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FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi is facing the first serious hiccup of his campaign after his running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed appeared to dismiss the #EndSars Lekki toll gate shootings two years ago.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has thrown an underhand jab at his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar saying he will not govern Nigeria from Dubai if elected president.

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will not return to the ring in 2022 and is instead set to do so very early next year following the breakdown of talks between his camp and that of Tyson Fury over a December bout.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As the UK ponders over what kind of future she is going to have in the 22nd century, it is unfortunate that African nations are fast asleep and are not making the most of it for their own good. All this brouhaha started from the Brexit madness. Britain pressed the self-destruct button there big time 

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has become one of the latest victims of Nigeria's ongoing flood crisis as his country home in Otuoke in Bayelsa State has been ravaged by the deluge currently sweeping through the country.

BRITAIN'S international trade secretary Kemi Badenoch has ruled herself out of the race to become the next prime minister throwing her weight behind former chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak instead.

ARSENAL midfielder Tim Akinola moved a step closer to becoming a fully fledged Nigerian international when he received his first call-up to the Nigeria U23 squad where he participated in the Olympic Eagles qualifier against Tanzania yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the city to Britain

UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) immigration authorities have placed a blanket ban on all Nigerian visa applications with immediate effect pointing out that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable.

FORMER Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has promised to establish a highly-trained anti-terrorist battalion of the Nigerian Army if elected president next year.