ENGLISH Premier League giants Chelsea have offered Nigerian teenage defender Saheed Olagunju a two year contract that will make a member of the club's Academy Scholars for the Professional Development Phase next season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Watching the ongoing World Cup and seeing how the likes of Saudi Arabia and Japan have chalked up famous victories against more formidable opponents, just tells you that for a people to scale new heights, they need to have the belief that they can do the unimaginable. Barrack Obama's book The Audacity of Hope summed this up, as did Mohammed Ali when he said: "The will must be greater than the skill."

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have warned diasporans that there will be no extension of the date by which time they have to return their old naira notes and they have to hand ion such currency by January 31 like everybody else.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has suffered a major setback after a group of aggrieved party members opted to support his rival Peter Obi in protest of his decision to go for a same faith ticket.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Aston Villa are preparing a bold bid for Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu during the forthcoming January transfer window with new manager Unai Emery planning to make him his first signing.

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[1] Over the last decade, rice has been a major economic topic in Nigeria. We have made so much about the fact that we have expanded production and how we will soon be self-reliant. As you all know, one of the main reasons why President Buhari shut our borders is because of the influx of cheap Asian rice via the port of Cotonou

AFRICAN Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has thrown down a challenge to all the leading contenders in the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari daring them to face him in public political debate.

ONE leading member of Nigeria's main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate expulsion of former deputy chairman Chief Bode George for meeting up with the rebel faction known as the G5.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has proffered reasons as to why he approved the redesigning of Nigeria's naira notes saying the country's currency had to be fortified with new security features to combat forgers.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his former special assistant on new media Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).