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OHANEZE Ndigbo UK has elected its first ever female president when voted in Enugu State-born Chief Aqueen Ibeto into office to take over from Dr Nnana Igwe at its annual general meeting (AGM) over the weekend.

NIGERIA'S high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Sarafa Ishola  officially presented his letters of credence to the queen yesterday making him the formal representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria in London.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2025, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2025, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have announced plans to help Nigeria establish sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) courts as part of the ongoing campaign to combat the growing menace of abuse against women.

AVIATION minister Senator Hadi Sirika has revealed that Nigeria's proposed national carrier will start operations in April after an arrangement has been reached under which local investors will have a 46% stake in the venture while international  partners own 49%.

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have threatened to reject cocoa produced in Nigeria as from next year due to quality issues that have got out of hand lately resulting in over0-chemicalised produce that does not meet food safety standards being shipped.

BRITISH-based Nigerian clergywoman Prophetess Mary Dasmola has described the recent display of selflessness by musician David Adeleke popularly known as Davido as an act that was influenced by the Holy Spirit.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every governor should attract at least $10bn worth of foreign direct investment annually into his or her state

[2] Every governor must generate at least 1,000MW of electricity locally

[3] Every governor must inaugurate a power transmission and distribution company on their state. It could be a PPP joint venture, wholly state-owned or a private concern but it must be able to electrify the whole state

CENTRAL Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has laid a wreath at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi where dozens of lives were recently lost including numerous diasporans when the tower block gave way on itself.

AN Akwa Ibom couple have been arrested by officials of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for conniving to sell their two daughters aged four and six.