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Aston Villa look to recall Tim Iroegbunam from QPR during January transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League giants Aston Villa are closely monitoring their Nigeria-eligible teenager Tim Iroegbunam currently on loan to Championship side Queens Park Rangers (QPR)  ahead of the January transfer window with a view to recalling him.

 

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I see no reason why the contenders for Nigeria's presidency should not have a sports policy that includes winning the World Cup during their tenure and hosting the mundial in our lifetime

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the world's largest black nation and that brings along with it a lot of responsibilities. It is totally unacceptable that small nations like Qatar can host the World Cup and this global giant cannot

[2] Also very disturbingly, how can small nations like Uruguay brag about having won the World Cup before and Nigeria cannot. As a people, these are the kind of lofty targets, goals and quotas we have to set ourselves as a nation

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo asks Atiku to switch his attention to 2027 as he will lose next year

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has chided the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar saying he should start preparing for the 2027 elections as he will get lose next year as penance for him betraying Dr Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

 

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NFF officials go cold on renewing Peseiro's contract as Eagles fan warm up to Hervé Renard

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro could be on his way out soon as Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials have gone cold on initiating contract extension talks with him following the dismal performances of the team lately.

 

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If only Nigerians knew how precarious their economic situation is, they would be pressing for the immediate introduction of a polygamy tax to plug the black hole in public finances

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Personally, I have nothing against polygamy as long as it is entered into freely by consenting adults with no coercion. What I have an issue with is young girls being effectively sold by their families to older men for economic reasons

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Labour Party in Ogun State expels Peter Obi's campaign spokesman Doyin Okupe

DOYIN Okupe has been expelled from the Nigerian Labour Party despite being the director-general of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and a spokesman for its presidential candidate former Anambra State governor Peter Obi.

 

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World Bank estimates that remittances from Nigerian diaspora will total $21bn in 2022

REMITTANCES by the Nigerian diaspora during the course of 2022 is estimated to total about $21bn representing a 7.5% year-on-year increase according to statistics just published by the World Bank.

 

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Edo Museum of West African Art to be completed by 2026 and house all Benin artefacts

PLANS are being finalised to open the Edo Museum of West African Art in the capital Benin City to house the largest collection of Benin bronze works ever assembled as the ongoing campaign to get all artefacts looted during the colonial period gathers pace.

 

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Nine in 10 young Nigerian medical and dental consultants plans to leave the country soon

NINE out of 10 Nigerian medical and dental consultants with less than five years experience plan to leave the country for greener pastures any time soon according to research just published by the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN).

 

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Teenage Nigeria-eligible goalkeeper Kelechi Chibueze travels to Qatar with Leicester City

LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers has included teenage goalkeeper of Nigerian descent Kelechi Chibueze in the club's squad that is travelling to Qatar for a warm weather training camp in Abu Dhabi

 

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