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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede as the new executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years pending senate confirmation.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has urged political leaders in the southeast geo-political zone to work towards unity lamenting the fact that four different parties are in power across the region.

NIGERIA-eligible central midfielder Jamaldeen Jimoh has signed a professional contract with English Premier League giants Aston Villa after impressing the club with his performances as a youth scholar.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Rather pathetically, we are spending about $11bn importing products we can easily produce locally

[2] Of late, the Central Bank of Nigeria has waded into the matter by drawing up a list of products for which foreign exchange will not be made available to importers but that is only one tenth of the battle.

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked President Bola Tinubu to take a cue from his Beninoise counterpart President Patrice Talon who has just released Yoruba Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo and do likewise with Nnamdi Kanu.

PROVIDUS Bank is looking to open accounts for at least 300 UK diasporans when it storms the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK's (Canuk) gala dinner in London on December 16 this year.

ABOUT 20 Super Eagles players have arrived at the team camp at Portimao in Portugal ahead of the team's double header against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique starting off with Friday's game against the three times Asian Cup champions.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will offer every child free tuition right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education every year for the next decade

[3] State governments are obliged to provide free uniforms in all public primary and secondary schools

[4] All public schools are obliged to offer one free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils

NIGERIAN air passengers will now get paid compensation for flight delays and cancellations under new plans being introduced by aviation minster Festus Keyamo that will fine airlines and use the money to compensate their customers.

NIGERIA could cash in on the ongoing heightening of tension in the Middle East as the latest spay between Israel and Palestine has raised fears of crude oil supply shortages leading to international prices rises.