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NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Brentford are confident that Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka will be their joker in the pack when the team takes on London rivals Arsenal in its opening fixture tomorrow.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's biggest asset is her size. Why do you think Peugeot Automobile came to open a car assembly plant in Kaduna and not any African Francophone country? Our current woes are mainly down to our unitary structure. If we sort that out and make Nigeria a more productive country, 90% of these socio-economic woes we face will vamoose

AFRICA's richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has emerged as the only Nigerian on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published this week that showcased the 500 wealthiest human beings on earth.

According to the index, which polls the net worth of the richest 500 people in the world, Alhaji Dangote, ranked 115th and was ranched as the richest African on earth. He is estimated to have a net worth of $17.8bn, up from $14.8bn the previous year.

NIGERIA is among the top 10 countries on earth with high debt risk exposure that could have dire consequences for her economy in the future according to a recent report just published by the World Bank.

INVESTMENT promotion vehicle the Nigerian Direct Diaspora Investment Summit (NDDIS) has postponed its London seminar titled Computer Village and Information Communication Technology Summit to October 14 and 15 from August 26 and 27.

NIGERIA'S high commissioner to the UK Chief Sarafa Ishola recently hosted the victorious Embassy Team that won the Ambassadors Cup involving all the diplomatic missions in Britain after they beat Spain in the final.

SEVERAL Nigerian civil society groups plan to hold a 1m man march in New York during the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) 76th session in September where they will demand the abolition of Nigeria's constitution and the right to self-determination.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] This week, our National Assembly has begun debating a bill that will decentralise the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and devolve power to the zones and states. I hope they come up with proposals to fund this structure, so the units can be responsive

PSV Eindhoven striker Noni Madueke has become the latest Nigerian footballer with dual nationality to pledge his future to England instead of the Super Eagles indicating that he hopes to feature for the Three Lions as an international.

HUNDREDS of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) fighters who recently surrendered to the military in Borno State have asked the Nigerian people to forgive them for their past heinous crimes.