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SEVERAL northern Nigerian socio-economic groups have vowed to resist the ongoing attacks and killings in their region by Fulani cattle herdsmen having come to the realisation that the violence is threatening their economies.

ENGLAND'S heir to the throne Prince Charles has appointed Nigerian Eva Omaghomi as his director of community engagement as part of a programme to extend the reach of the British royal family to ethnic minorities.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will return to Nigeria after two weeks in the UK where among other things he attended Global Partnership for Education (GPE) summit and then spent the last week with his doctors receiving medical attention.

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Watford have sent former Flying Eagles midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru to Championship side Reading on a season-long loan to enable him grab valuable playing time.

NIGERIA'S high commission in the UK has been shut for 10 days as from August 10 after two members of staff tested positive for coronavirus following a mass testing of all employees at the mission.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Earlier this week, Nigeria's Federal executive Council decided to introduce toll plazas on selected dual carriageways to help fun road maintenance and construction. I fully support this new tax but would rather see that money invested in a railway network and public transport

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledged that Nigeria's falling share of foreign direct investment (FDI) is a big concern with the country only attracting 4% of the entire capital invested in Africa between 2015 and 2019.

NIGERIA'S federal cabinet has approved the re-introduction of toll collection points on some selected dual carriageways across the country as part of the government's plans to generate more revenue to fund its budget.

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has asked all those agitating for the dissolution of Nigeria to end their calls as the greatest nations in the world are all multi-racial and multi-religious as well as being multi-ethnic.

INDONESIA has defended its immigration officers who recently attacked Nigerian diplomat  Abdulrrahman Ibrahim saying it was the envoy who was the aggressor during the recent altercation in Jakarta.

On Saturday August 7, Mr Ibrahim was involved in a major scuffle with Indonesian immigration officials inside a vehicle. In a published video which has since gone viral, two officials were filmed trying to subdue Mr Ibrahim who was heard screaming out that he could not breath.