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NIGERIAN government officials have stepped up the persecution of organisers of the #EndSARS protests which recently rocked the nation by starting to freeze their bank accounts as part of a general clampdown.

NIGERIAN political and military officials responsible for the Lekki Toll Gate massacre in which unarmed protesters were shot may now be prosecuted for crimes against humanity after the International Criminal Court (ICC) commenced and inquiry into the matter.

NIGERIAN-born lawyer Esther Agbaje has been elected as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives making her the first Nigeria n-American to become a lawmaker in the state.

Ms Agbaje, 35, is the daughter of an Episcopal priest and a librarian, both Nigerian immigrants. Esther, contested to represent District 59B in the Minnesota House of Representatives on the platform of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the US Democratic Party.

KWARA Stare-born pharmacist Oye Owolewa has become the first Nigerian to elected to the US House of Representatives after he romped home in the Washington District of Columbia (DC) securing the seat for Joe Biden's Democratic party.

FULHAM winger Ademola Lookman has expressed frustration at how long it is taking world football federation Fifa to effect his switch from England to Nigeria as it is delaying his plans to feature for the Super Eagles in the African Nations Cup qualifiers.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria is willing to offer the US observer status at the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). This is to facilitate massive US investment in West Africa

(2) Nigeria is offering free land and five year tax holidays to the big three US automobile manufacturers General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. We want each of them to open assembly and manufacturing plants in Nigeria employing at least 5,000 local people each

NIGERIA'S senators and federal government officials have been involved in a bitter dispute over the N5bn ($13m) bailout approved for airline operators and other businesses in the aviation sector to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their operations.

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to honour its pledge to come up with some form of restructuring arrangement that will reduce the size of the federal exclusive list and transfer more powers to the country's 36 states.

NIGERIAN officials have stepped up the persecution of #EndSARS protest organisers as part of a general clampdown with the Nigeria Immigration Service preventing one of the movement's promoters Modupe Odele from travelling to the Maldives yesterday.

NIGERIA'S justice minister and attorney-general Mallam Abubakar Malami has added some humour to the ongoing debate about the recent murder of innocent protesters as the Lekki Toll Gate by suggesting it could have been the handiwork of hoodlums dressed as soldiers.