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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.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Dr Martin Luther King always spoke about "The fierce urgency of now" pointing out that gradualism was the killer of goals and dreams. I hope that President Bola Tinubu shares his view that: “We cannot afford the tranquilising drug of gradualism.”

[2] It is projected that by 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 400m, making her the third most populous nation in the world after India and China

NIGERIA'S first lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has urged the wives of the country's 36 state governors to formally introduce and acquaint them with the objectives and the mission of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) aimed at abolishing poverty.

LEON Balogun has re-joined Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers from English Championship side Queens Park Rangers (QPR) on a one-year deal become the club's seventh signing as it prepares for the new season.

[1] For starters, I hope Tinubu is aware of the fact that Africa as a continent only accounts for 4% of world trade and 1% of global manufacturing. Yet, she accounts for 18% of humanity’s population. Clearly, this is not sustainable, so an aggressive Nigerian foreign policy is required to correct the imbalance

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha has been cleared of all corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court.