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AT least five Nigerian state governors are still using Twitter in defiance of the federal government's ban on the use of the social media platform across the country in response to its decision to delete a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.

LEICESTER City Women’s defender Ashleigh Plumptre has expressed a desire to play for Nigeria's Super Falcons alongside her club male compatriots Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that Nigeria's average revenue from crude oil exports totals about $50bn a year, four other sectors of the economy must each match this figure by the year 2025. They should be agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and solid mineral extraction. Our aim should be to generate at least $300bn in export earnings a year.

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State's chief of staff Muhammad Abdullahi  has revealed that over 38% of girls in Soba Local Government Area of his state get married before the age of 15.

NIGERIA'S neighbours within the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) are planning to buy up the country's unutilised power that is generated but not distributed due to bottlenecks in the transmission network.

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has begun the process of passing a law that will recognise security outfits like Amotekun and Ebube Agu created by states to complement the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in the effort to protect lives and property.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has asked youths from across the southeast geo-political zone to end what he describes as the senseless agitation for a breakaway republic of Biafra and focus their attention on making Nigeria better.

GLOBAL football governing body Fifa has officially approved the applications for Ademola Lookman and Ovie Ejaria to switch to Nigeria making them eligible to feature for the Super Eagles in the World Cup qualifiers that start in September.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas must organise at least one sporting event a year

[2] Scholarships must be provided for exceptional talents who will be educated up to university level at specialist sports academies

[3] There will be a National Sports Festival held at least once a year, to which all stares are compelled to participate

OVER 200 Nigerian doctors registered with the British General Medical Council (GMC) during the months of April and May this year making Nigeria the country with the third highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK after India and Pakistan.