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FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Professor Kingsley Moghalu has called on the federal government to enter into dialogue with Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu to get them to drop their agitations for independent Oduduwa and Biafra Republics.

NIGERIA'S external reserves fell by $640m during the month of May compared with the month before according to statistics just published the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a result of the federal government using cash from it to fund its budget.

SUPER Eagles defender Ola Aina's wonder strike against West Bromwich Albion (WBA) for Fulham in their English Premier League clash on November 20 last year has been shortlisted for the Premier League Goal of The Season award.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Local governments will be obliged to organise their farmers into cooperative units

[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through their co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs

[3] Every local government must build at least one food storage facility within its domain

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's special adviser on infrastructure Ahmad Zakari has warned that Nigeria needs to invest about $40bn in its power sector to get the entire network operating at full capacity.

NORTHERN pan-cultural organisation the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has accused political leaders in the southeast geo-political zone of abandoning their responsibilities and leaving security to the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob).

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Professor Kingsley Moghalu has announced his intention to run for the Nigerian presidency again in the 2023 general elections declaring that he needs to do so because people matter.

THREE new officials have joined the executive committee of the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) to fill up the three remaining posts that were vacant after the body's last elections and annual general meeting (AGM).

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Brentford may make Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka its first signing after indications that it has initiated talks with his Danish club Midtjylland about a €13.4m transfer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind

[2] At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with Pakistan in terms of literacy rates, healthcare centres, employment, GDP, etc. We should aim to doubt this over the next 10 years