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EBONYI State government has issued an ultimatum to its civil servants who are members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (Jusun) telling them that they must end their strike and return to work today of face the sack.

NIGERIAN ministers are planning to make the provision of a National Identification Number (Nin) compulsory for the acquisition of phone numbers as part of measures to combat terrorism and other forms of criminal activity.

FRENCH champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are lining up a surprise bid for Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo as a replacement for Uruguayan targetman Edinson Cavani whose seven year spell with the club has just ended.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) If you look at all the major modern economies worldwide, it was some big discovery that sparked their sudden rise as everyone went there in search of a pot of gold. Nigeria simply needs to follow this well-trodden route

NIGERIAN is facing the prospect of further economic crisis as its crude oil sales to Europe are being threatened by increased US exports which are being sold at discounted prices this making their shipments more attractive to buyers.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has announced plans to launch a radical agricultural expansion programme in Lagos State centred around the coastal city of Badagry that will increase food self-sufficiency to 50% from the current 20%.

MEMBERS of Nigeria's Northern Governors Forum (NGF) have asked security agencies to investigate the claim that one of their members is sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgency raging across the northeast of the country.

FORMER Nigerian president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on younger Africans to participate actively in politics and force out the older generation urging them not to vote for anyone over the age of 80.

PLAYERS of the Cross River State-owned Nigerian Women’s Football League side Pelican Stars blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade's office yesterday in Calabar to protest the fact that they have not been paid for the last 14 months.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be responsible for providing waste disposal services, fire services and ambulance services within their domains

[2] Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a federal grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure. As a principle, all recurrent expenditure must be met by internally generated revenue