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HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has stated that Nigeria has no plans to reciprocate the UK's recent travel ban introduced under the guise of combating the Covid-19 pandemic by restricting the movement on Britons into the country.

FORMER senate president and secretary to the federal government Senator Pius Anyim has conceded that southeast Nigeria does not have an automatic right to produce Nigeria's next president in 2023 but should try and persuade other parts of the country to let it do so.

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HOUSE of God International Church presiding bishop Reverend Athan Azubuike has warned that Igbos may never produce the president of Nigeria even when they have all it takes to lead the country because they do not appear to be politically astute enough.

FORMER Super Eagles defender Michael Emenalo has rejected Newcastle’s offer to become its  new director of football saying that the club's new owners were unable to match his ambitious plans for the business.

NIGERIANS in the UK have launched a petition seeking to get the British government to rescind its recent decision to place Nigeria on its red list of nations from which visitors need to quarantine themselves in hotels for nearly two weeks under its Covid-19 guidelines.

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[1] From henceforth, all public sector contracts must be published online

[2] All contract bids must be made through an online portal

[3] All government, ministries, departments and agencies must have a contract bidding online portal

[4] All bids will be subject to review by a panel made up of civil servants, members of the judiciary and EFCC and ICPC operatives

GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared that he will not sign an anti-open grazing bill into law like his contemporaries from across southern Nigeria because Fulani cattle herdsmen are welcome in his state.

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[1] Every Nigerian landlord shall install a solar panel on his/her property to help address the power crisis

[2] Nigerians should only hold parties abroad in exotic locations like Dubai and Seychelles if local facilities such as Obudu Cattle Ranch, Idanre Hills, Tinapa, etc are not available

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reiterated his call that the federal government include Fulani herdsmen bodies Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on its list of terrorist organisations.