NIGERIAN strikers Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have both made the Confederation of African Football (Caf) three-person shortlist for the 2023 Player of the Year in the men and women categories.

By Ayo Akinfe

My mate Benjamin is no more

His passing is so very sore

What a great giant we have lost

Writers dread to value the cost

Writer and poet the man was

Zephaniah a man of words

He raised the literary stage

This Birmingham man was a sage

O how sorely we will miss you

All those who used to take a cue

From the young to the elderly

On streets and on the balcony

Ayo Akinfe

[1] After rain comes sunshine and after darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy, there is no joy without its admixture of sorrow. Behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of prosperity, so tear the mask

[2] The rich and the highly-placed in business, public life and government, are running a dreadful risk in their callous neglect of the poor and down-trodden

PAN-cultural group the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called for the resignation of Nigeria's military top brass over the botched bombing raid that killed 85 villagers at Tudun Biri in Kaduna State over the weekend.

NIGERIAN social care workers coming to the UK are set to be hit hard by new Draconian measures just introduced by the British government aimed at curtailing immigration which involve banning their families from joining them.

NIGERIA'S Super Falcons have now set their sights firmly on reclaiming the Women's African Cup of Nations next year after qualifying for the tournament yesterday by beating Cape Verde 2-1 to secure a 7-1 aggregate victory.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We should aim for annual double digit economic growth between 2024 and 2030. If we enjoy 10% growth every year for a decade, it will increase Nigeria's GDP to over $1trn

NIGERIA Air Force (Naf) officials have the Falcon 900B aircraft from the presidential fleet for sale as part of a government drive to get rid of unnecessary aircraft that are currently sitting idle in Abuja.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every second, the sun’s core fuses about 600m tonnes of hydrogen into helium and in the process converts 4m tonnes of matter into energy. This energy, which can take between 10,000 and 170,000 years to escape the core, is the source of the sun’s light and heat

NIGERIA'S federal government has finally taken delivery of the Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha on Anambra State after the contractor handling the project handed it over to works minister David Umahi.