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NIGERIAN workers have been given half the day off work today so they can go home and watch the Super Eagles who are playing in a World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of Ghana tonight.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We have a 60% literacy rate today. At independence, I doubt if up to 5% of the population was literate. I am sure that for many middle aged Nigerians today, their parents were the first people to get an education in their families

[2] Nigeria currently has 150 universities. At independence we only had one because the British had no intention of elevating our living standards. They came in search of raw materials to furnish their industries

FORMER minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs Alhaji Kabiru Turaki has been discharged by an Abuja federal high court and acquitted of money laundering after the judge ruled that the prosecution could not establish a prima facie case against him.

ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Abba Kyari has been denied bail by a federal high court in Abuja after a judge agreed with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) that he was a flight risk and letting him go could lead to him absconding.

AFGHANISTAN'S ruling Taliban government has issued a directive to all civil servants that they must wear a beard and adhere to a strict Islamic dress code or risk being fired from their jobs.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha could see corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dismissed because of the agency's failure to serve him with a court summons.

MIDFILDER Innocent Bonke and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze are poised to miss tomorrow's Wold Cup play-off against Ghana in Abuja after picking up injuries during the first let played in Kumasi last Thursday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I ask whether Nigerians ever set themselves annual national goals. Growing up as kids, we were all told to make new year resolutions. I wonder why this does not extend to national and developmental matters

[2] Are Nigerians aware of the fact that Unesco advised the country to spend 26% of her national budget on education? Has anyone checked to see if our budget ever meets this threshold?

FORMER finance minister Kemi Adeosun has revealed that she wept every day without working for three months after she was hounded out of office by political opponents who revealed that her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate was a forgery.

ENGLISH Premier League officials have scuppered a move by relegation-threatened Burnley to bring former Super eagles winger Victor Moses back to the premiership using a loophole that allows clubs to recruit players playing their trade in Russia.