SUPER Eagles fullback Ola Aina has successfully undergone surgery on his damaged hamstring injury with his club Nottingham Forest confident that the defender will return to action by December.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Hilda Bassey

[2] Tobi Amusan

[3] Chimamanda Adichie

[4] Nnamdi Kanu

[5] Victor Osimhen

[6] Asisat Oshoala

[7] Michelle Alozie

[8] Tiwa Savage

[9] Burna Boy

[10] Davido

Their brief should be very simple:

[1] Attract a minimum of $50bn a year in foreign direct investment

[2] Woo local investors to create at least 5m jobs annually

NIGERIAN sprinter Ezekiel Nathaniel has emerged as the favourite to clinch the men's 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Tokyo after he qualified for the final with the fastest time in the tournament in 47.47 seconds.

NIGERIAN Army troops have arrested a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) identified as Ifeanyi Okorienta popularly known as Gentle de Yahoo.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Buying private jets when we do not have a national carrier or a functioning international aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) in Nigeria is just an act of economic sabotage. All it does is drain our minuscule foreign exchange and enrich foreign aircraft manufacturers. Surely, such money should be invested in the local aviation industry

NIGERIA's former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Lt General Jeremiah Useni has been exposed by a London property tribunal for purchasing a house in the UK in 1993 using a false identity.

NIGERIA'S Department of State Security (DSS) has denied claims that the health of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has deteriorated to a point whereby he needs to be transferred to the National Hospital in Abuja.

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[1] As a nation, Nigeria is too dependent on imports for her survival. This is simply not sustainable, so if we are serious about lifting 100m people out of poverty, the government needs to come up with a plethora of unprecedented job-creating initiatives

NIGERIA has won her first medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after Tobi Amusan the current record holder in the women's 100 metres hurdles picked up a silver in the event with a time of 12.29 seconds.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have been studying the Finnish railway industry of late and am very impressed with the way they have used it as a basis for industrialisation. If only Nigeria showed 10% of their productivity, we would have a high-speed pan-African railway network