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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's controversial spokeswoman Lauretta Onochie has had her bid to be appointed as an electoral commissioner rejected after the senate refused to endorse her for the position.

SUPER Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in pole position to feature in the English Premier League this season after he joined his club Liverpool for its pre-season training session at Salzburg in Austria yesterday.

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[1] Songhai
Nigeria
Cameroon
Sao Tome & Principe
Benin Republic
Niger Republic

[2] Arab North Africa
Egypt
North Sudan
Morocco
Tunisia
Algeria
Western Sahara

[3] Cocoa Coast
Ghana
Togo
Ivory Coast

[4] Western Africa
Senegal
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Cape Verde

BRITISH dignitaries including Prince William and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have rallied to the defence of Bukayo Saka and two of his team mates who have become the subject of racist abuse since yesterday for missing their penalties in the Euro 2020 final.

NIGERIA'S federal government has signed an agreement with several Brazilian firms to come and establish tractors’ assembly plants in the country as part of a major agricultural expansion programme.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has pledged that his administration will not engage in disrespectful exchanges with the Oba of Benin Oba Ewuare II over stolen artefacts that are currently being retrieved from across Europe.

ETHNIC body the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (Gafdan) has warned that the recent decision by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) to ban open grazing across the country will lead to a breakdown of peace between north and south Nigeria.

CENTRAL Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has put together a seven-man passport liaison committee made up of representatives of its member organisations to help address the perennial problem of obtaining travel documents from the high commission.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our Nigerian Football Federation should invite the Azuri to come to Abuja to face the Super Eagles. This plan should involve an ambitious tourist programme to attract at least 5,000 Italian fans

[2] Our trade minister should initiate talks with all the major Italian fashion designers about them opening factories in Nigeria to manufacture kits for both the Azuri and Super Eagles

KADUNA'S wealthy residents have now resorted to pretending to be poor and experiencing hardship  to prevent them falling victims to kidnappers who have terrorised the city of late preying on the affluent.