APC to take a decision on the zoning of National Assembly positions after Ramadan

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced that it intends to reveal details of its National Assembly zoning plans at the end of the Ramadan fasting period next month.

 

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Chelsea confident they will get Osimhen despite not qualifying for Champions League

ENGLISH football giants Chelsea are confident they can sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen during the summer transfer window despite it being unlikely that the club will play in the Uefa Champions League next season.

 

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With unemployment and poverty running riot across northern Nigeria, Bola Tinubu needs to sit down with the 19 state governors and agree a development plan that looks something like this

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[1] Agree to open a 20,000 square kilometre National Game Reserve in Taraba State. Make it the world’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Designed along similar lines to South Africa’s Kruge National Park, it should employ about 5,000 park rangers to police and fight off poachers and be home to animals like giraffe, elephants, lions, leopards, zebra, hippos, rhinoceros, crocodiles, cheetahs, buffaloes, wilder beast, impala, hyena, etc

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Time magazine lists Tinubu as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2023

NIGERIA'S new president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been named in Time magazine as one of the100 most influential people in the world during the course of 2023 having coasted to victory in Africa's most populous nation.

 

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UK government apologises to Obi after it emerges that immigration officials wrongly detained him

BRITAIN'S government has apologised to former Anambra State governor and Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi for detaining him unduly at Heathrow Airport over the Easter period following an impersonation mix-up.

 

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Mikel Arteta looks to bring Michael Olise to the Emirates during the summer transfer window

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta is considering launching a summer transfer bid for Crystal Palace's Nigeria-eligible playmaker Michael Olise as he looks to beef up his squad ahead of a busy forthcoming season that will involve Champions League football.

 

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I hope Bola Tinubu is using his time abroad to brainstorm with power industry experts as he simply has to resolve the electricity crisis during his first term in office

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[1] We keep debating this issue of inadequate electricity supply in Nigeria but always come up short. It is not actually rocket science as our problems can be broken down into two. In the first place, we need about 50,000MW but only generate 7,000MW and to make matters worse, we can only distribute 4,000MW of this. All we have to do is address both issues

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Turkish president Tayyip Erdoğan becomes the latest world leader to congratulate Tinubu

 

PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdoğan has become the latest world leader to congratulate Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu calling for a mutual cooperation and partnership that would further the friendly relationship between the two countries.

 

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Obi detained and questioned at Heathrow Airport over impersonation suspicions

FORMER Anambra State governor and Nigerian Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi was recently detained and harassed by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport in the UK who were investigating impersonation allegations

 

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Nigerian teenage sensation Thompson Ishaka signs two year deal with Glasgow Rangers

 

SCOTTISH Premier League giants Glasgow Rangers have signed up Nigerian teenage sensation Thompson Ishaka after he successfully underwent trials at the club agreeing a two-year contract with him.

 

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