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ENGLISH Championship side Stoke City have joined the race to sign former Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi as the demand for his services intensifies in the run-up to the start of the 2020/21 season.

Mikel, 33, is currently a free agent after parting company with Turkish club Trabzonspor in March following a dispute over the coronavirus pandemic. In 2006, Mikel joined Chelsea where he played for 11 years before moving to China with Tianjin Teda in 2017.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that there are 200m Nigerians with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a 20-year plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years

[2] Of these 40m, the federal government will build at least 5m housing units in Abuja and Lagos each

[3] All 36 state and the 774 local governments must build houses as a matter of law

[4] Each state must build at least 10,000 housing units a year

NIGERIAN automobile maker the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company has revealed that it has now developed to a stage whereby it uses as much as 60% of locally manufactured components in producing its vehicles.

KWARA State government has received a sum of N100m ($260,282) World Bank to assist it as officials seek to strengthen the management of the health and social apparatus against the coronavirus pandemic.

PETROLEUM tanker drivers in Lagos State have commenced an indefinite strike today that could lead to significant petrol shortages across the country following the breakdown of negotiations between their union and the government.

CHURCH services resumed across Lagos State yesterday as the government eased the restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with attendance being very poor as worshippers stayed away to avoid infection.

NIGERIAN leftback Calvin  Bassey made his competitive debut for Scottish Premiership side Glasgow Rangers over the weekend featuring in the side's 3-0 home victory over St Mirren Ibrox Stadium.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Every single one of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas is compelled by law to complete the construction of at least one farm goods storage facility by the end of 2020. Such facilities must include warehouses and silos

(2) Farmers’ cooperatives will be given tax rebates if they build local on-farm storage facilities and silos in their rural communities

FORMER Chelsea fullback Ola Aina may be on his way to join compatriot Victor Osimhen at Napoli after the club opened up a line of communication with his current club Torino about Taking him to the Stadio San Paolo.

NIGERIA'S federal government plans to create up to 5m jobs as part of its ambitious post-coronavirus economic redevelopment programme aimed at diversifying the economy and reducing the country's dependence on crude oil.