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[1] Ending the current insecurity epidemic. There are 6m weapons in the country at the moment and criminals are having a field day. This needs urgent addressing

[2] Putting out all the ethnic fires currently raging across the country. Ethnic mistrust is now such an issue, it virtually impossible to have any serious national debate on any subject without attracting suspicion

SUPER Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyeadika could be fit and ready for Nigeria's World Cup playoff games next month after he resumed training with his team Club Brugge after spending about a month out with a hamstring injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of the country’s most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing it could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

STAND-IN Super Eagles skipper Wilfred Ndidi has received another acknowledgment of his leadership qualities on the pitch with his Turkish clubside Besiktas naming him as their vice captain despite only joining the side this season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that the global footwear industry was worth $290bn in 2019 just before the coronavirus pandemic struck

[2] Post-Covid, in 2022, the global footwear was worth $382bn as more shoes got sold worldwide and in 2023, it was $398.40bn

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham will be subjecting Super eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze to a scan to determine if he is fit to play in tomorrow's London derby against table toppers Arsenal after he picked up a knock while on international duty.

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[1] This here is a picture of Roman Empire at its zenith in 117AD. As you can see, it covered virtually all of Europe apart from Scotland, Scandinavia and Tsarist Russia

IGBO pan-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has disassociated itself from a planned nationwide protest organised on October 20 by Atiku Abubakar and Omoyele Sowore calling for the release of Indigenous people of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If we were a right thinking people, the motorcycle could radically transform the Nigerian economy. By my calculations, Nigeria is the world's fifth largest user of motorcycles behind India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China, yet despite that we do not manufacture one machine

NIGERIA'S finance minister Wale Edun has been flown to London to receive medical treatment after he recently took ill and local doctors told him that he needed to seek specialist care abroad.

Mr Edun, 69, has been out of the public view for a few weeks now, leading to speculation that he suffered from a stroke. However, a government spokesman denied this, saying his condition was not that bad, although he did confirm that the minister was unwell and receiving treatment from doctors.