ENGLISH Premier League giants Leeds United are leading a pack of clubs looking to secure the services of Super Eagles and former Southampton striker Nathan Tella ahead of the start of the new season.

Tella, 26, was born in England and joined Southampton as a youngster as far back as 2017, leaving them in 2023 for German side Bayern Leverkusen. Hopwever, since joining the Bundesliga side in a €23.3m deal in the summer of 2023, Tella has found it hard to get regular playing time.

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[1] Embraer, Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer must open a plant in Nigeria. At the very least, all the aircraft supplied to African airlines will be manufactured there

NIGERIAN government ministers have ruled out accepting a deal with US president Donald Trump's administration that will involve the country accepting American deportees as several other African countries like Rwanda and South Sudan done.

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[1] We pledge that during the four years between 2027 and 2031, Nigeria's economy will grow by a minimum of 10%. Two successive quarters of single digit growth will be regarded as us being in recession

[2] We are committed to attracting a minimum of $50bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) into Nigeria annually every year between 2027 and 2031

FORMER Anambra State governor and 2023 presidential election candidate Peter Obi has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to either release Omoyele Sowore immediately or charge him to court.

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[1] We will build a mega Koma village in Adamawa State centred around the traditional culture of these people. Our goal would be to make it a global tourist attraction, a Unesco heritage site and get it to attract as much traffic as say the Eiffel Tower

[2] In Iseyin, we will construct a tomb of Samuel Ajayi Crowther to attract Christian pilgrims from all over Africa

SUPER Falcons head coach Justin Madugu and the team's goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie have both been nominated as candidates for honours at the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards taking place later this year at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on September 22.

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[1] Seek to get a Nigerian flag planted on the moon

[2] Get a Nigerian to climb Mount Everest and plant our flag there

[3] Organise another Festac festival

[4] Announce the launch of a dinosaur Jurassic programme with the recreation of real live animals

[5] Open the world’s largest cattle ranch in Borno State

[6] Open the world’s largest solar farm in Yobe State

FORMER England striker Ian Wright has pledged to step into the ongoing Ademola Lookman transfer saga and help his former club Arsenal sign the Super Eagles winger ahead of the forthcoming 2025/26 season.

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[1] 10m tonnes of steel

[2] 20m pre-paid electricity metres

[3] 5m electricity transformers

[4] 20m mobile phone handsets

[5] 2m automobiles must be assembled locally

[6] 10m flatscreen TV sets

[7] 10m tonnes of maize

[8] 5m tonnes of sugar

[9] 10 tonnes of rice

[10] 50m pairs of footwear

[11] 1,000 railway carriages

[12] 20bn kg of milk

[13] 2m tonnes of beef