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NIGERIA has finally got round to accepting the fact that she needs to start looking at alternative fuel sources with the federal government inaugurating an Autogas and Natural Gas Vehicles Committee to draw up clean energy guidelines.

SEVERAL Igbo socio-cultural groups have asked former defence minister Retired Lt General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma to apologise for his role in the assassination of former military head of state Major General Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the Muslim the Eid-el-Kabir within the confines of State House Abuja for the first time since assuming office in 2015 rather than visit his Daura country home as usual.

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace is planning to put in a £4.7m bid for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) winger Bright Osayi-Samuel in a last ditch attempt to prevent him leaving for Belgian side Club Brugge.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) As from 2023, all political parties must make sure that at least one third of all their candidates are female

(2) As from 2023, at least one third of all political appointees must be female. Any state cabinet that fails to meet this requirement will not be recognised and have its federal allocation withheld

(3) All girls in secondary school and tertiary institutions will be provided with free sanitary towels every month

FORMER agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina has received further good news today after his recent acquittal by an investigation panel after the African Union (AU) said it would back his bid for a second term as the  African Development Bank (AfDB) president.

NIGERIAN Army commanders have revealed that the soldier who recently shot an officer dead in Borno State did so because he was depressed and not because of any other reason according to their findings.

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will now have to wait until December to face Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev due do take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a result of delays brought about the Covid-19 lockdown easing.

PANDEMONIUM broke out at the Murtala Mohamed International Airport in Lagos yesterday when two aeroplanes collided with each other as one ran into a parked aircraft as it was preparing for take-off.

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has become a major transfer targets for English Premier League clubs in the Midlands with both newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion (WBA) and Aston Villa keen on signing him ahead of the new season.