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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's special adviser on infrastructure Ahmad Zakari has warned that Nigeria needs to invest about $40bn in its power sector to get the entire network operating at full capacity.

NORTHERN pan-cultural organisation the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has accused political leaders in the southeast geo-political zone of abandoning their responsibilities and leaving security to the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob).

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Professor Kingsley Moghalu has announced his intention to run for the Nigerian presidency again in the 2023 general elections declaring that he needs to do so because people matter.

THREE new officials have joined the executive committee of the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) to fill up the three remaining posts that were vacant after the body's last elections and annual general meeting (AGM).

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Brentford may make Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka its first signing after indications that it has initiated talks with his Danish club Midtjylland about a €13.4m transfer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind

[2] At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with Pakistan in terms of literacy rates, healthcare centres, employment, GDP, etc. We should aim to doubt this over the next 10 years

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has recorded a colossal victory with its latest sit-at-home campaign after it enjoyed 100% compliance with the instruction in Anambra State over the weekend.

FORMER presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore is currently receiving treatment in an Abuja hospital after a policewoman fired a teargas canister at him ahead of a planned protest.

NIGERIA'S federal government has received $8m worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical consumables from the United Nation’s Children Fund (Unicef) as part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

NIGERIA'S Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) has finally accepted the recommendation of its counterparts the Southern Governors Forum and conceded that open grazing is no longer sustainable and all cattle should now be raised in ranches.