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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Brazil produces about 770m tonnes of sugarcane annually that generates about $36bn in revenue for the country’s economy

[2] As far back as 2011, 1.1m people were employed in the Brazilian sugarcane industry. Despite instances of poor conditions for workers, it is one of the highest paying agricultural sectors in Brazil, second only to the soybean industry

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it may sanction eligible citizens who refuse to take the coronavirus vaccine as part of a renewed health campaign to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

TERRORIST sect the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) has claimed to have killed 10 Nigerian soldiers during a recent raid on a Nigerian army military facility in Rann in Borno State.

FULANI herdsmen body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has asked the Enugu State government to postpone its planned introduction of a ban on open grazing for a month to enable it submit proposals on plans.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's chief of staff Professor Ibrahim Gambari is to lead a delegation of federal government officials to New York later this week to counter the propaganda of self-determination groups critical of this administration.

NIGERIAN winger Ademola Lookman has joined English Premier League side Leicester City on a season-long loan where he will play alongside compatriots Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho over the forthcoming campaign.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All those known sponsors of Boko Haram, Iswap and armed herdsmen, whose names have been passed to the intelligence services as being responsible for the bombings and insurgency in the country will be arrested and charged to court

[2] This government shall begin the process of implementing some of the recommendations of the 2014 National Confab report that will transfer economic power back to the federating units

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced the creation of a Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme aimed at employing 20,000 graduates annually who recently concluded the mandatory one-year National Youth Service (NYSC).

NIGERIA may have lost about $188.29bn worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) over the last five years meaning that about 92% of opportunities that were available to the country between 2017 and 2020 did not materialise.

DEFENCE operatives and Borno State officials have held a mini-summit in Maiduguri during they which they discussed the modalities that will govern the ongoing surrender of Boko Haran and Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) militants.