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FORMER presidential candidate Chief Charles Udeogaranya has expressed confidence that the ongoing agitation for the balkanisation of Nigeria will abate come 2023 if the country elects a president of Igbo extraction.

NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) officials plan to resume active oil exploration in the Sokoto Basin as part of a continued programme to perpetuate the country's dependence on crude oil as its main foreign exchange earner.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) As from October 1 2021, every state government and the FCT authority is compelled to construct a minimum of 10,000 housing units a year 

(2) Every one of our 774 local government areas is compelled to construct at least 1,000 housing units a year 

(3) All government ministries, agencies, departments and parastatals are compelled to offer mortgages to any employee who has spent up to three years in service 

THERE are now has as many as 6m illegal weapons in Nigeria spurring the incessant cycle of violence sweeping across the country according to former military head of state General Abdusalami Abubakar.

NIGERIA enjoyed a little success in attempts to diversify her economy last year after it emerged that the country generated a total of $150m from the export of coconut oil and its derivatives during the course of 2020.

INDIA has donated 100,000 does of its Covishield coronavirus vaccine to Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) as part of a programme to enable the country carry through its vaccination programme.

LONDON'S Horniman Museum is considering returning several Nigerian artefacts including bronze statues obtained using colonial violence during the 1897 Massacre of Benin in response to the growing clamour for correcting British wrongs against its former colonies.

NIGERIAN striker Peter Olayinka is looking forward to knocking English Premier League giants Arsenal our of the Europa League later tonight when the club faces his Czech clubside Slavia Prague in the first leg of the quarter final.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) I wonder if Nigerians have noted how certain companies and countries are exploiting the economic openings this pandemic provides. For starters, online firms such as Zoom, WhatApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc are making a killing. So too as green companies like Tesla, who are cashing in on reduced travel. Nigeria has a unique chance here to fill a vacuum 

NIGERIA'S three wealthiest men have seen their combined wealth increase by $5.7bn over the last year to $22.5bn according to data contained in the recently-published Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires List.