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SEVERAL Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates of Igbo extraction have agreed to work together to produce a consensus aspirant as the race to next year's elections heats up.

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[1] Mobile phone handsets
[2] Plasma television sets
[3] Fridge-freezers
[4] Assault rifles
[5] Saloon cars
[6] Combined harvesters
[7] iPads
[8] Solar panels
[9] Electricity transformers
[10] Medical ventilators

STEEL experts have criticised the recent decision by the Nigerian federal government to engage a British firm in its attempt to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Company because it can no longer get hold of Russian experts due to the ongoing Ukraine war.

NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned the Polish government for detaining Nigerians and other African students who fled to their country from war-torn Ukraine in search of refuge.

AN Abeokuta magistrates court has sentenced a 33-year-old man named as Seun Sowemimo to 12 months imprisonment without the option of a fine for attempting to steal from former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mr Sowemimo, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the two counts of theft and causing breach of peace. Sentencing him, the magistrate, Mrs Olajumoke Somefun, said that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty as charged.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu secured a significant victory in his ongoing legal battle with the federal government when an Abuja high struck out eight of the 15 charges that the state prosecutors brought against him.

ENGLISH Premier League side Leicester City are interested in the services of Nigeria-eligible PSV Eindhoven winger Noni Madueke ahead of a clash between the two sides today in the Europa Conference League quarterfinals.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has distributed 260 luxury cars to traditional rulers across the state despite his recent criticism in which he blamed them for aggravating the security and humanitarian crisis in the territory.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele could be coerced into running for president next year after all as a coalition of northern groups Arewa Youths for Emefiele has announced plans to buy him a presidential nomination form.