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Some Nigerian students refuse to leave Ukraine saying going back home is even riskier

SEVERAL Nigerians living in Ukraine have rejected the federal government’s offer to return to the country insisting that it was more dangerous to return home than to live in their war-torn adopted country.

 

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I hope the Russian/Ukrainian spat will lead to the declaration of the West African Buhari Doctrine of 2022 just as we had the Monroe Doctrine of 1823

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We shall move towards the amalgamation of all our nation states, with the aim of creating one indivisible Socialist Republic of West Africa with its capital in Abuja

[2] We want to see the elimination of landlocked states in Africa

[3] We regard the presence of foreign military bases in Africa as an act of hostility against the Republic of West Africa

[4] Foreign naval ships patrolling African waters will be regarded as an act of aggression

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Sunday Igboho applies for bail in Cotonou as his lawyers insist that he needs medical treatment

YORUBA nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho is hoping to be released on bail this weekend by the authorities in the Republic of Benin in Cotonou so he can get medical attention.

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo make Obasanjo an honourary member during his 85th birthday celebrations

FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been officially inducted as a member of pan-cultural Igbo umbrella body Ohaneze Ndigbo who presented him with a cake to mark the occasion on his 85th birthday yesterday.

 

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After World War Two, America recruited the best German scientists, made them citizens and put them in charge of the Nasa space programme. I hope Nigeria is eyeing some of Russia’s finest:

[1] Steel manufacturers 
[2] Railway engineers 
[3] Wheat farmers 
[4] Food processors
[5] Covid-19 scientists 
[6] Electric automobile plant engineers 
[7] Clean energy engineers 
[8] Gas plant experts 
[9] Oil refinery engineers 
[10] Consumer goods manufacturers

After World War Two, there was an almighty scramble for the best Nazi brains. The US, Argentina and Australia got the best of them.

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Lawmakers vote against bill that will bar public officials from sending their kids to overseas schools

 

MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have rejected a bill that will bar public officials from sending their children and wards to schools abroad without the approval of the education minister.

 

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Buhari arrives back in Abuja instead of proceeding to London for two week health vacation

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dumbfounded political commentators by making a surprise return to Abuja this morning after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep) 50th anniversary in Kenya.

 

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Shehu Sani seeks PDP gubernatorial ticket to run for Kaduna State governor next year

CIVIL rights activist and the former lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani has declared himself a candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial ticket as next year's elections loom.

 

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First batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine arrive in Abuja aboard Max Air flight

OVER 400 Nigerians living on the Ukraine arrived in Abuja this morning as the ongoing evacuation programme initiated to airlift all 5,600 of them got underway with this first batch being flown in from Romania.

 

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Eguavoen invites 25 to camp including new boy Lookman for World Cup play-off against Ghana

SUPER Eagles head coach Augustine Eguavoen has invited 25 players to camp for this month's World Cup play-off against Ghana including Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman who was only recently cleared by Fifa to play for Nigeria.

 

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