Rohr considers inviting English-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja for Ukraine friendly

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is seriously considering inviting British-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja to camp ahead of the September 10 friendly against Ukraine after being impressed with his current form.

 

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Buhari praises Nigerian community in Japan describing them as worthy ambassadors

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian community in Japan saying they are exemplary ambassadors of the country pointing out that the few diasporans indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country.

 

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Chelsea goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke gets formal invitation to Golden Eaglets camp

CHELSEA'S teenage goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke has been officially called up to join the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup after receiving an invitation letter from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

 

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Ipob should have used its presence in Japan to push for infrastructural development across the southeast

 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) I think Ipob has missed a trick at the Seventh Tokyo African Investment Summit in Japan. It should have used the opportunity to project itself as the true voice of Ndigbo and use the opportunity to woo Japanese investors to come and invest in the southeast. This would have put the governors under pressure to conclude such deals and showed Ipob to be the genuine champion of the Igbo masses 

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60 Nigerian engineers land in China to be trained on how to set up transformer manufacturing plant

SIXTY Nigerian engineers have commenced a four month training programme in China to equip them with the necessary skills required to manufacture transformers as part of a scheme to address Nigeria's chronic electricity supply problems.

 

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council says Ipob will fizzle into oblivion with Igbo president in 2023

PAN-cultural group  Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (ONYCW) has expressed optimism that the agitation for the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will end if Nigeria has an Igbo president come 2023.

 

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Regional security outfit to be unveiled across the southwest soon as commanders take delivery of vehicles

GOVERNORS of the six states in the southwest geo-political zone have acquired patrol vehicles and the necessary equipment ahead of the launching of a regional security outfit put together to address the growing incidences of kidnapping.

 

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Sowore rubbishes DSS claims he took money in Dubai pointing out that he has never been there before

FORMER presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore has rubbished claims by the Department of State Services (DSS) that he met several times with foreign collaborators in Dubai pointing out that he has never been to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before.

 

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Chad approaches Inec and asks it for assistance as it prepares for parliamentary elections

CHAD has approached Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and asked it to assist with logistics and expertise as the nation prepares to hold parliamentary elections into its 188-seat National Assembly.

 

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Our four governors who accompanied President Buhari to Japan need to negotiate robust infrastructure-for-raw material deals

By Ayo Akinfe 

[1] As we debate this President Buhari's visit to Japan, we are once again focusing on minor issues like the Ipob protests and forgetting the major point that he is in Yokohama for an investment conference. For me, the most important aspect of this trip is the fact that he went with governors Babajide Sanwoolu, Samuel Ortom, Babagana Zulum and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Lagos, Benue, Borno and Kwara states respectively

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