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NIGERIA'S diaspora community in the UK marked the country's 62nd independence day in a unique manner yesterday by holding a quiz organised among its member organisations aimed at improving their knowledge of the country.

SEVERAL All Progressives Congress (APC) former presidential aspirants look set to boycott Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's election campaign as they remain disaffected with his candidacy so may chose to sit on the fence when campaigning starts.

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Sunday Oliseh has been appointed as a Fifa technical expert ahead of the 2022 World Cup taking place in Qatar later this year alongside several footballing icons including Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klinsmann.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We can mull over this until kingdom come but the fact remains that there is no way a nation of 200m people can survive unless it starts manufacturing its own goods. Even if we had zero corruption and all our leaders were saints, we would still be in a crisis

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) members have expressed concern over the current state of their presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu amid reports that he is in the UK receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

ZAMFARA State Football Association chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has been elected as the new president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) at its annual congress which took place in Benin the Edo State capital yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours 

FORMER Imo State governor Hon Emeka Ihedioha has apologised to Ndigbo over his recent comments at the 2022 New Yam festival ceremony in Ghana where he called all those supporting Peter Obi's presidential ambitions as saboteurs.

NIGERIA'S foremost female disc jockey in the UK Florence Otedola popularly known as DJ Cuppy has graduated from the famous University of Oxford with a Master’s degree in African Studies.

DJ Cuppy is one of the leading Nigerians who dominate the London social scene, handling turntables across the capital every weekend. She is one of an elite bands that includes the likes of DJ Abass, DJ KC, DJ Kashif, DJ Jaido, Deoba Authentic, DJ Naija, DJ Mind the Gap and DJ Alexxo.

ARMED bandits operating in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have stepped up their activities of late audaciously increasing the amount they tax farmers by N12m ($27,775) before allowing them to get on with their daily business.