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[1] In this picture are Jan Żabiński and Antonina Żabińska, a Polish couple who ran the Warsaw Zoo during World War Two. After the Nazi occupation in 1939, the hid Jews in the zoo to prevent them being sent to concentration camps 

WORLD 100 metres hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan and World Athletics Championships long jump silver medallist Ese Brume have arrived at Nigeria's Commonwealth Games camp in Birmingham to a rapturous welcome.

BRITISH sporting kit manufacturer MG Sportswear has come to the rescue of Team Nigeria by hurriedly supplying them with emergency kits after their original ordered outfits failed to arrive ahead of the opening ceremony.

GENERAL overseer of the Christ Holy Church International Reverend Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh has been elected as the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) following a meeting of its general assembly.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is facing another legal challenge to his candidacy this time from the Action Alliance (AA) who want him barred because he running mate Senator Kashim Shettima is doubly nominated.

NIGERIA-eligible midfielder Shola Shoretire has been named in the Manchester United first team ahead of its impending trip to the Norwegian capital Oslo where the side with face Spanish giants Atletico Madrid in a pre-season friendly.

[1] From 2026, the Commonwealth Games must include men and women’s football

[2] Britain must invest at least $10bn a year in Nigeria in the form of foreign direct investment

[3] Other industrialised Commonwealth member states like Canada and Australia must also between them invest $10bn in Nigeria annually

[4] Every year, the British monarch must lead a trade delegation to Nigeria

FINANCE minister Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government recently withdrew $1bn from Nigeria's excess crude account (Eca) in a bid to source funding for the insecurity crisis afflicting the country.

NIGERIA'S total foreign debts ballooned to $40bn as of at the end of March this year from $38.4bn in December 2021 with domestic debt also increasing to N25trn ($60.1bn) from N27.7trn during the same period.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) has asked for the immediate release of its leader Nnamdi Kanu pointing out that his life could be at risk as a result of the recent threats by terrorists to take over Abuja.