BA flight from Abuja faced scary landing at Heathrow as Storm Ciara forced it to re-circle runway

SEVERAL Nigerian passengers on a flight from Abuja had a minor incident yesterday when their aircraft skidded on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport as it landed blowing about by gusty winds brought on by the fierce Storm Ciara.

 

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Ighalo look set to make his European debut against Club Brugge in Feb 20 Europa League clash

NIGERIAN striker Odion Ighalo looks set to make his Manchester United debut on February 20 when the Red Devils travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge in the knockout rounds of the Europa Cup.

 

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Presidency embarrassed as Adesina inadvertently supports the creation of Amotekun

PRESIDENCY officials are searching for a face-saving way out of a message mix-up after presidential spokesman Femi Adesina inadvertently conceded that the government had failed when it comes to providing security and is now dependent on regional outfits.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu warns Abia police boss that he will go after his children if anyone is shot at his parents' funeral

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has threatened to go after the children of the Abia State police commissioner Ene Okon should there be any killings at the funeral of his parents on Friday February 14 in Afaraukwu near Umuahia.

 

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Ighalo to miss United training camp in Spain due to travel restrictions placed in Chinese visitors

ODION Ighalo will miss out on Manchester United's week-long training camp in Spain because the club fears travel restrictions will prevent him returning to England due to quarantine guidelines put in place for recent visitors to China.

 

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Nigeria is going nowhere as an economy unless we witness double digit gross domestic product growth each year for the next decade

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I have been wracking my brains about this and each time I come to a standstill. Our national budget is only $28bn when we have an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn, our population is growing at a rate of 6.2% a year while our economy is only growing at a rate of 1.9% and our national gross domestic product (GDP) is a pitiful $400bn when we need at least $2trn. We simply need dramatic economic growth to get out of this rut

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Anthony Joshua's next fight looks set to take place as Spurs' stadium in June against Bulgarian Pulev

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua looks set to defend his titles against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev at north London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June in what will be his first defence since winning his belts back in December.

 

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Tension mounts in Umuahia ahead of the burial of Nnamdi Kanu's parents next Friday

MEMBERS of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) have warned the Nigerian Army to stay away from the Afaraukwu community in Umuahia North Local Government Area next Friday when they bury the parents of their leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

 

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Lai Mohammed says Kwara should join Amotekun initiative because it is a Yoruba state

NIGERIA'S information minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has added his voice to the growing debate about the southwestern security operation Amotekun saying his native Kwara State should be part of the project.

 

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