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NIGERIA'S National Economic Council (NEC) has succumbed to ongoing pressure from ongoing protesters demanding the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) and set up panels of enquiry to investigate all cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings.

CIVIL society groups across Nigeria have stepped up their attacks on the government for sponsoring squads of hoodlums to attack demonstrators and protestors on the streets demanding the dissolution of the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars).

NIGERIANS have been barred from participating in the US visa lottery programme in 2022 as part of the ongoing imposition of restrictions on the country's citizens in what is feared may be a response to growing insecurity and other threats to life and property.

NIGERIA'S Northern Governors Forum (NNGF) has rejected the total disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) by the federal government saying that they would rather see it reformed.

NIGERIA'S inflation rate rose to 13.7% during the course of September bringing it up to its highest level since March 2018 when rates reached a record high of 13.34% mainly as a result of reduced productivity brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

FORMER Super Eagles winger Victor Moses could be on his way to Russian side Spartak Moscow after the club approached Chelsea about securing his services following the failure to recruit its original rightback target from rivals Tottenham Hotspurs.

NIGERIA'S economy has been forecast to contract by 4.3% during course of 2020 as a result of the impact of the global economic lockdown precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

In its October World Economic Outlook report just released in Washington, the IMF projected that Nigeria’s economy will contract by 4.3% in real terms.

NIGERIAN-born engineering designer Austin Chenge has entered the race to become the next governor of the US state of Michigan after submitting his nomination papers to the Republican Party.

WORLD Bank officials have approved a sum of $12bn to help developing countries like Nigeria and other African nations purchase Covid-19 vaccines when they become available most likely by the end of this year.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in a friendly match played last night at the Jacques Lemans Arena in Austria in what was a lacklustre performance raising fears about the team's prospects.