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NIGERIA'S flagship Lagos-Ibadan train service is under severe financial threat after recently released figures showed that escalating diesel costs threaten to derail the programme as the Nigeria Railway Corporation's (NRC) costs are 135.3% higher than revenue.

CIVIL society group Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (Huriwa) has lashed out at the government for allowing both President Muhammadu Buhari and vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo to be away from the country at the same time.

NIGERIA-eligible midfielder Ethan Nwaneri has become the youngest ever footballer to feature in the English Premier League after he came on for Arsenal today during their match against Brentford aged 15 years and 181 days old.

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[1] Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue

[2] We need at least $10bn invested in cattle ranches, dairy plants, animal feed compounders and leather factories to address our chronic Fulani herdsman crisis

BRITAIN has released a list of 56 Nigerians who are among a total of 6,743 persons who died between 1996 and 2021 with unclaimed estates and no known family members coming forward who their assets can be transferred to.

SUPER Eagles head coach José Peseiro has opted to keep faith with the old guard calling up 25 players for Nigeria's forthcoming friendly against Algeria's Desert Foxes on September 27 with many of his invitees not having seen action so far this season.

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[1] British firms will be given tax holidays to build a 853km wind farm along Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline 

[2] British firms will be given tax holidays to build four mega solar farms in Borno, Yobe, Katsina and Zamfara states 

[3] Nigeria will open the world’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant in Sokoto with British investors invited to take a 50% stake in the venture 

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced plans to establish National Youth Bank (NYB) with an initial capital sum of N75bn ($175m) as part of an empowerment programme aimed at helping young people to realise their dreams.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigerian citizenship on a total of 286 foreign nationals at a special ceremony the presidential villa in Abuja after they took the oath of allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship.

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has been named by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the director-general of its national campaign management committee (NCMC) ahead of next year's general elections.