ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United are considering buying Nigeria-eligible playmaker Michael Olise during the current January transfer window as part of a desperate bid to strengthen its squad and revive a moribund title bid.

BRITAIN's government has released a list of licensed companies and organisations that are approved to sponsor the relocation of skilled workers in a move that should help those teaming Nigerian migrant workers looking to emigrate.

ROYAL Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf will miss Nigeria's second Group A game against Ivory Coast in the ongoing African Cup of Nations tomorrow after head coach Jose Peseiro confirmed that the player will be rested for the match.

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[1] Like Nigeria, Australia is a federation but one big difference between the two nations is that their state govenors get off their backsides and raise revenue internally

ANGLO-Dutch petroleum giant Shell has reached an agreement to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) to a consortium of five companies known as Renaissance.

FOURTEEN of Nigeria's 36 state governors have not raised one kobo in foreign direct investment (FDI) over the last three years despite spending a whopping sum of N21.04bn ($22m) on foreign trips according to recent data from the World Bank.

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[1] For decades, the Nigerian government has shown no interest whatsoever in expanding cattle numbers, opening ranches, locating feed companies or manufacturing high nutrition grasses but due to the Fulani herdsmen saga, we have been forced to address the issue

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[1] Many Nigerians erroneously think that corruption is their biggest problem. How wrong they are. Intellectual laziness, being under-productive and sheer incompetence are what is keeping us in a state of under-development, to use a phrase from Walter Rodney

LAGOS football fans will be able to watch the ongoing African Cup of Nations at five additional venues after the state government opted to increase the number of viewing venues to 20 from 15.

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[1] Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest agricultural producer but alas, up to one third of our food production goes to waste due to poor transportation and storage facilities. To stem this waste, the federal government needs to make rural roads an urgent priority

[2] In some parts of Nigeria, entire local government areas are cut off during the rainy season. Just imagine the amount of farm produce that ends up being wasted