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FORMER Nigerian president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on younger Africans to participate actively in politics and force out the older generation urging them not to vote for anyone over the age of 80.

PLAYERS of the Cross River State-owned Nigerian Women’s Football League side Pelican Stars blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade's office yesterday in Calabar to protest the fact that they have not been paid for the last 14 months.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be responsible for providing waste disposal services, fire services and ambulance services within their domains

[2] Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a federal grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure. As a principle, all recurrent expenditure must be met by internally generated revenue

ANAMBRA State indigenes in the US have said that they will not invest in the state unless the right calibre of person is elected as governor when gubernatorial elections are held in November next year.

AMERICAN health officials have expressed scepticism over the efficacy of the new Covid-19 vaccine Russian scientists claim to have developed saying that there is not enough available data from its clinical trials to convince them it works.

TAXI and car hire fares across Lagos State are going to rise significantly after the government increased taxes in the sector by 10% to enable it recover some of the losses incurred as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

NIGERIAN government aviation officials and private airline Air Peace have reached an agreement under which the company will reinstate some of the 100 pilots it recently laid off as part of a cost-cutting exercise in a bid to avoid nationwide industrial action.

WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) could start its 2020/21 English Premier league season with an all-Nigerian centreback pairing after the club opened talks with Portuguese side Porto about bringing Chigozie Awaziem to the Hawthornes.

Ayo Akinfe

NIGERIA is considering imposing visa restrictions on visitors from the US and several other countries in response to them  introducing similar limitations on the rights of Nigerians to visit their countries.