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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).

SUPER Eagles fullback Ola Aina is contemplating a return to the English Premier League next season due to the fact that his contract with Italian side Torino is set to expire and the club has nor presented him with any new offer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Today, I want us to focus on the role of the Nigerian private sector and discuss its role in getting us out of our current economic nightmare. Too often, we shout government, government, government when sometimes, the issues at stake are not really a public sector matter. It is not the government that is going to come up with innovative ideas that will double our industrial output. A lot of the time, it is some whizzkid in his 20s

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has demanded N20bn ($45.2m)  as compensation from the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami as compensation for defamatory and libellous claims made against him.

NEWLY capped Super Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel has told his Turkish clubside Fenerbahce to sanction a move to the English Premier League if they receive a suitable offer for his services.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Global sesame seed production totals about 7m tonnes, with Sudan, Myanmar and Tanzania the three leading producers 

[2] Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest producer of sesame seeds, with an annual output of 490,000 tonnes

[3] However, we are number 35 when it comes to the production of sesame seed oil, with a meagre output of 2,400 tonnes. Basically, we as a people, we are not interested in investing in crushing plants or production facilities 

NIGERIA has now fallen to seventh place in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) crude oil production list as a result of incessant falls in output brought about by a combination of theft and poor infrastructure maintenance.