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NIGERIA'S Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has ordered a retrial of the case involving singer Yahya Sharif-Aminu who was sentenced to death two years ago by a Sharia court after being found guilty of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed.

NIGERIA'S Super Falconets will face The Netherlands in the quarter finals of the ongoing Fifa U20 Women's World Cup after topping their group with a maximum of nine points following a 3-1 victory over Canada in their final group game last night.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Let me start off by reiterating that Nigeria’s fundamental problem is that her economy lacks the required productive capacity to sustain a nation state. We simply are not productive enough, manufacture next to nothing, import too much and do not create jobs 

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has justified his recent meeting with the Labour Party presidential aspirant former Anambra State governor Peter Obi saying he would receive any candidate irrespective of the person's political affiliation.

NIGERIAN exports are set to benefit from a new trading scheme in the United Kingdom that will cut price tariffs on hundreds of everyday products imported into the country from the beginning of next year.

PEOPLE Democratic Party (PDP) officials have set up a peace meeting to address the rift between former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State with its first meeting earmarked to hold in Abuja this Friday.

NIGER Republic has denied receiving 10 vehicles from Nigeria following the recent outrage after it emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari spent N1.15bn ($2.74m) of Nigeria's money on buses which were donated to the country's northern neighbour.

NOTTINGHAM Forest have handed newly-signed Super Eagles winger Emmanuel Dennis the number 25 jersey ahead of this weekend's match away to Everton following the completion of his £20m move from Championship side Watford.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Investment tends to be cyclical as blue chip companies will pick on an economy and then just invest in it heavily. Because money follows money, once the first dozen or so companies invest heavily in a company, everyone joins in as the herd mentality takes over

NIGERIAN diasporans who pre-registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) but have been unable to return home to complete the process have left the agency short of about 7m voters on its electoral register.