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NIGERIAN-born British world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will be over a stone heavier than his veteran Russian opponent Alexander Povetkin when he defends his title at Wembley today after the weigh-in showed him to be bulkier.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has assured all Skye Bank depositors that their money is safe despite the licence of the struggling financial house being revoked due to its mounting debts.

DELTA State-born oil magnate Sholaye Jeremi appears to have accepted that he is the father of controversial blogger Linda Ikeji's son Jayce who was born earlier this week after he refused to debunk her identifying him as the baby's dad.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told traditional rulers from Abia State that one of the reasons why he went to China to secure a $2bn loan was to enable his government develop a textile factory in their state along with two others in Kano and Lagos.

ABUJA housewife Doyinsola Adebiyi has asked the Gudu Grade One Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory to dissolve her marriage to her husband Kayode because their house-help is pregnant again after having two abortions for him.

NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) investigators have recovered $470.5m belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) stashed away in commercial banks in violation of the federal government policy instructing all parastatals to operate a treasury single account (TSA).

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole has waded into the crisis currently tearing apart the Lagos chapter of the party stating that the emergence of candidates vying for the governorship is nothing more than democracy in action.

OHANEZE Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide leaders have warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that they will mobilise their supporters to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless an Igbo candidate is picked for the vice presidency.

AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has revealed that the federal government has approved the sum of N45bn ($124m) to fund severance packages for staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways which folded in 2005 now that plans to float a new carrier have been suspended.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has been returned to office for a second term after seeing off a challenge from two opponents at today's annual general summit in Katsina where he was re-elected with 34 votes.