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MADAGASCAR'S cabinet is split over the potency of its Covid Organics herbal remedy after its health minister requested international help to cope with a renewed surge in coronavirus cases across the country.

SECESSIONIST group the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has warned Nigeria's Igbos against running for president in 2023 pointing out that anyone who does so will be wasting their money and venturing on a mission impossible.

NEWLY crowned English Championship winners Leeds United have become the front runners to sign Nigerian playmaker Ebere Eze after the conclusion of the league yesterday that saw Leeds and West Bromwich Albion (WBA) promoted to the Premier League.

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(1) From henceforth, the Nigerian Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) will become a quasi-government body with 50% of its directors coming from the private sector

(2) The NDDC will have 10 public sector directors, one from each of its nine member states and one representing the federal government. They will sit on the board along with the 10 private sector directors

MICROSOFT'S billionaire owner Bill Gates has donated $1m to the United Nation's One UN Covid-19 Response Basket Fund launched to help Nigeria fund the federal government's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

NIGERIA is failing to meet its coronavirus testing target of 30,000 tests a day set by the federal government aimed at ensuring that 2m of its citizens were tested with three months in a bid to beat the pandemic.

NIGERIA'S ongoing corruption investigation drama has taken a new twist with the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu revealing that assets recovered by the agency were auctioned to the government.

NIGERIA plans to fund about one third of its 2021 annual budget using loans as a result of the total collapse of the country's oil economy brought about by the recent coronavirus pandemic that has paralysed the crude oil industry.

SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen could become available to English Premier League clubs again after Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis gave the striker until the end of the week to conclude his transfer from Lille or he would pull out.

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(1) Brazil produces about 770m tonnes of sugarcane annually that generates about $36bn in revenue for the country’s economy

(2) As far back as 2011, 1.1m people were employed in the Brazilian sugarcane industry. Despite instances of poor conditions for workers, it is one of the highest paying agricultural sectors in Brazil, second only to the soybean industry