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FORMER presidential adviser and one-time director-general of the Peter Obi's campaign Dr Doyin Okupe is expected to resume his journey to the UK for medical treatment later this week after security  agents released him following his recent arrest at Lagos airport.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has flown back into the country quietly last night after being abroad for several weeks amid rumours that Department of State Service (DSS) operatives were planning to arrest him.

SUPER Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre has marked her return from injury with a bang helping her club Leicester City secure a comprehensive win in her first match back as they hammered Sunderland 5-0 away.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a united Socialist Republic of West Africa with a population of 1bn people

[2] This super power will have a gross domestic product of $20trn and an annual budget of about $5trn

[3] English and French were its two official languages ala Canada

[4] This nation will have a military made up of 10m standing troops

MEN of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested Jos clergyman Pastor Albarka Bitrus Sukuya on suspicion of staging his own kidnapping and demanding a ransom from members of his congregation.

HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has revealed that the federal government is setting up a mechanism to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses in the diaspora and connect them with universities and hospitals across the country in a bid to combat the current brain drain.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have had a bid for Super Eagles winger Simon Moses rejected by his French club Nantes who have made it clear that he is going nowhere unless their £20m asking price is met.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2025, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2035 every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given himself a pass mark with regards to dealing with Nigeria's terrorism threat saying that God has helped his administration to clear Boko Haram insurgents out of the northeast.

DAAR Communications has denied reports that the recent arrest of its chairman Chief Raymond Dokpesi by the London Metropolitan Police at Heathrow Airport was as a result of his association with a rape case.