FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has received the backing of the United Integrated Farmers Association of Nigeria (Unifan) in this month's presidential elections who said they believe he will help turn the agricultural sector around.

NIGERIAN patients are among the big debtors who owe the British National Health Service (NHS) a total of £219m which has accumulated from health tourists from over 155 nations over the last two years.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the restoration of the old N200 notes as legal tender until April 10 in response to the growing unrest across the country brought about by a scarcity of naira notes.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal are considering recalling their on-loan striker Folarin Balogun from French side Reims at the end of the season following their now obvious need to strengthen their attack.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] As things stand, Nigeria’s biggest security challenge remains that she cannot secure her northern borders. A lot of AK47s from looted Libyan armouries that got pillaged after Muamer Gaddafi fell, have found their way into Nigeria 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is considering extending the validity of Nigeria's old naira notes by another 60 days allowing them to remain legal tender until April 30 in response to growing anger at the currency scarcity across the country.

EBONYI State government has vowed to fight against a recent high court ruling that ordered the disbanding of the regional security outfit Ebubeagu put together by the five  governors of the southeast geo-political zone.

EDO and Bayelsa states caused a stir in the Supreme Court earlier today when they pitched their tents with the federal government in suit by several other states against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its cashless society policy.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] When it became clear war was going to break out in The Ukraine, The West moved decisively to seize the assets of all the members of the Russian oligarchy that was invested in their countries 

[2] Obviously? the most high profile of all this was Roman Abramovic’s ownership of Chelsea Football Club 

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have revealed that commercial banks will no longer accept the old naira notes from anyone wanting to exchange them despite a recent Supreme Court ruling asking them to do so.