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GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has visited President Muhammadu Buhari to reiterate the case for the next senate president coming from the southeast geo-political zone saying it is only fair to do so.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for the UK today where he is due to join numerous other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla over the weekend.

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho could be on his way to Italy soon as Serie A giants Inter Milan and monitoring him with a view to making a summer bid to Leicester City for his services.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?

[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for African Muslims that competes with the Kaaba

[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

[4] Badagry’s slave castle. That city desperately needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has written to the UK government and the London high court asking that they be merciful in sentencing former senate deputy president Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the chair of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) for a second term and written to the senate asking it to confirm the appointment.

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace side are prepared to firm up their interest in Middlesbrough striker Chuba Akpom by launching a bid for his services during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind

[2] At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with Pakistan in terms of literacy rates, healthcare centres, employment, GDP, etc. We will double this over the next 10 years

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has agreed to help fund the evacuation of thousands of Nigerians from Sudan who are having to flee the country as a result of the outbreak of civil war there.

NIGERIAN award-winning pop artist Tiwa Savage has been selected as one of the entertainers who will perform at the forthcoming coronation of King Charles taking place on Sunday, May 7.