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Taliban write to United Nations asking for permission to address general assembly

AFGHANISTAN'S new foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has asked that the country's Taliban government be allowed to address the United Nations General Assembly currently taking place in New York to explain its stance.

 

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Chelsea legend Zola predicts that Osimhen will be Romelu Lukaku successor at Stanford Bridge

CHELSEA legend Gianfranco Zola has forecast that Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen will be the next sensation at Stamford Bridge with the club likely to sign him as a replacement for current targetman Romelu Lukaku.

 

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All these fears over VAT can be ameliorated with the passing of a Nigerian Textile Industry Resuscitation Bill by the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Cotton production will be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry

[2] A Nigerian Tailors Guild will be formed as part of a regulatory regime. Only registered members will be authorised to sew clothes for members of the public

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Several prominent politicians form new group called Rescue Nigeria Project aimed at addressing leadership deficit

SEVERAL prominent Nigerians including former governors and cabinet ministers have formed a new political coalition called the Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) put together with the aim of building a new direction for the country.

 

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Fifa approves the use of Teslim Balogun Stadium for Nigeria's October 7 World Cup qualifier

GLOBAL football federation Fifa has approved the use of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos as the venue for Nigeria's forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Central African Republic taking place on October 7.

 

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Government lawyers fail to show up in court today for Nnamdi Kanu's N5bn civil case

NIGERIAN government lawyers failed to show up in court today when the civil rights suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu was listed for hearing forcing the judge to postpone the case until October 7.

 

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King Sunny Ade loses wife Hon Risikat Adegeye who served in Lagos State House of Assembly

JUJU maestro King Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye popularly known as King Sunny Ade has lost one of his wives Hon Risikat Ajoke Adegeye who served as a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015.

 

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Adesina says federal government will not publicly expose those who sponsor terrorism

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina has revealed that the federal government is not interested in exposing sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria despite foreign nations saying they know who they are.

 

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Despite our plethora of socio-economic woes Nigeria remains one of the world's most unique nations that will shape the future of humanity. If we can only be single-minded like Frederick Lugard, Nigeria will become a world power within 20 years

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] On August 30 1894 British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. In just 20 years, Lugard captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French

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ESN member lynched to death on Owerri for trying to enforce Ipob sir-at-home order

MEMBERS of the public in the Imo State capital Owerri have lynched an Eastern Security Network (ESN) operative to death after he tried to enforce the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob's) sit-at-home order earlier today.

 

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