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NIGERIA'S senate has  approved President Bola Tinubu’s external borrowing plan of over $21bn for the 2025/26 fiscal year to plug the deficit between treasury revenue and spending projections thus enabling the government to meet its budgetary ambitions.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Leeds United have set their sights on signing Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika before the close of the current summer transfer window as part of an ambitious plan to challenge for honours next season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] At the moment, Nigeria is the UK’s fastest growing export market. To redeem herself from that recent gaffe, Kemi should draw up plans that stipulate that she wants to see this grow dramatically with an annual foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $1bn for British investors in Nigeria

ANGRY parishioners at a South African church in KwaZulu-Natal have beaten up their Nigerian clergyman Pastor Adebayo Okechi after they accused him of scamming them by demanding R15,000 ($850) for private one-on-one prayer sessions.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be obliged by law to organise their farmers into cooperative units. A bill to that effect will be passed by the National Assembly soon

INTERNATIONAL public health body Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) Nigeria has appointed former Lagos State governor and federal works and housing minister Babatunde Fashola to its board of directors with immediate effect.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will completely abolish the federal allocation regime by 2040, compelling all 36 states to generate their own revenue

[2] We are giving the Nigerian military one month to wipe out Boko Haram, Iswap and all other terrorist sects operating within Nigeria

[3] By the end of 2026, we will have gotten every single cattle herdsman in the country operating from a dedicated and secure animal ranch

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham has begun making enquiries about Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze in a development that could lead to him playing alongside compatriots Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi at Craven Cottage.

Ayo Akinfe

These are 10 crops we will ensure that Nigeria becomes the world’s undisputed number one producer of by 2030. Just as we currently are the number one producer for yam, cassava, kolanuts and shea nuts, we will seek to dominate output in the following crops:

[1] Coconuts

[2] Cashews

[3] Cocoa

[4] Palm oil

[5] Plantain

[6] Groundnuts

[7] Neem

[8] Gum arabic

[9] Millet

[10] Sorghum

ENGLISH Women's Super League (WSL) team Portsmouth have signed Nigerian goalkeeper Comfort Erhabor on a free transfer from neighbours Brighton & Hove Albion offering her a one year contract with the option of an extension.