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PRESIDENT Patrice Talon of Benin Republic has announced plans to step up preparations to allow his country to merge with Nigeria as part of a regional alignment programme aimed at forming more economically viable nation states.

GOVERNOR Hope Uzodinma has stood by his decision to invite the Nigerian Army to put down protests in Imo State saying that the soldiers will remain in Orlu until they have routed the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) group.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) In Niger State, Governor Mohammed Bello Niger is sitting on a total land mass of 76,363 square kilometres. He should open a ranch that straddles Mokwa and Mashegwu local government areas that have a combined acreage of 13,520 square kilometres. Its headquarters should be in Mokwa where a feed compounding plant and abattoir should be built

NIGERIA'S minister for humanitarian affairs and social development Sadiya Farouq has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could drag another 10m people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021.

NIGERIA'S economy recorded a minute growth in gross domestic product (GDP) during the fourth quarter of 2020 witnessing a 0.11% rise in year-on-year wealth to N43.5trn ($113.45bn) .

OONI of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has cautioned members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) against taking the laws into their hands as tension rises across the country in response to the activities of Fulani cattle herdsmen.

OMEGA Fire Ministries International general overseer Apostle Johnson Suleman has revealed that he recently bought his third private jet during the coronavirus pandemic despite the fact that many of his church members are suffering from its effects.

LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers has told French giants Paris Saint Germain (PSG) that they will have to fork out at least €80m if they want to prise Wilfred Ndidi away from the King Power Stadium this summer.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) For starters Niger State has the largest landmass in Nigeria with 76,363 km2. This is more than double the whole of the southeast geo-political zone with its 29,525 square kilometres and almost as much as the entire 79,665 square kilometres that makes up the southwest

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have approved a proposal by  UK global information and communication technology service company AJ Consult to embark upon the digitalisation of all its operations.