NIGERIA'S federal government is set to borrow $1.2bn from the Dutch Bank and the Development Bank of Brazil as part of an ambitious plan to provide capital for investment in mechanised agriculture across the country.

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to throw the book at armed bandits creating mayhem across the country pointing out that most of them took up arms in response to injustice.

NIGERIA'S National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) has approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for use across the country as ministers prepare to start a mass vaccination programme next month.

SCOTTISH Premier league giants Glasgow Rangers have suspended Nigerian players of Calvin Bassey and Dapo Mebude for violating coronavirus rules after they attended a party in defiance of national lockdown rules.

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(1) Investment in agriculture, acquaculture and animal husbandry

(2) Investment in power generation

(3) Manufacturing of consumer goods

(4) Production of industrial goods

(5) Food processing

(6) Steel processing

(7) Railway and road expansion

(8) Housing development

(9) Automobile manufacturing

(10) Producing pharmaceuticals

BRITAIN'S government  has approved the investing of $150m in a new waste-to-energy plant in Lagos State as part of an ongoing collaborate programme between the country and Nigeria aimed at exploiting the commercial benefits of clean energy.

NIGERIA'S attorney-general Abubakar Malami has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a special agency dedicated to the animal husbandry industry and monitor the activities of Fulani cattle herdsmen.

BRITISH healthcare agency Public Health England (PHE) has found 38 cases of a new Nigerian Covid-19 strain currently raging which is causing grave concerns as it is reported to be less effective against vaccination.

NIGERIAN nurse Linda Obiageli Udeagbala became one of the latest diasporan victims to succumb to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic after she passed away at the hospital in Croydon where she worked earlier this month.

Ms Udeagbala, described as wonderful nurse, inspired almost all the members of her family to work for the National Health Service (NHS). Ignoring calls to work remotely, she died aged 60 after 17 years working for the health service.

MEN of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a senior commander of the state's Hisbah board religious militia after he was caught with a married woman in a hotel in defiance of the strict Sharia code he is employed to enforce.