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CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have unveiled a new financial policy that grants unfettered access to foreign exchange sent from the diaspora and other money transfer remittances that come into the country through the likes of  Western Union and MoneyGram.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu has dismissed calls for the sacking of Nigeria's service chiefs over their failure to tackle insecurity in the country pointing out that his principal is satisfied with their performance.

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has revealed that he is resigned to being sacked and is not too concerned about it in the light of the dreadful start his team has made to the current 2020/21 English Premier League season.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to make radical changes in the way he appoints people due to the fact that his core base is made up of ethnic minorities and women. He has found out that they are just as capable as middle aged Caucasian men

AIRLINE ticket prices within Nigeria have doubled over recent weeks as the combination of increased demand and reduced capacity as a result of security concerns and the need to effect Covid-19 protocols has led to supply shortages.

NIGERIAN defender Calvin Bassey scored his first professional goal over the weekend when he found the back of the net in a league game for his clubside Glasgow Rangers as they beat Falkirk 4-0 in a Scottish Premiership match.

NIGERIAN military commanders have accused the 43 farmers killed by Boko Haram in Zambamari village in Borno State on Saturday of working closely with the terrorists and not revealing their location to the army or providing it with intelligence.

NIGERIA'S federal government has warned that any fresh #EndSARS protests by the country's youths planned for next month will be treated as an attempt to overthrow the government and dealt with as regime change treason.

PRESIDENT-elect Joe Biden has named Nigerian-born economist Wale Adeyemo as the new deputy treasury secretary as he continues with the formation of his cabinet ahead of the January 20 inauguration.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Register and licence local vigilante groups

[2] Establish 20 Nigerian Army battalions in strategic towns across the north east

[3] Commence building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger

[4] Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the area to encourage education

[5] Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000 jobs in the northeast