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NIGERIAN teenage centreback Odel Offiah has made his season's debut for English Premier League side Brighton & Hove featuring for them in yesterday's Carabao Cup match when the Seagulls beat League One side Forest Green Rovers 3-0.

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[1] This is the screw pump, known as the Archimedes Screw. It is the oldest displacement pump in the world and records of its use dates back to Ancient Egypt before the 3rd century BC. Back then, Egyptians used it to lift water from the Nile

[2] Later introduced from Egypt to Greece, some researchers have postulated that the Archimedes Screw was the device used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

CHINA is planning to forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10bn of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserves to nations across the continent as part of its programme to come to the assistance of its struggling trade partners.

HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has played down the ongoing exodus of medical doctors Nigeria is currently witnessing saying that the country produces enough practitioners to replace all those who leave.

WASHINGTON will have returned a total of $334.7m of General Sani Abacha's stolen cash to Nigeria once the recent tranche of $23.4m is handed over Mary Leonard who revealed that the US will no longer remain a safe haven for money launders.

WASHINGTON will have returned a total of $334.7m of General Sani Abacha's stolen cash to Nigeria once the recent tranche of $23.4m is handed over Mary Leonard who revealed that the US will no longer remain a safe haven for money launders.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has met with the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London yesterday sparking fears that he may abandon his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

EIGHT Nigerians were involved in action yesterday as the English League Cup known as the Carabao Cup got underway last night allowing several players who have not featured so far this season got to witness action for the first time.

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[1] Across sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that about 20m children walk about barefoot. In Nigeria, we so not have precise figures but with about 80m people living below the poverty line, you can just imagine how many barefoot kids we have walking around the country

NIGERIA'S Super eagles are to face the Desert Foxes of Algeria in a friendly game at the New Stadium in Oran on September 27 as the two countries continue their preparations for next year's African Cup of Nations.