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Buratai distances himself from campaign posters declaring him a presidential candidate

FORMER chief of army staff General Tukur Buratai has distanced himself from suggestions that he is considering running for Nigeria's presidency next year pointing out that he is happy with his current job as the ambassador to the Republic of Benin.

 

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Abba Kyari takes federal government to court seeking bail claiming he is diabetic

ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Abba Kyari has dragged the federal government to court seeking bail from National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) custody on the grounds of ill health claiming he is diabetic.

 

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Super Falcon Ashleigh Plumptre nominated for English Women’s Super League Player of the Month

RECENT Super Falcons debutant Ashleigh Plumptre has just been nominated for the English Women’s Super League February Player of the Month as her incessant rise over the last few weeks keeps getting better by the day.

 

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Anyone aspiring to be the president of Nigeria on 2023 must be prepared to achieve mythical and biblical feats. Such a person must set him or herself impossible tasks to be completed by the end of eight years like the 12 Labours of Hercules such as:


Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Wiping out Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) in the northeast of the country

[2] Getting every single cattle herdsman in Nigeria settled into one of six mega ranches to be located in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Kaduna and Niger states 

[3] Generating, distributing and transmitting 50,000MW of electricity 

[4] Eliminating the current scourge of kidnapping, banditry and the crime epidemic plaguing the country

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Newcastle add Zaidu Sanusi to the list of players they are seeking to sign this summer

ENGLISH Premier league giants Newcastle United have added Super Eagles leftfullback Zaidu Sanusi to the growing list of Nigerian p[layers it is hoping to sign when the summer transfer window opens at the end of the season.

 

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Governor Oyetola floors Aregbesola's candidate in Osun State APC primary elections

GOVERNOR Gboyega Oyetola of Osun Sate has clinched the gubernatorial ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after seeing off a challenge from the former secretary to the state government Alhaji Moshood Adeoti.

 

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Nigeria witnessed 3.4% growth in GDP during the fourth quarter of 2021 as recession ends

NIGERIA recorded a 3.4% increase in gross domestic product (GDP) during the course of 2021 in the first major sign that the economy is coming out of the recession according to recent statistics published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

 

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Nigerian coach Victor Ogunwusi names as new manager of Kent League side Crockenhill

NIGERIAN-born  coach Victor Ogunwusi has been named as the new manager of England’s Kent County Football League side Crockenhill FC and is set to take charge of his first match today against K Sports Reserves.

 

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Is there any particular reason why Nigeria does not produce Josephine Bakers on a yearly basis? 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] I still cannot get my head round why apartheid and Jim Crow produced global heroes but in the case of Nigeria, oppression tends to produce complicit rogues 

[2] Why does all this corruption and mis-rule not radicalise the populace and lead to the emergence of another ANC? Is there something about us that defies logic?

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