NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Hull City are hoping to sign Nigerian striker George Ilenikhena before the closure of the current transfer window to augment their squad after getting off to a flying start of the season with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United.

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[1] Nigeria is the world’s largest kolanut producer. Surely common sense dictates that we turn this cash crop into an important industrial raw material that acts as a cash cow, bringing in much needed foreign exchange

[2] One thing the rest of the world has done successfully is turn all its plants into sources of raw materials for end products. Just look at the way the cactus is used to make tequila to get my point

NIGERIAN goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has joined English Championship side Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan from rivals Wrexham ending speculation about his future after his former club signed Sunderland shot stopper Anthony Patterson for £8m.

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[1] No doubt, our political elite is aware of the fact that there are about 6m illegal firearms in Nigeria. Almost all of them came from Libya’s armoires, which were looted when the Gaddafi administration fell

[2] If Nigeria’s government wants to combat the growing insecurity across the nation, it needs to do something about its porous border. Especially the northern border with Niger Republic, which is a haven for smugglers, gun runners, terrorists and religious zealots

SENATORS have held an emergency meeting with the heads of the Nigerian Sports Commission (NSC) and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to demand answers to the nagging question of the nation's recent poor performances.

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[1] Each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas must organise at least one sporting event a year

[2] Scholarships must be provided for exceptional talents who will be educated up to university level at specialist sports academies

[3] There will be a National Sports Festival held at least once a year, to which all states are compelled to participate

NIGERIA-eligible goalkeeper Noah Atubolu is expected to move before the close of the summer transfer window at the end of the month as the battle to secure his services intensifies with several English Premier League battling rivals from across Germany and France.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unfortunately, the recent years have been among the most divisive in our history. When you look at the lingering effects of the Fulani herdsmen crisis, it is clear that we are now a highly traumatised nation in desperate need of healing

ENGLISH Championship side West Ham have joined the list of European clubs looking to sign Nigerian winger Daniel Job before the close of the current summer transfer window putting in a firm offer of €4m for his services.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of the weaknesses of any developing economy is that she lacks a class of entrepreneurs and local investors who can step up national production whenever there is a need for it. To understand this, bear in mind that immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 1941, the chairmen on the three major US automobile companies were immediately summoned by President Franklin Roosevelt to the White House and given production targets