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SEVERAL Nigerian community leaders in the UK have been admitted into the Institute of Information Management's (IIM) hall of fame that sees them becoming fellows charged with the responsibility of addressing Africa's plethora of socio-economic woes.

FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that the Boko Haram insurgency grew because one of his predecessors Dr Goodluck Jonathan did not treat it with the seriousness it deserved as he thought it was just a northern ploy to destabilise his government.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has stepped up his campaign to aspire for the presidency come 2019 by promising that he will do more than incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari to stamp out corruption if elected into office.

OONI of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has declared that the progenitor of Yoruba race Oduduwa was the first person on earth to develop the concept of cloth weaving in the whole world.

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has released the sum of N250m ($687,000) to the victims of the recent flooding in Benue State in his capacity as the chairman of the National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to address the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the United States on Tuesday September 19 in what will be his first visit outside the country since returning from medical attention abroad.

TWO people have been reported injured after men of the Nigerian Army and Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) supporters clashed in Umuahia when troops came under attack from campaigners who opposed their presence in their leader Nnamdi Kanu's home town.

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has disassociated himself from a campaign group that has begun canvassing for him to run for the presidency come 2019 pointing out that it is the handiwork of a few mischievous people.

ARIK Air's shareholders have filed a N20bn ($55m) lawsuit against the federal government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims of ongoing negotiations between the two parties over a planned takeover of the airline.

HUNDREDS of Nigerians in the UK turned out yesterday to celebrate with the former mayor of Enfield Chief Kate Anolue as she held a celebration of life for her late mother Princess Veronica Ezeasor who passed away in July.