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FOUR people were killed last night when armed gunmen attacked the divisional police headquarters in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State and the security forces engaged them in a running gun battle.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every serious nation must have the capacity to manufacture its own military hardware. There is simply no way you can provide security within your borders if you have to buy equipment on the international market. It is totally impossible to get the equipment you want at the price you want, in the specifications you want, at the time you want and in the quantities you want if you do not have a domestic manufacturing capability

NIGERIA'S federal government has appointed several financial companies as its transaction advisers to including JP Morgan to help facilitate the issuance of Eurobonds in the international capital market.

NIGERIAN businesses have lost a total of about N150.46bn ($366.88m) since June 5 as a result of the federal government's ban on Twitter in response to the company deleting a tweet posted by President Muhammadu Buhari.

LAGOS State government withdrawn the murder case against Yoruba Nation protester Tajudeen Bakare over the death of 14 year old Jumoke Oyeleke was killed by a stray bullet during a demonstration at Ojota on July 3.

PAN-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended the Nigerian Army for its sacrifice in restoring security and peace across the southeast and nation at large following its recent military operations.

SCOTTISH champions Glasgow Rangers are closing in on the signing of Nigerian-born winger Bright Osayi-Samuel after his Turkish club Fenerbahce agreed to lower its asking price of €5m to facilitate a transfer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Over the last year-and-a-half, the surge in the demand for tissue paper, kitchen roll, wipes and napkins has been dramatic worldwide as the coronavirus surge spreads. Across the world, departmental stores, retail chains and supermarkets are having to deal with panic buying, leaving their shelves bare

[2] Worldwide, the printed tissue paper market size was valued at a mere $657.4m in 2018 but coronavirus has expanded the market dramatically

NIGERIA has just taken delivery over 4m doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the US received by United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) officials in Abuja as President Joe Biden fulfils his pledge to assist poorer countries with vaccination.

ONE of the former Government Secondary School (GSS) Chibok students and her terrorist husband have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno State seeking to benefit from the government's amnesty programme.