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NIGERIAN well-wishers in the UK have launched a fundraising campaign on the JustGiving online platform aimed at raising £20,000 to enable them return the body of Oluranti Akinyemi back home after she suffered a heart attack within a day of arriving in London.

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[1] We have suspended the collection of tithes and zakat contributions from all our members until further notice. Given the hardships many Nigerians are currently facing, it would be morally wrong to collect money from them now

[2] Every registered imam and pastor who is a member of our organisations will take a 50% pay cut for this month of February 2026

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Kaye Furo has made his competitive debut for English Premier League side Brentford featuring in their FA Cup fourth round match against Macclesfield following his recent move from Club Brugge in Belgium.

MILLIONS of Muslims and Christians worldwide have begun fasting today as the holy months of Ramadan and Lent start on the same day for the first time in a long while marking the commencement of periods of religious observance.

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[1] Nigeria needs to generate about $100bn annually to fund her infrastructural development. Sadly, we only have an annual budget of about $30bn. If President Tinubu wants to break the cycle, he simply has to give his ministers production quotas and revenue targets

PROMINENT civil rights campaigner and two-time US presidential candidate the Reverend Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84 succumbing a recent degenerative condition described as progressive supranuclear palsy.

GLOBAL footballing body Fifa is yet to make any decision on Nigeria's petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a flurry of false reports being published on the Internet regarding the World Cup dispute.

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FINANCIAL authorities in the US have frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links to the terrorist sects Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

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[1] Kogi state can attract the likes of Siemens to build a 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant at Idah

[2] Kogi State can build a Niagara Falls-type tourist attraction at the confluence of the rivers Niger and Benue at Lokoja

[3] Taraba State can open the world’s largest nature reserve in Gembu

[4] Niger State can open the world’s largest cattle ranch in Mokwa

[5] Akwa Ibom State can attract investors to build Africa’s largest sea port at Ikot Abasi