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NIGERIA'S federal government has signed an agreement with Niger Republic to resume the resumption of petrol products from her northern neighbour as part of a plan to combat domestic shortages due to limited refining capacity.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has revealed that Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr will not be sacked despite the recent poor performances of the ream because the cost of dismissing him are too high.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) British prime minister Boris Johnson has just announced that he will be spending an extra £16.5bn ($21.9bn) on defence over the next four years. Nigeria could help that money go far if the British outsource some of the work to us

MEMBERS of the Ogun State judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate abuses by the Special Anti Robbery Squad (Sars) police unit have been told how one taxi driver was detained for seven months for daring to ask policemen to pay their fares.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has left his supporters guessing at what his next move will be after it emerged that rather than spend the forthcoming US Thanksgiving holiday at his Florida resort as he normally does he will board himself up in the White House.

KADUNA State government intends to continue the secret trial of Shiite leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife early next year after a high court adjourned the hearing until January 25 and 26 2021.

CELESTIAL Church of Christ Global parish clergyman Prophet Israel Ogundipe popularly known as Genesis has been sentenced to one year in prison for fraud by a Lagos State high court after being convicted of defrauding a UK-based diasporan.

SUPER Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa looks set to join English Premier League side West Ham on a free transfer over the coming weeks as the club is desperate to sign another centre forward to provide competition for its strikers Michail Antonio and Sebastien Haller.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) A nation of 42 states with each of them generating at least $10bn in wealth annually

(2) A country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients

(3) A country that had emerged as the world’s largest chocolate producer

(4) A health service that served as the world’s undisputed leader of tropical medicine

NIGERIA has been warned that she needs to create about 19m new jobs a year if she wants to avoid a catastrophic economic meltdown that will result from the spiralling rise in unemployment which could precipitate social unrest.