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MEMBERS of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the southeast geo-political zone are demanding that the party's presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu  sets aside the positions of senate president and secretary to the federal government to them.

FORMER Super Eagles winger Some Aluko and Nigeria-eligible striker Folarin Balogun were both on the scoresheet yesterday when English Premier League giants Arsenal beat League One side Ipswich Town 5-1 in a pre-season friendly.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have been wracking my brain endlessly trying to figure out how Nigeria addresses her $100bn annual infrastructure deficit and alas, I can only come up with one solution - Putinomics!

[2] Putinomics is basically what you could term forced local direct investment (FLDI). It involves the president telling Russia’s wealthy citizens, who we know as the oligarchs, that they must invest in the country’s infrastructure

NIGERIA is to spent 1% of its annual health budget at all levels on family planning as part of efforts to reduce the high infant mortality rate in the country under a new initiative launched by health minister Dr Osagie Ehanire.

FIVE American senators have written to the US secretary of state Antony Blinken urging him to immediately re-designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern (CPC) under the US International Religious Freedom Act in response to ongoing attacks in churches.

NIGERIAN prisoners serving jail sentences in the UK will now serve the final year of their imprisonment in Nigeria under the terms of a new agreement reached between the two governments as part of Britain's plans to decongest its prisons.

ENGLISH Championship side Huddersfield Town are looking to sign Nigerian midfielder David Kasumu from League One side MK Dons ahead of the forthcoming 2022/23 season as they desperately seek promotion to the Premier League.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is totally overwhelmed by the security situation, it is crystal clear that we need at least one new later of security. As things stand, the NPF lacks the capacity to respond to distress calls and attacks taking place up and down the country

ELECTRICITY companies that fail to deliver assigned volumes assigned to them under the contractual agreements they have entered into with the government will face stiff penalties under new laws about to be introduced.

FAMILIES of the remaining 51 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims still being held have threatened owed to occupy key government facilities in Kaduna and Abuja over the government’s insensitivity to their plight.