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NIGERIAN security forces have managed to rescue about 180 of the 210 staff and pupils abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna State yesterday following a joint operation by military and police operatives.

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham is planning to sign Super Eagles duo Ola Aina and Josh Maja alongside compatriot Ademola Lookman permanently at the end of the season so long as the club manages to avoid relegation and remain in the elite division.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Lagos State: Our commercial capital currently accounts for about one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) and one third of non-oil GDP. However, we need to built on it and turn it into an international financial centre that matches London which generates $650bn a year or New York which generates $1.4trn a year.

NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC) officials have dubbed nine state governors anti-worker for refusing to start paying the new minimum wage and have vowed to take industrial action should it be removed from the federal exclusive list.

CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has defended his recent negotiations with armed bandits in Zamfara State saying that the government was fully aware of the talks and always had representatives present when he visited the hoodlums.

FLIGHTS between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will remain banned until March 20 as the ongoing dispute between the two countries over how best to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given all armed bandits operating within Nigeria a 60-day ultimatum to surrender their weapons and vacate the numerous forests they occupy or face the full wrath of the law.

NIGERIAN midfielder Michael Olise's value has soared by €4m overnight to €12m after he was named in the standby list for Nigeria's upcoming 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches against the Republic of Benin and Lesotho.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) It was on this day March 11, in 1985 that Mikhail Gorbachev assumed office as the leader of the Soviet Union

(2) Literally translated, Perestroika means restructuring. Over 200m Nigerians are clamouring for restructuring. I cannot think of a better day for President Buhari to initiate Nigeria’s plan than today

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has urged the federal government not to touch the £4.2m James Ibori loot about to be returned to the country by the UK as the money legitimately belongs to the Delta State government despite its defence of the ex-governor.