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SUPER Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum has resigned from his position as manager of the Nigerian senior women's national team as a result of the a domestic family matter after his wife took seriously ill.

NIGERIA Air Force's (Naf) Flying Officer David Sangokoya has been awarded the International Sword of Honour for 2023 at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell in the  United Kingdom after emerging as the best international cadet on his course.

NIGERIA'S Super Falconets have crashed out of the ongoing U20 Women's World Cup in Colombia after succumbing to a 1-2 loss to Japan in the Round of 16 at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogota last night.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria was spending $8bn a year out of her paltry $30bn annual budget subsidising petrol marketers. As a nation we simply could not afford this. One does not need to be genius to know this wasteful spending had to go

NINE internally displaced persons (IDP) camps have been opened in Borno State by the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) as the number of deaths from the recent flooding rises to 30.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Rather than buy a generator use that money to purchase a solar panel

[2] Never buy a private jet. Those who own them should sell them off

[3] No family needs more than two private vehicles

[4] We need to replace Okada motorcycle taxis with more cycling

[5] All public officials should cut their motorcades down to a maximum of five

[6] Use the train more rather than drive

FORMER Super Eagles striker Victor Moses has joined English Championship side Luton Town on a free transfer following his forced exit from Russian side Spartak Moscow as a result of the Ukrainian war.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We are all in agony across Nigeria at the moment as about 40% of the Borno State capital Maiduguri is under water. This catastrophe came about as a result of the Alau Dam overflowing and releasing millions of gallons of water into the environment

[2] This flood is particularly devastating as about half of Borno’s 4m population are currently living in Maiduguri due to the Boko Haram crisis. We now have a genuine humanitarian crisis on our hands

NIGERIAN Football federation (NFF) technical director Augustine Eguavoen has stood down as the Super Eagles interim coach after the team played a goalless draw with Rwanda away in Kigali today saying he has fulfilled his mandate handle to matches.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria spends $3.7bn a year as a petrol subsidy. Now if we invested that amount of money into an electric rail network, over a 10 year period, we would have one of the most sophisticated railway structures in the world

[2] With the current fuel scarcity, it is time to look for a permanent solution to this over-dependence on petrol and diesel. The status quo is simply not sustainable and it is time to start thinking outside the box