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Ighalo says he does not believe Solskjaer was fair to him during his time at Man United
FORMER Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has accused Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of being unfair to him with the way he was treated during his one year stint at Old Trafford. Ighalo, 31, joined Manchester United a...
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Rather than his recent meaningless ramble Nasir El-Rufai should have unveiled a policy plan that looks like this to address the issue at hand
Ayo Akinfe (1) Kaduna State government is setting aside 5,000 square kilometres to build the largest cattle ranch in Africa in Birnin Gwari (2) Kaduna State governor has reached an agreement with Al Rayan Islamic Bank to open an animal feed...
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Nigerian foreign direct investment drops by half in 2020 to four year low as coronavirus bites hard
NIGERIA suffered from a 50% drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the course of 2020 as capital inflows plummeted to a meagre $9.68bn representing a four year low according to figures just published by the National Bureau of Statistics...
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Nigeria suspends all Emirate Airlines outgoing flights for 72 over breach of Covid-19 guidelines
NIGERIAN government officials have suspended all Emirates Airlines’ outbound flights for 72 hours following a flagrant breach of the guidelines laid down by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 regarding travel. Although Nigeria...
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Buhari's nomination of former service chiefs for ambassadorial roles attracts condemnation
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's decision to nominate the four recently-replaced armed service chiefs as ambassadorial candidates has attracted widespread condemnation from political commentators as it is it seen as an attempt to shield them from...
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Biden poised to endorse Ngozi as WTO boss after South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee withdraws from contest
FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has moved a step closer to being confirmed as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after her sole opponent Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea withdrew from the...
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If Britain could rehabilitate 5m soldiers after World War Two Nigeria can deal with the menace of herdsmen and kidnappers too
Ayo Akinfe (1) Today is February 5 and for me it is significant in that it was on this day in 1945 that America’s General Douglas MacArthur returned to Manila after the US recaptured the Philippines from Japan. By February 1945, it was clear...
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Kano State government bans Islamic cleric from preaching due to his inciteful sermons
KANO State government has banned an Islamic cleric Sheikh Abduljabar Nasir-Kabara from practising as an imam after finding him guilty of inciteful preaching that could lead to a breach of the peace. Over recent years, religious spats...
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