NIGERIA'S finance minister Zainab Ahmed has announced plans to enter into an out-of-court settlement with Nigeria's 36 states over the vexed issue of value added tax (Vat) that is currently turning into a fierce legal battle.

NEWLY-acquired English Premier league side Newcastle United has set its sights ion Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq with a view to prosing him away from his Spanish club Almeria during the January transfer window in a €25m deal.

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[1] A Yaoundé-Douala-Calabar-Ikom line that will transport Cameroonian cocoa to the processing plant at Ikom in Cross River State

[2] A Lomé-Cotonou-Badagry-Apapa-Warri-Port Harcourt line that will link up West Africa’s coastal ports

[3] An Abuja-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Bamako-Conakry-Dakar line that will open up the Ecowas region to finished Nigerian goods

NORTHERN socio-cultural group the Association of Arewa Community in Igboland (AACI) has called for the emergence of  an Igbo person as the president of Nigeria come the 2023 general elections.

NEW Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has begun considering Nigerian-born centreback Tobi Omole with a view to promoting him to the first team once the English Premier League resumes after the international break.

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[1] As from 2022, all African nations must stop exporting wildlife. If anyone wants to see lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, cheetahs, gorillas, baboons, zebras, rhinos, hippos, etc, they should come to Africa. There is absolutely no justification for the zoo. For starters it is a crime against nature to cage wild animals and Africa's tourism industry will never kick off if her animals are constantly being exported

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[1] Nothing is as responsible for Nigeria's current socio-economic woes as the federal revenue allocation formula. It has made us dependent on one primary commodity, stifled economic growth and inhibited productivity. I am hoping that Charles Soludu will initiative the process that will eventually slay this dragon. If by say 2029, Anambra state has a gross domestic product (GDP) of $200bn, it has no need whatsoever for the paltry Abuja handouts

BRITAIN'S government has launched a new Urban Climate Action Programme (Ucap) to support the cities and regions in developing countries including Lagos that ate most impacted by climate change in a bid to accelerate their transition to net zero emissions.

NIGERIA'S justice minister and attorney-general Abubakar Malami could soon be summoned before the House of Representatives over his role in ordering a commercial bank to convert petro dollars into naira before remittance in breach of government policy.

FULANI cattle herdsmen body Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has given the Nigerian government conditions which have to be met for it to agree to end the age old practise of engaging in open grazing across the country.