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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been conferred with Niger Republic's highest national award the Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger in recognition of his services to the country by the  outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has warned governors and traditional rulers across the southeast geo-political zone not to offer land to Fulani cattle herdsmen asking for plots under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP).

FORMER Everton striker Henry Onyekuru has been called up to the Super Eagles as a replacement for injured Bordeaux winger Samuel Kalu ahead of the impending African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho later this month.

FULANI herdsmen leader Alhaji Abdullahi Wakili has been remanded in custody by the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan after his case was heard today in which he was charged with six counts of violence including murder and kidnapping.

Ayo Akinfe 

LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives have begun debating a new bill that will raise the minimum academic requirements for candidates seeking to get elected as governors and the president to a first degree.

PRESIDENTIAL Amnesty Programme Scholarship Scheme beneficiary Nicholas Goodnews has earned a Master of Arts with distinction in Mass Communications from the University of Bedfordshire in the UK.

NIGERIAN government officials have dismissed the recent move by Ijaw activist Alhaji Asari Dokubo in which he declared that he had formed a Biafra Customary Government as the actions of a joker who is just seeking attention.

NIGERIANS living in the diaspora have been told by the deputy speaker of the Federal House of Representatives Hon Idris Wase to stop sending petitions to the National Assembly on issues happening within the country because they are not affected by any of it.

AFROBEAT musicians Burna Boy and Wizkid have entered the history books by becoming the first Nigerian-based musicians to win Grammy Awards yesterday at the 63rd hosting of the prestigious ceremony.

Burna Boy won a Grammy for his album Twice As Tall, making him the first Nigerian to win the award at just his second attempt. Twice As Tall, Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, was adjudged one of the best to be recorded by the 29-year-old Nigerian-born Damini Ogulu.