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SUPER Eagles winger Dennis Bonaventure could be on his way to England before the close of the current January transfer window after Premier League giants Newcastle United formally tabled a £9m bid for him.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has thrown his full weight behind the new regional security outfit in southwest Nigeria Operation Amotekun saying 1m of his members will serve in the body.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Given that Britain sold Cadbury to Kraft Foods in 2010 and no longer has a chocolate firm, she should now open a confectionery company in Nigeria to process our cocoa on site. We want a joint venture corporation between UK and Nigerian that will be floated on the London Stock Exchange. The aim is to make Nigeria a leading chocolate supplier

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos State has backed down on plans for a widespread ban on the use of Okada motorcycle taxis and tricycles after a meeting with his security council where it was decided that the move would cause severe hardship.

GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State is out of hospital in the UK and now recuperating in his London home after flying into the country last week for treatment on an undisclosed medical ailment.

NIGERIAN society groups and governors of the six states of the southwest geo-political zone have been united in their condemnation of attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami for recently declaring the regional security outfit Amotekun illegal.

CHERUBIM and Seraphim clergyman Pastor Michael Oluronbi has been found guilty of 24 counts of child sexual abuse and rape by a Birmingham high court in the UK after a jury adjudged him of exploiting church members under the guise of deliverance.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have stepped up moves to woo Reading playmaker Ovie Ejaria and Heracles of the Dutch league striker Cyriel Dessers ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers which begin in March.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I for one am still waiting for the details of the Supreme Court judgement for clarity on how Senator Hope Uzodinma emerged as the victor in the Imo State gubernatorial elections. Like many of you, I am still unclear about how it happened but the fact remains that he has been declared the winner. Given that the process ends with the Supreme Court, the reality is that we are stuck with Senator Uzodinma for the next four years, so we simply have to make it work

NIGERIA'S justice minister and attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has dramatically heightened tension across the country this afternoon by declaring that the regional security outfit Operation Amotekun is illegal and unconstitutional.