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DIASPORA body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has arranged a coach trip to Brighton beach on Saturday August 19 as part of its community bonding programme aimed at fostering togetherness.

In a first such programme of its kind, Canuk has hired two coaches that will leave from Euston and North Greenwich stations in London at 8.30am on August 19. They will travel to Brighton beach for the day and then leave at 4.30pm in the evening.

MEMBERS of the Jehovah Witnesses sect in Nigeria have opened a historical museum in Edo State to document their efforts over the last 100 years and to showcase their work in the country since they first arrived in 1921.

THREE presidents of neighbouring West African nations paid a joint visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja today in what looks like a regional search for solutions to the security problems bedevilling the sub-region.

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Burnley are said to be preparing a €6m bid for Nigerian striker David Okereke with a view to signing him from Italian side Cremonese before the end of the current transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, the federal government needs to licence local vigilante groups in all 774 local government areas of the country to ensure uniformity. This way, they will all be signed up to uniform standards of operation

GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has complained about the fact that he is being distracted from getting on with the job at hand by too many unscheduled visits from politicians dropping in to see him.

SENATOR Abdullahi Adamu the chairman on Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party's general secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore have both resigned their positions today at a national working committee (NWC) meeting.

ENGLISH Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion have had a £20m bid for Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey turned down by Ajax of Amsterdam just as Leeds United are closing in on a deal for Nottingham Forest's Emmanuel Dennis.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be obliged by law to organise their farmers into cooperative units

[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through these co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs

SUPER Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is set to join Italian Serie A club Udinese on a season-long loan deal from English Championship side Watford as he searches for my playing time during the 20223/24 season.