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FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has suffered a major setback in his quest to become the next Anambra State governor after an Owerri high court ruled that his opponent Chukwuma Umeoji was the authentic candidate of his party.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Everton are said to be planning to sell Super Eagles playmaker before the closure of the August transfer window to generate funds to purchase other players as part of a team strengthening programme.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that the US invested $9.4m in Afghanistan to establish a Kabul carpet export center? With the Taliban seizing power, that project will obviously end. President Buhari should look to cash in on it

[2] For starters, President Buhari should offer political asylum to all those Afghan technocrats trained in modern carper-making techniques

LOCAL residents in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State are asking security forces how armed hoodlums thought to be Fulani cattle herdsmen managed to attack the village of Tafi-Gana despite a curfew being in place.

MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State have vowed to resist any attempt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest their former governor Senator Umaru Al-Makura saying the petition against him was baseless.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have invited the nation's security forces to help it enforce the ban on the spraying of naira which it has declared as illegal saying it an unpatriotic act of showing disrespect for country's legal tender.

NIGERIA'S high commission to the UK is to re-open on Monday August 23 following a 10-day shutdown after two if its staff tested positive for coronavirus during a mass testing of all employees who work in the building last week.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has been handed a tough opening fixture in next year's African Cup of Nations after Nigeria was drawn alongside seven times champions Egypt in Group D against who the team will play its opening match.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] To court acceptance, the Taliban will be a little liberal during their first year 

[2] After they have consolidated their grip on power, then the beheadings, amputations, public floggings, etc will resume 

STANBIC IBTC Capital the investment banking subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings has been recognised as the Best Investment Bank in Nigeria at the recent Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021 that took place in London.