NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Kaye Furo has just signed a five-and-a-half year contract with English Premier League side Brentford bringing about an end to his nine year stint at Belgian side Club Brugge.

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Annual output of world’s leading horse producers

1] US - 10.5m

[2] Mexico - 6.3

[3] China - 5.5m

[4] Brazil - 5.5m

[5] Mongolia - 3.9m

[6] Argentina- 2.5m

[7] Kazakhstan - 2.4m

[8] Ethiopia - 2.2m

[9] Russia - 1.3m

[10] Colombia - 1.1m

[1] A horse costs about $2,000 on the open market, so just imagine the revenue we would generate if we exported say 3m of them

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will be without the services of skipper Wilfred Ndidi for their semi final clash against Morocco on Wednesday he picked up bookings in yesterday's quarter final victory over Algeria.

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[1] First of all, I hope he let the whole world know that Nigeria is not Afghanistan where what happens remains local. Whenever anything happens in Nigeria, it has continental implications. I trust President Tinubu told the rest of the world that they ignore Nigeria at their peril

SERIE A giants Inter Milan have stepped up their interest in Super Eagles centreback Calvin Bassey with a view to purchasing him from English Premier league side Fulham during the current transfer window.

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[1] You have to give it to our Congolese brethren for using the ongoing African Cup of Nations to revive an interest in our pro-independence and anti-imperialist heroes

[2] Patrice Lumumba led DR Congo to independence only to be removed and executed by Belgium and their local cohorts. They could not stand the thought of Africans taking control of their own resources and destiny

NIGERIA'S Federal Ministry of Finance has taken over the responsibility of paying the match bonuses of the Super Eagles to avoid further embarrassing disputes that could distract the team from its mission of winning the ongoing African Cup of Nations.

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[1] President Tinubu needs to see himself as a post-war leader whose immediate priority is the decommissioning and rehabilitation of soldiers. Kind of similar to Clement Atlee, Britain’s prime minister who assumed office in 1945 and converted millions of young soldiers into industrial workers

NIGERIAN multiple award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has lost one of her twin sons Nkanu Nnamdi to a brief illness in tragic circumstances said to have devastated the family.

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[1] Nigeria will have a high speed rail network that will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states and 774 local government areas to a national network

[2] Road maintenance is to be given back to the states. The Federal Ministry of Works will ensure funds are disbursed to state governments to cater for stretches of so-called federal roads that fall within their domains