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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will establish a Religious Parades Commission to determine the route, timing, date and duration of all religious marches across the country

[2] All faith houses will pay a 40% rate of corporation tax to the government

[3] There will be a complete separation of religion and state. No government officials are allowed to fund religious campaigns or give public money to churches, mosques or other faith groups

NIGERIA has received an extra $5m in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) to support the administering of the Covid-19 vaccine across the country.

[1] Do you know that China, India, the European Union, Taiwan and Japan are responsible for 87% of global bicycle production, churning out about 150m units annually

[2] As recently as 1965, world production of cars and bikes was essentially the same, with each at nearly 20m but as of 2003, bike production had climbed to over 100m per year compared with 42m cars. With the growing emphasis on the environment, the gulf will only widen

NIGERIAN-born former British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has announced that she will be standing to become the leader of the Conservative Party as the race to succeed Boris Johnson begins following his recent resignation.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Chelsea have sent Nigerian-born goalkeeper Prince Adegoke out on a season-long loan to National League South club Welling United for the duration of the 2022/23 season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One huge problem the UK will face outside the European Union (EU) is that she will no longer enjoy duty-free supply of fruits and vegetables from the Mediterranean region. Trust the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, French and Portuguese, they will demand full market price for all the tropical fruits they sell to the UK from now on. We want some of this action too, so demand a share of the market immediately

DOMESTIC flights in and out of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos face severe disruption as the runway will be closed for the next three months to facilitate repairs and the installation of air field lighting.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has asked that its detained leader Nnamdi Kanu be transferred to a prison facility in the southeast geo-political zone because terrorists plan to eliminate him in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody.

LABOUR Party vice presidential candidate Dr Dati Baba-Ahmed has revealed that he only accepted to be Peter Obi's running mate in the forthcoming 2023 elections because he believes his principal has the capacity to make Nigeria live up to its billing.

TENSION is rising across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs following the escape of over 600 inmates including Boko Haram terrorists and hardened violent criminals from Kuje Prison earlier this week.