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SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is poised to return from injury today and feature in Leicester City's Europa League fixture against Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk at the Zaporizhzhya City Stadium.

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(1) Ensure that annual gross domestic product (GDP) is never below 10%. Single digit growth should be considered recessionary

(2) Attract a minimum of $50bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) annually

(3) Hold monthly meetings with the 36 state commissioners of trade & industry and ensure that they each attract a minimum of $1bn in FDI into their states annually

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been summoned by the House of Representatives to appear before lawmakers to explain his government's security policy following the recent murder of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram.

NIGERIA'S government has backtracked on its pledge to support the use of gas-powered automobiles as part of its commitment to cutting greenhouse gases by saying car owners who want to switch will not have to fork out N250,000 ($650) for a conversion.

SECCESIONIST movement the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has backtracked on its call for the dismemberment of Nigeria and written to the National Assembly asking for the devolution of power and the restructuring of the country instead.

BOKO Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau has confirmed that his terrorist sect was responsible for the recent killing of rice farmers in the Kwashebe Zabarmari axis of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has pledged to donate five operational vehicles to the police force in the Maradi Region of Niger Republic as part of a regional effort to combat cross-border crime.

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CAMPAIGN groups the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre have won a court ruling compelling the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reveal details of Covid-19 donations.

FORMER Operation Lafiya Dole theatre commander Major General Olusegun Adeniyi has been demoted after a Nigerian Army court-martial found him guilty of violating military social media guidelines and ordered his demotion by at least three years.