NIGERIA'S Flying Eagles had been drawn alongside Brazil in the Fifa U-20 World Cup in a tough Group D pairing that also includes Italy and the Dominican Republic at the forthcoming global tournament due to kick off in Argentina on May 20.

WORLD Bank officials have been called upon by the former chief press secretary to the Edo State government John Mayaki to issue a visa ban against Governor Godwin Obaseki and members of his cabinet over their incessant undemocratic tendencies.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed calls from several quarters calling for the establishment of an interim government or the annulment of the recent elections saying that the May 29 handover date to his successor is sacrosanct.

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[1] Seek to get a Nigerian flag planted on the moon

[2] Get a Nigerian to climb Mount Everest and plant our flag there

[3] Organise another Festac festival

[4] Announce the launch of a dinosaur Jurassic programme with the recreation of real live animals

[5] Open the world’s largest cattle ranch in Borno State

[6] Open the world’s largest solar farm in Yobe State

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of the Adamawa State resident electoral commissioner Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari for announcing am un unsanctioned result during the recent governorship elections.

INDUSTRIALIST Otunba Femi Otedola, has bought a 5.5% stake in Nigerian public corporation Transcorp International purchasing 2,245,639,251 shares of the group in a big boost for the conglomerate designed to become the bellweather of the Nigerian economy.

NEWLY-elected Ohanaeze Ndigbo president Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu is facing stiff opposition to his assumption of office after a faction of the pan-Igbo group described his emergence as unconstitutional and illegal.

PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has become the latest world leader to congratulate Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu not only wishing him well but also inviting him to visit the war-torn country after he gets sworn-in.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Tottenham Hotspur have won the U17 Premier League Cup thrashing Nottingham Forest by a whopping a 5-1 at the City Ground last night with two Nigerian youngsters in their squad.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] India’s population has just overtaken that of China. They now have 1.428bn people to China’s 1.425bn. However, India have not been caught napping

[2] India prepared for this moment by building industrial cities, wooing blue chip companies in their hundreds and getting 10% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates

[3] By 2050, Nigeria is going to become the world’s fourth most populous nation behind India, China and the US. Are we prepared for it?