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NIGERIA'S hopes of getting Arsenal fullback Bukayo Saka to commit to the Super Eagles increased this week after he was left out of the latest England squad published by Gareth Southgate to prosecute next month's Uefa Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every single one of our local government arteas will be obliged to organise their farmers into cooperative units

[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through their co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs

[3] Every local government area must build at least one food storage facility within its domain

NIGERIAN aviation officials are considering offering concessions to run all of the nation’s airports for effective and efficient service delivery as part of a post-coronavirus programme due to kick on once international flights resume on August 29.

MEMBERS of the Lagos State House of Assembly have asked Governor Babajide Sanwoolu to explain the whereabouts of three helicopters purchased by the state government in 2007 but are nowhere to be found today.

TUBERCULOSIS experts have warned that as many as 1m people may die from the ailment worldwide as a result of the emphasis on the Covid-19 virus that has forced health practitioners to neglect other vital areas.

NIGERIA'S National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) has warned the Nigerian public to stop the consumption of an organic apple and blackcurrant originating from Australia because it is dangerous.

CHRIST Embassy Church founder Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has called on Africans to stop referring to themselves as black people because the colour signifies the absence of direction and stands for evil.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Steel nails -$35m
(2) Toothpicks - $18m
(3) Petrol - $6bn
(4) Fertilizer - $500m
(5) Brazilian hair - $400m
(6) Sugar - $406m
(7) Rice - $302m
(8) Fish - $170m
(9) Generators - $2bn
(10) Phone handsets - $745m

DOZENS of people are feared dead in Enugu State following a brutal clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and the men of the Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday morning.

NIGERIA'S gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 6.1% during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic according to statistics just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).