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FORMER presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has been released from custody and had his international passport returned to him after he was briefly detained at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos this morning.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Kogi state can attract the likes of Siemens to build a 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant at Idah

[2] Kogi State can build a Niagara Falls-type tourist attraction at the confluence of the rivers Niger and Benue at Lokoja

[3] Taraba State can open the world’s largest nature reserve in Gembu

[4] Niger State can open the world’s largest cattle ranch in Mokwa

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s NNPC needs to be privatised like yesterday with the government holding a stake of no more than 25% on it. Foreign partners should hold about a 50% stake, with the company floated on the Lagos, New York, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo stock exchanges

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.