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INDICATIONS have grown that Ebonyi State's Governor Dave Umahi will seek the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023 after President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina appeared to endorse him.

NIGERIA'S former ambassador to the US Justice Sylvanus Nsofor has passed away at a hospital in Maryland in the ripe old age of 85 after what appeared to be we brief illness associated with being elderly.

Ayo Akinfe  

(1) How his government plans to combat the rising spate of insecurity across the country

(2) How this administration intends to reduce the ratio of government revenue that accrues from crude oil exports to 20% from the current 90% through an economic diversification programme  

(3) How his administration plans to add value to every single agricultural good we produce before exporting it  

NIGERIAN security operatives have stepped up their persecution of #EndSARS protest organisers with the recent arrest of one of the coordinators in Osun State by men of the Department of State Services (DSS).

NIGERIA’S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed suggestions that the recent visit by leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to President Goodluck Jonathan will result in him defecting as standing as their candidate.

FORMER finance minister and African Union (AU) special envoy on coronavirus Dr Okonjo-Iweala has promised that Nigerians and other Africans will have access to the new Covid-19 vaccine as from the end of January.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari failed to appear before the National Assembly today despite promising to do so last week to answer questions about what his administration is doing to curb the growing spare of insecurity across the country.

NIGERIAN-born midfielder Faustino Adebola Anjorin is on course to become a regular member of the Chelsea team after an impressive display in the UEFA Champions League yesterday where he featured for 80 minutes against Russian side Krasnodar.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Food processing - $20bn
(2) Railways - $15bn
(3) Power generation - $10bn
(4) Automobile assembly plants - $10bn
(5) Steel production - $5bn
(6) Solid mineral processing plants - $5bn
(7) Pharmaceuticals - $5bn
(8) Leather processing - $5bn
(9) Green energy - $5bn
(10) Cosmetics and beauty products - $5bn

OHANEZE Ndigbo president Chief Nnia Nwodo has lashed out at a statement made by Northern Elders Forum (Nef) leader Professor Ango Abdullahi in which Igbos were blamed for most of the violent acts perpetuated against northern Nigerians.