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NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has announced that it has scheduled the Anambra State governorship elections for November 6 2021 sparking off a certain flurry of political activity.

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is desperately trying to woo former Imo State governor senator Rochas Okorocha ahead of the 2023 presidential elections after lashed out at the his own ruling party the All Progressives Congress (APC).

OUTSPOKEN Nigerian clergyman Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah has been appointed as a member of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development by the head of the Vatican Pope Francis I.

LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers has valued Super Eagles anchorman Wilfred Ndidi at £150m stating that were he and his midfield partner Belgian Youri Tielemans one player they would at least cost that much.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) 1972 – Augsburg Eiskanal in Augsburg, Germany — flow diversion

(2) 1992 – Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain — flow diversion/pumped

(3) 1996 – Ocoee Whitewater Center near Copperhill, Tennessee, USA — altered riverbed

(4) 2000 – Penrith Whitewater Stadium, near Sydney, Australia — pumped

(5) 2004 – Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre, Athens, Greece — pumped

COMPLETE Care and Aid Foundation founder Aisha Wakil has been charged with three counts of criminal conspiracy and obtaining the sum of N41.7m ($109,248) under false pretences by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 36 states have expressed concern that despite the intensity of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic the country is yet to commence the mass vacation of its citizens.

CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) leaders have challenged Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to provide evidence to back his recent claims that some members of their faith were Boko Haram insurgents and engage in its terrorist activities.

FORMER minister of mines and steel Alhaji Sarafa Ishola has been appointed as Nigeria's new high commissioner to the UK as part of the deployment of ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have stepped up their pursuit of Lookman winger Ademola Lookman by seeking to fast-track his appearance for the Super Eagles by asking Fifa to allow him play while his appeal is still pending.