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FORMER Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Chris Hughton has taken up the challenge of preventing the Super Eagles from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup after formally accepting an offer from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to coach the Black Stars.

NIGERIA has been thrown an unexpected economic lifeline by the global economy as a combination of the political tension between Russia and Ukraine and the new US storm has rallied world crude oil prices to a lofty $93 a barrel.

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[1] As from October 1 2022, no building in Nigeria will be granted a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) unless it has solar panels installed on its roof

[2] As from 2025, all buildings in Nigeria must have solar panels installed on their roofs. Not having one will attract prosecution with the risk of the property being forfeited to the federal government

[3] By the end of 2023, all public buildings in Nigeria must be fitted with solar panels

LEGAL luminary Chief Afe Babalola has advised Nigeria's political parties to ensure that the candidates they select for next year's presidential elections is less than 60 years of age and is fit enough to work for 14 hours a day.

NIGERIA'S transport and justice ministers Rotimi Amaechi and Abubakar Malami have been dragged to court by a group of local companies over what they term the unlawful award of a contract for a190km railway line in Niger State to a Chinese firm without due process.

NIGERIAN-born Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi has had his sentencing postponed for five months after the court in Los Angeles which found him guilty accepted a plea to delay sentencing from his legal team.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by the former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani not to retire to Daura next year when his tenure ends because of security concerns.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Tottenham Hotspurs plan to make an audacious bid for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in the summer after being rebuffed by his club Napoli when they made a bid during the recent January transfer window.

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[1] US - $22.9trn
[2] China - $16.8trn
[3] Japan - $5trn
[4] Germany - $4.2trn 
[5] UK - $3.1trn 
[6] India - $2.9trn 
[7] France - $2.9trn 
[8] Italy - $2.1trn
[9] Canada - $2trn 
[10] South Korea - $1.8trn 

OHANEZE Ndigbo's national executive committee has set up a group to lobby those it describes as critical stakeholders across the country to support plans to get the southeast geo-political zone to produce Nigeria's next president in 2023.