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FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu's daughter Sonia has been sent an open letter by a well-wisher named Annastasia Olamma who has volunteered to donate a kidney to help save her life.

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Oluwaseni Joshua gas agreed terms with rival fighter Tyson Fury to meet in the ring on December 3 in a bout which has been dubbed the Battle of Britain.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is facing an uphill battle ahead of next year's presidential elections after it just emerged that four governors from his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are supporting his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival.

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has joined the ranks of those expressing concern over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year's elections saying Christians have a right to be worried.

LONDON-based diaspora football organiser David Doherty of Pathway Sports is one of the 11 candidates cleared to stand for the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) when elections hold at its convention on September 30 in Benin City.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Governors of the 19 states of northern Nigeria will make land available so the country’s cotton cultivation area is increased to at least 2m hectares 

[2] Nigeria’s Bank of Industry will make loans available to all cotton farmers at an interest rate no higher than 2%

GOVERNOR Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has been accused by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of luring President Muhammadu Buhari to the state to inaugurate uncompleted projects that will falsely show his administration as one that performed.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) campaign spokesperson Festus Keyamo has accused the Labour Party's presidential candidate Peter Obi of planning to stage-manage a fake assassination attempt on himself in a bid to court public sympathy.

MEMBERS of the Oyo State Western Nigerian Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun will use all weapons that their disposal to fight armed bandits terrorising the state including bees and poisonous snakes according to their commander.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that certain characters in Nigeria's presidency are backing former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in his quest to become the country's leader.