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NIGERIA'S finance minister has asked the World Bank for a fresh $8.93m loan to enable it procure consumable items such as office furniture and stationery as a result of the current cash crunch that has left the country with a budget deficit.

FORMER secretary to the federal government Babachir Lawal and five others have been discharged of N544m ($1.22m) grass-cutting contract fraud charges by an Abuja high court bringing an end to criminal charges brought against him.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] So the naira strengthens slightly against the dollar and Nigerians are celebrating. This just shows how economically illiterate we are as a people. To have a robust economy, Nigeria needs a weak currency that will make her exports competitive on global markets

 
[2] China has intentionally kept her yuan weak so she can dominate international trade. Chinese goods are much cheaper then their American or Japanese alternatives 

AREWA Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) president Yerima Shettima has expressed fears that the Labour Party's presidential candidate Peter Obi may end up with little or no votes in northern Nigeria during the forthcoming elections.

ARSENAL and England winger Bukayo Saka has paid for 120 Nigerian children suffering from hernias and brain tumours  to undergo life-changing surgery under the terms of a deal entered into with the charity Big Shoe.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Liverpool are planning to launch a January bid for Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze in a move that could lead to a two-way bidding war for the Super Eagles star between the Merseyside giants and Arsenal.

Ayo Akinfe

[1]  We shall abolish the flat rate of 10% tithes, introducing in its place a progressive tax regime ranging from 2.5% for the lowest earners to 60% for the multi millionaires

[2] Thou shall never purchase a private jet, drive any car above an Innoson G6, wear bulletproof vests or hire bodyguards. Any Opium of the Masses Ayo Igbala Terbanacle (Omait) clergyman who does this will be dismissed instantly

NIGERIA has a total of about 133m people living below the poverty line of who can be classified as being multi-dimensionally poor according to statistics just revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has promised to provide logistical support to the former Anambra State governor and Labour Party's presidential candidate Peter Obi in the run-up to next year's elections.

ENGLISH Premier League side Manchester United are planning a January transfer raid for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in a desperate bid to sign him for want-away striker Cristiano Ronaldo.