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NIGERIAN UK student John Nwadiaju has been handed an 11 month suspended prison sentence for assaulting and abusing his wife Kosisochukwu Echem after a Welsh court found him guilty of domestic violence.

FORMER All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant Adamu Garba has asked the federal government to summon the British high commissioner to Nigeria and protest the hefty jail sentence handed out to former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

ENGLISH Premier Side Bournemouth have announced that 10 new first year scholars will join up with its U18 squad  next season with a Nigeria eligible defender Malachi Ogunleye named as one of them.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Whatever candidate anyone might have supported in Nigeria’s last election, the fact remains that on the 29th of this month, Bola Tinubu is going to assume office. Win or lose, the election tribunal is not going to deliver a verdict for at least two months at the very least

AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has expressed confidence that the planned new national carrier Nigeria Air will get going before the change of administrations due to take place later this month on May 29.

NIGERIANS in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has added her voice to the growing number of people asking the UK government to show leniency towards former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

ALMOST 400 Nigerians who were living in Sudan have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja in what was the first batch of refugees safely returning back home after a scary journey from the wear-torn north African nation.

PRESIDENT-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has set the tone for his administration's stance on road maintenance by telling Governor Nyesom Wike that the Rivers State government will not be reimbursed for projects it recently undertook.

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace have taken German-born Nigerian right-back Derrick Abu on trial from London rivals Chelsea with a view to signing him as a free agent at the end of the season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Are Nigerians aware of the fact that their country is the world’s sixth largest agricultural producer

[2] We are the world’s number one producer of about 10 agricultural crops, with the main ones being yam, cassava, cocoa yam, melon seed, bitter leaf and shea nuts

[3] However, about a third of our agricultural output gets destroyed in the rural areas. Poor roads mean potholes, which in turn destroys crops, especially fruit and vegetables