NIGERIA-eligible midfielder Shola Shoretire has been named in the Manchester United first team ahead of its impending trip to the Norwegian capital Oslo where the side with face Spanish giants Atletico Madrid in a pre-season friendly.

[1] From 2026, the Commonwealth Games must include men and women’s football

[2] Britain must invest at least $10bn a year in Nigeria in the form of foreign direct investment

[3] Other industrialised Commonwealth member states like Canada and Australia must also between them invest $10bn in Nigeria annually

[4] Every year, the British monarch must lead a trade delegation to Nigeria

FINANCE minister Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government recently withdrew $1bn from Nigeria's excess crude account (Eca) in a bid to source funding for the insecurity crisis afflicting the country.

NIGERIA'S total foreign debts ballooned to $40bn as of at the end of March this year from $38.4bn in December 2021 with domestic debt also increasing to N25trn ($60.1bn) from N27.7trn during the same period.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) has asked for the immediate release of its leader Nnamdi Kanu pointing out that his life could be at risk as a result of the recent threats by terrorists to take over Abuja.

ARMED gunmen have once more attacked the Owo community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State  less than two months after the town was subjected to a gruesome massacre at the St Francis Catholic Church which left about 40 people dead.

TEAM Nigeria has named Nnamdi Innocent and Blessing Oborodudu have been named as the captains of the country's male and female squads ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Last week, a European Union delegation visited Abuja to ask that Nigeria replace Russia as their main gas supplier. Why did we not figure out that opportunity ourselves? Nigeria should have plugged the gap in the market as soon as sanctions were introduced against Moscow?

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) senators walked out of the National Assembly today during a debate on insecurity to protest the inaction of the federal government on the matter threatening to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has received a further know to his aspiration after the Church of Nigeria or Anglican Communion attacked his decision to go for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.