ARMED hoodlums have killed the member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Giwa West Constituency Hon Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau shooting him dead during an attack at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria.

MANCHESTER United striker Shola Shoretire could end up playing for the Super Eagles at international level after his father Alexander Oluwole Shoretire revealed that he has begun making moves to ensure his son features for Nigeria.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] As the years go by, the number of barrels of crude oil Nigeria sells will reduce by the day. We are not alone in this as every other Opec nation is facing a similar problem. Supply and demand fundamentals are a reality. Petroleum has little future and everyone else is looking at alternatives

NIGERIA'S largest commercial airline Air Peace has said it did not receive any official notification about the lifting of flight restrictions by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that was supposed to normalise aviation operations between the two countries.

NIGERIANS resident in the UK are now free to return to the country and isolate for 10 days in their homes after the British government scrapped its controversial red list scheme which singled out 11 African countries for travel restrictions.

WATFORD striker Emmanuel Dennis's chances of leading the Super Eagles attack at the forthcoming African Cup of Nations kicking off next month have increased dramatically following the sacking of head coach Gernot Rohr.

PAN-Igbo secessionist group the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has lashed out at those suggesting Ndigbo should plead to be allowed to produce Nigeria's next president in 2023 saying that Igbos are not beggars.

NIGERIA'S diaspora community in Britain has received a significant boost after the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) welcomed six new members into its ranks.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria currently has about 21.7m unemployed people, 10.5m out-of-school children, about 3m internal refugees and 90m people living below the UN acknowledged poverty of surviving on less than $2 a day. With the economic shutdown precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, things can only get worse during the course of 2021

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has filed a fresh suit against the Nigerian government accusing it of breaching his fundamental human rights while he is being detained  by the Department of State Service (DSS).