FORMER Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis could be joining compatriot Kelechi Iheanacho at Scottish champions Celtic soon as the club has made enquiries about him as part of their drive to strengthen their attack ahead of the new season.

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[1] Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or British SAS. Both Britain and France can train our military if they want to

SUPER Eagles head coach Eric Chelle is expected to make a few changes to his team for Saturday's World cup qualifier against Rwanda as he will be forced to take into account the fact that some players have not seen any action so far this season.

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Countries with the largest horse populations:

[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] Colombia - 1.6m

[10] Chad - 1.5m

[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 globally

CELTIC head coach Brendan Rodgers has backed former Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho to do well in the Scottish Premier League after he signed a one-year contract with the Glasgow giants yesterday.

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[1] Do Nigerians know that their country is the world’s largest yam producer, accounting for about 70% of global output? We produce about 62m tonnes annually, dwarfing the output of all the other producers

[2] Are we also aware of the fact that the global yam market size is was estimated to be $13.69bn in 2023, $14.4bn in 2024 and is expected to be worth to $25bn by 2035. Nigeria is certainly not generating that kind of revenue from the sector

KELECHI Iheanacho could be on the verge of joining Scottish giants Celtic on a free transfer after his Spanish club Sevilla terminated his contract making him an unattached agent at liberty to join any club seeking his services.

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[1] Within four years, Nigeria needs to raise maize output from the current 10m tonnes to match Mexico’s 28m tonnes. Brazil will provide us with hybrid seedlings to help achieve this

[2] Brazil will assist Nigeria to increase tomato production from the current 4m tonnes to match Pakistan’s 16.6m tonnes

BIAFRAN separatist agitator Simon Ekpa has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Finnish court after he was found guilty of terrorism-related offences and aggravated tax fraud by his local Päijät-Häme District Court.

TWO members of the Super Eagles are set to join English Premier League clubs today before the closing of the transfer window this evening as Uche Christantus is poised to put pen to a deal with Crystal Palace while Samuel Chukwueze is poised to sign for Fulham.