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FULANI socio-cultural association Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has called on Nigeria's  National Assembly to intervene and stop attempts by some states governors to enact anti-open grazing laws targeted at nomadic pastoralists.

SUPER Eagles duo Samuel Kalu and Tyronne Ebuehi have both been ruled out of Nigeria's World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde tomorrow after they tested positive for coronavirus after a medical check-up of all the players.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra's (Ipob) lawyer Aloy Ejimakor has stepped up legal action to prevent several members of the group arrested in Ghana from being extradited to Nigeria where they are likely to face treason charges.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Get someone like Oga Jona or Baba OBJ to mobilise other West African nations to come up with a sub-regional blueprint that will involve the transfer of power over a one-year period

[2] Make it clear to the Guinean junta that their military administration will not be recognised. What they must do is come up with a 12-man interim cabinet of which no more than half will be soldiers. This administration will be headed by a civilian

AFGHAN special forces had to disperse am angry women's protest in Kabul yesterday after hundreds of them had gathered to demonstrate against the oppressive and misogynistic policies of the Taliban.

SEVEN British-based players have left the Super Eagles camp and are heading back to Europe in fulfilment of the agreement between their clubs and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) barring them from featuring in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Africa is in the middle of the world and Nigeria is in the middle of Africa. If you actually look at a map of Africa, the continent is shaped like a gum and Nigeria is exactly where the trigger should be

[2] In terms of landmass, Nigeria is only number 14 in Africa. Yet we have the largest population and the biggest economy. Surely, this is not just a coincidence

HEALTH minister Dr Chris Ngige has dismissed the ongoing crisis in Nigeria's health sector involving the mass departure of doctors saying the United Nations (UN) target of one physician to 600 patients is unattainable for the country.

SAHARA Reporters' publisher and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has lost his younger brother Olajide after he was shot dead yesterday by unknown gunmen near Okada in Edo State.

Olajide, who is studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University in Edo State, was shot in the early hours of  this morning by killers thought to be Fulani herdsmen. Omoyele Sowore has confirmed the incident, described his deceased brother who almost clocked 50 as an out-of-the-box thinker.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Do you know that 100,000 Taliban fighters defeated 300,000 US-trained Afghan troops? 

[2] While the ragtag Taliban army were on horseback and using pick-up trucks, the Afghan Army had tanks, armoured personnel carriers, drone support and all other modern military gadgets 

[3] The Taliban were using Pakistani-made AK-47s, which are highly inaccurate, while the Afghan Army were using slick US-made M16 assault rifles