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Federal government wins the right to file nine fresh charges against Nnamdi Kanu

NIGERIA'S federal government has secured permission from the Supreme Court to file nine fresh grounds of appeal to oppose the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) Nnamdi Kanu from detention.

 

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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak writes to Tinubu saying he hopes to host him in London next year

BRITISH prime minister Rishi Sunak has written to Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu ahead of his inauguration coming up on May 29 pointing out that he looks forward to them enjoying a good working relationship together.

 

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Norwich City's teenage striker Kenny Coker invited to Flying Eagles camp ahead of World Cup

NORWICH City's Nigerian teenage striker Kenny Coker has been invited to the Flying Eagles training camp in Abuja ahead of the forthcoming U20 World Cup in Argentina which kicks off next month.

 

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Even if he cannot achieve wonders along the same lines as Nasser, Nkrumah and Sankara, Tinubu should at least try to add his name to this list

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa: He commissioned Kainji Dam, built Victoria Island from scratch, founded Unilag in defiance of everyone’s advice and built the Asaba-Onitsha bridge. He also extended our railway network to Ilaro, Baro and Kaura Namoda

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First batch of Nigerians evacuated from Sudan as about 3,500 students are bused to Egypt

ABOUT 3,500 Nigerians mainly students have been evacuated from Sudan to neighbouring Egypt ahead of plans to fly them home in what is the first batch of refugees being repatriated from the war-torn North African country.

 

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Senator Binani loses legal battle to get reinstated as Adamawa State governor-elect

ALL Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the recent Adamawa State elections Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed popularly known as Binani has lost a legal battle to get her defeat overturned after an Abuja high court dismissed her appeal today.

 

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Arsenal's teenage striker Joel Ideho invited to Flying Eagles camp ahead of U20 World Cup

ARSENAL'S teenage striker Joel Ideho has been invited to the Flying Eagles training camp in Abuja ahead of the 2023 U20 World Cup in Argentina with the real possibility that he may make the squad for the tournament.

 

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Were I in Bola Tinubu’s shoes I would appoint Peter Obi as the chair of my National Economic Council who I would give free reign to replicate South Korea’s policy of - Anything We Don’t Produce We Don’t Need

Ayo Akinfe

This is what my National Economic Council would look like were I the one being sworn-in on May 29:

[1] Peter Obi

[2] Pat Utomi

[3] Kingsley Moghalu

[4] Charles Soludo

[5] Arunma Oteh

[6] Kemi Adeosun

[7] Wale Edun

[8] Shamshudeen Usman

[9] Uzoma Dozie

[10] Lamido Sanusi

Their mandate would be to replicate this Korean manufacturing model:

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Buhari's government set to hand over debts in excess of $100bn to incoming Tinubu administration

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's administration is set to pass on a N46.25trn ($100.63bn) debt burden to the incoming Tinubu government when it hands over power on May 29 according to figures just released by the Debt Management Office (DMO).

 

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Borno Hisbah religious police out enforcing sharia amending haircuts it deems un-Islamic

MEMBERS of the Borno State religious police the Hisbah spent the Eid Mubarak festivity holidays out on the town enforcing strict adherence to Muslim ways by cutting the hair of young men whose haircuts were deemed un-Islamic.

 

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