NIGERIAN Army commanders have received another fresh batch of over 200 repentant Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) fighters and their families over the weekend as the militants surrendered to troops in Borno State.

PRESIDENT Joe Biden has deployed 6,000 US troops to Afghanistan to assist with the evacuation of its citizens and Afghan allies following the recent dramatic military victory of the Taliban that has seen it overthrow the government.

ARSENAL skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could be on his way to Spanish giants Barcelona after the two clubs opened talks about a transfer that would involve former Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho going to the Emirates in part-exchange.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] We all know Nigeria is in a dire state. First of all there is ethnic mistrust, then we have a unitarist form of government which destroys any hope of prosperity and to make matters worse, cronyism and corruption are rife 

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen suspected to the members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have shot dead one policeman and six staff of the Leen Engineering firm working on the Assa North Gas Development Project in Imo State for disobeying at sit-at-home order.

NIGERIA has been ranked fifth among countries with the most politically exposed persons (Pep) involved in real estate money laundering schemes in the US in a new report published by American think tank Global Financial Integrity.

LOCAL residents in Anambra State deserted their cities this morning in solidarity with a call by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) despite the suspension of the secessionist group's suspension of its every Monday sit-at-home protest.

RESIDENTS of Borno State have expressed concern that the recent mass surrendering of former Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) fighters and their integration into the Nigerian military might be a ploy

NIGERIA has been seeded for the 2022 African Cup of Nations due to kick off in January next year after been picked as one of the top five teams in today draw conducted by the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] In the 1970s and 80s, Afghanistan was a very secular country. Under President Mohammed Najibullah, they were no different from say Pakistan or India. It was the US backing of the Mojahadeen that gave rise to fundamentalism in Afghanistan 

[2] When secular organs of government do not work, people swing towards religion as a default position