ENGLISH Premier League side Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Nigeria-eligible central defender Jamaldeen Jimoh who joins them from Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion (WBA) as a teenage scholar.

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[1] Tourism - $20bn

[2] Manufacturing - $50bn

[3] Food processing - $20bn

[4] Animal husbandry - $10bn

[5] Aviation - $20bn

[6] Clean energy - $20bn

[7] Shipping and maritime - $20bn

[8] Information and communication technology - $20bn

[9] Clothing, textiles and fashion items - $20bn

[10] Health and pharmaceutical services - $10bn

SUPER Eagles leftback Zaudu Sanusi has become the subject of a two-way tussle for this services with English Premier league sides West Ham United and Nottingham Forest involved in a race against time to sign him before the end of the month.

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[1] Team sports. When I was in secondary school, we participated in team sports every day. Handball, basketball, volleyball, football, hockey, etc were events in which we were all trained. Across the spectrum we had national games festivals for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, police colleges, etc, in which talent emerged. We then had the National Sports Festival which produced the crème de la crème

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OLUWO of Iwoland Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has assured the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria Cui Jianchun that Iwo is safe for business and investment and he would welcome the location of any Chinese facility within his domain.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has asked the National Identity Management Commission (Nimc) director-general Aliyu Aziz to commence his 90-day pre-retirement leave with Bisoye Coker-Odusote named as the new acting head of the agency.

EGYPT and Algeria have both expressed their opposition top proposals put forward by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to use military force in Niger Republic  insisting that dialogue remains the best option out of the current political crisis.

DEVELOPING nations group Brics has admitted six new members at its ongoing summit in South Africa with Nigeria surprisingly missing out on membership as the body expands its membership to 11.

ENGLISH Championship side Southampton have rejected a recent offer from Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona for the services of Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo saying the bid did not match their evaluation of the player.