FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is extending an olive branch to two of his opponents in this month's presidential elections Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso asking them to support his ambition in exchange for working together.

SUPER Eagles striker Paul Onuachu joined English Premier League side Southampton on the last day of the January transfer window yesterday after the Saints and his Belgian club Genk agreed on an €18m transfer fee.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is naive and utopian to think that we can just walk unto the world market and buy the equipment we want, in the quantities we want, at the price we want and at the time we want it

[2] Do we really think everyone else just manufactures goods and stores them in warehouses waiting for Nigerian orders?

[3] If we are serious about diversifying our economy, a company like John Deere must open at least one manufacturing plant in Nigeria

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi  has emerged as the favourite to win next month's Nigerian presidential election in a poll conducted by US independent research think-tank Nigerian Decides.

NIGERIA'S ongoing presidential campaign has heated up over the last week with former Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu mocking one of his rivals Peter Obi by quoting the bible saying he denied Jesus three times.

FORMER Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has tore into his rival in next month's presidential elections ex-vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar saying he would have been roasted like goat meat by his former boss Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were it not for him.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has revealed that Nigerians with old notes can still deposit them at commercial banks even after the February 10 deadline by which time they will cease to be legal tender.

ENGLISH Premier league side Everton have stepped up moves to sign in-form Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu from Belgian club Genk before the close of the transfer window tonight in a bid to revive their flagging season.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] As a nation state, we have never really had a robust defence policy, mainly because we have never been faced with any external threat. However, with the growing regionalisation of our insecurity thanks to Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap), we need to review this stance 

[2] Nigeria’s main defence challenge is to secure her borders and prevent arms coming into the country. To do that, the country needs an aircraft carrier like yesterday 

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has commenced legal action to try and recover some of the assets seized from her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a bid to prevent their final forfeiture.