC) after delegates to its recent annual general meeting (AGM) mandated the executive committee to call an emergency general meeting (EGM) to look into the matter.

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[1] Nigeria will be made up of 42 states, with seven per each of her constituent geo-political zones

[2] Each state will be responsible for creating and funding its local governments as it deems fit. Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a state grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure

ALHAJI Aliko Dangote has revealed that his company the Dangote Group has already paid back $2.4bn out of the $5.5bn loan it took out to construct the mega $19bn refinery in Lagos State designed to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

TWO Nigerian eateries in the UK have avoided getting into a legal spat after a restaurant in Kettering in the Midlands agreed to change its name to Zuma Rock from Aso Rock following a legal threat from another outlet with same name.

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[1] Nigeria will release all political prisoners without charge and drop the pending charges against them. Chief among these will be Nnamdi Kanu. As from henceforth, all of them are free to advance their causes in an open and democratic manner and shall not face state harassment as long as they do not take up arms against the government

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[1] Nigeria will from henceforth have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2025 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours