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Chairman of Onitsha Main Market Traders Association backs Soludo over shutdown

GOVERNOR Charles Soludo's decision to clamp down on shops observing the Indigenous People of Biafra's (Ipob) Monday sit-ins has received the full support of Chijioke Okpalaugo the chairman of the Onitsha Main Market Traders Association.

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo backs Soludo over his decision to shut Onitsha market in a bid to end Monday boycotts

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has thrown its weight behind Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State in his quest to end the ongoing Monday boycott of markets in solidarity with Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu.

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Nigerian military high command confirms that 35 officers have been detained over coup plot

ABOUT 35 Nigerian military officers are currently being detained by security operatives over their involvement in an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu according to online media portal Sahara Reporters.

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Super Falcons striker Joy Omewa joins Women's Super League Two side Nottingham Forest

SUPER Falcons striker Joy Omewa has joined English Women's Super League (WSL) Two side Nottingham Forest from Danish club Fortuna Hjørring until the end of the 2025/26 season.

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Southwark Crown Court told that Diezani spent £2m on luxury items at London's Harrods

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been found to have spent over £2m on luxury items at London's iconic Harrods store while she was in office between 2010 and 2015.

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I hope President Tinubu’s trade agreement with Turkey involved setting foreign direct investment targets and quotas. We want to see their companies invest in the following areas:

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nnewi - Automobile manufacturing

[2] Akure - Cocoa processing and chocolate

[3] Orlu - Pharmaceuticals

[4] Aba - Clothing and footwear

[5] Abeokuta - Railway carriages and engines

[6] Kano - Groundnut, neem, millet and sorghum processing

[7] Damaturu - Dairy products

[8] Port Harcourt - Shipbuilding, boatmaking and fishing equipment

[9] Calabar - Aircraft assembly

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Chelsea sign Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Yisa Alao from Sheffield Wednesday

ENGLISH Premier league giants Chelsea have signed Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Yisa Alao from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on a two-and-half year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2028.

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With 2026 now well underway, maybe it is to time for us to turn our attention to the Nigerian Governors Forum as we search for a Chinese solution to our economic problems

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure that like me, many of you do not know where the Tinubu administration stands on economic policy. Is it a Keynesian interventionist government or one that believes in laissez-faire free market economics?

[2] If I were an investor looking at the Nigerian market, I would like to know policy direction before committing myself. How I wish I was in Turkey to bang heads with our finance minister Wale Edun on this matter

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Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Igboho returns to Nigeria after four-and-a-half years in exile

YORUBA Nation campaigner Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has returned to Nigeria after spending four-and-a-half years in exile and proceeded straight to the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Rashidi Ladoja who helped facilitate his return.

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