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MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have questioned the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for engaging the services of private consultants to handle visa and passport issues at the nation’s missions abroad.

SECRETARY to the government of the federation Boss Mustapha has added his voice to the number of Nigerians who believe that the country's next president should come from the southeast geo-political zone.

KADUNA State's commissioner for budget and planning Muhammad Dattijo has been appointed as an associate and founding member of the Dunning Africa Centre of the University of Reading's Henley Business School.

NIGERIA'S Super eagles have suffered another major striking blow ahead of next month's African Cup of Nations as targetman Paul Onuachu has been ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report in which it warned that Nigeria’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was growing at an alarming rate

[2] Although borrowing is still within reason as the federal government’s external debt of $40bn is still less than 10% of GDP, the way it is growing gives cause for concern. It is only a matter of time before it gets out of control

SUPER Eagles interim head coach Austin Eguavoen is set to recall Watford's Emmanuel Dennis and mercurial playmaker Kelechi Nwakali back into the team ahead of the impending African Cup of Nations starting in Cameroon next month.

VOICE of Nigeria (Von) director-general Osita Okechukwu has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to abandon plans to run for president and retain his position as a party kingmaker.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we reel from the effects of the travel apartheid, I have been wracking my brains to look for a solution to the problem of the African being regarded as sub-human. No matter how you look at it, this prejudice and bias will never go away until we have an African economy that sits at the high table of humanity

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] There shall be no such thing as The Office of The First Lady or Office of The First Gentleman in the presidency or in any of our 36 states. Our constitution does not make any provision for such a position so use of the office is illegal

[2] Governors’ wives/husbands shall not be addressed as Her/His Excellency

[3] No state funds shall be used to finance charities and non-governmental organisations run by governors’ wives/husbands

NIGERIA'S government has submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on the Use of Beneficial Ownership Information and Data Disclosure as part of its fight against graft against.