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DANGOTE Cement has announced ambitious plans to increase its Nigerian production capacity by about a third as part of a daring programme to meet the increase in demand as well as help cut retail prices.

SOLDIERS attached to the Nigerian Army's Operation Whirl Stroke campaign have recovered arms and ammunition from the palace of the Mue Ter Cha His Royal Highness Chief Utambe Adzer in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.

TRADERS at the Shasha Market in Ibadan whose property was destroyed during the recent mayhem there have been offered relief under a joint scheme involving the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) and the Oyo State government.

SEVERAL English Premier League clubs have stepped up their interest in Nigerian-born centreback Kevin Joshua with a view to prising him away from West Bromwich Albion (WBA) at the end of the season.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) There will be free tuition for every Nigerian right up until the end of secondary school

(2) As from 2022 onwards, Nigeria will spend a minimum of 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education

(3) Free uniforms will be offered to pupils in all public schools

(4) One free school meal will be offered to all state primary and secondary school pupils from Monday to Friday

NIGERIA'S security problems in the northeast of the country could get considerably worse over the coming weeks as Chadian rebels who recently killed President Idris Deby have begun an advance on the capital N’djamena.

NIGERIAN security officials have shot dead a leading commandant of the vigilante group the Eastern Security Network (ESN) known as Ikonso Commander in Awomama Village in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue

(2) We need at least $10bn invested in cattle ranches, dairy plants, animal feed compounders and leather factories to address our chronic Fulani herdsman crisis

GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) of placing a fatwa on some governors from across the southeast geo-political zone for not supporting their secessionist cause.

NIGERIA'S senate has approved the sum of $2.6bn out of the $5.5bn external borrowing request sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in May last year as part of the government's measures to finds ways to fund its current budget.