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DONALD Trump's daughter Tiffany is set to get married to Nigeria-raised fiancé Michael Boulos this weekend at her father's palm beach resort in Florida at a ceremony expected to be attended by about 500 guests.

BRITAIN'S government has offered £200m to the African Development Bank (AfDB) as its contribution towards climate finance for African countries in response to the recent spate of droughts and floods afflicting the continent.

NIGERIA'S home-based Eagles succumbed to a 0-2 loss to Costa Rica last night in a friendly match played at the National Stadium in the Central American nation's capital San Jose in what was one of their last warm-up matches before the World Cup.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am a big fan of the Knights Templar, that Catholic military order founded in 1119. The world owes them a debt of gratitude as they spearheaded the new age of enlightenment that spread across Europe at the time, opening up new frontiers in an unprecedented manner. I first fell in love with them when I read Da Vinci Code. They have fascinated me ever since

GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has indicated that he may join up with the group of aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors known as the G5 in response to the disdain shown to him by the party's presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has joined the ranks of those congratulating the eight Nigerian-Americans just elected into the US Congress on the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties during the recent mid-term elections.

ENGLISH Premier League surprise leaders Arsenal have joined the race to sign Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze who has once again become highly sought-after following the arrival of his former boss Unai Emery at Aston Villa.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We have flogged the issue of cattle ranches to death and called for the construction of several mega ones across northern Nigeria. Has any of the presidential candidates committed his party to the implementation of such a policy? 

[2] Nigeria’s six biggest states by landmass should each have a mega ranch of at least 50,000 square kilometres. Borno, Niger, Taraba, Yobe, Bauchi and Kaduna can all easily afford this

BRITAIN has rescinded its Nigerian travel warning toning down its earlier message calling on its citizens to refrain from all but essential travel to parts of Nigeria removing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja from its list of restricted areas.

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has told former vice president Alhaji Abubakar Atiku to go hell for attacking him over his refusal to back him as the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate in next year's elections.