BRITAIN'S Parliament is to debate the recent arrest of Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu on July 19 when it will ask the UK government to answer questions pertaining its role in the saga.

NIGERIA'S senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari's N2.34trn ($5.68bn) loan request to help fund the 2021 budget in recognition of the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible for the government to generate revenue itself.

FORMER Nigerian finance minister Kemi Adeosun has been cleared of any wrongdoing over her National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) dispute after an Abuja high court ruled that she did not require a discharge certificate to take up her ministerial appointment.

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace have joined the fray to sign Nigerian-born midfielder Michael Olise by triggering his £8m release clause with Championship team Reading in the hope of signing him before the start of the new season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We vote for candidates who drop money rather than those with clear manifestos

[2] We object to "outsiders" investing in our communities when if we embraced them it would create jobs

[3] When we are ill we go to churches and mosques rather than seek medical attention

[4] Rather than fill in forms and allow the system work, we look for shortcuts by ringing high-placed people we know to help

SCOTTISH champions Glasgow Rangers have joined the race to sign Nigerian midfielder Alhassan Yusuf from Swedish side IFK Gothenburg ahead of the forthcoming 2021/22 season.

Yusuf, 20, who joined Gothenburg from FC Hearts Nigeria three years ago, was voted Young Player of the Year in the Swedish top flight last season. English Premier League new boys Brentford are also being linked with Yusuf, who only has one year left on his contract at the Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Sweden.

PAN Niger Delta Forum (Pandef) leader Chief Edwin Clark has rejected the recently-passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) saying the new piece of legislation only gave oil host communities 3% of the revenue accrued against their requested 10%.

NIGERIAN security operatives have been issued with a directive by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) to always inform their members before embarking on any major operation in their states as part of a new security arrangement.

SIX Nigerians have been handed jail sentences by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after their conviction for funding terrorist sect Boko Haram was upheld.

REGIONAL body the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has rejected the position of the Southern Governors Forum that the south should produce the next president of Nigeria come 2023 saying there should be no automatic rotation.