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Sheikh El-Zakzaky and his wife to travel abroad for medical check-up following their acquittal

ISLAMIC Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeena are planning to embark on a foreign medical trip following their recent acquittal and release by a Kaduna high court after six year in detention.

 

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Blessing Okagbare's Olympic dream ends after shock revelation that she failed dope test

NIGERIA'S greatest Olympic medal hope Blessing Okagbare has been suspended from further participation on the games after failing a dope test this morning when she tested positive for using a human growth hormone.

 

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I hope President Buhari is exploiting Nigeria's clout at the London summit to sell the country as a tourist destination in exchange for him eliminating insecurity

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we enter August, the height of the summer period when tourism is at its peak, Nigeria needs to start thinking tourism. Due to Covid-19, many traditional tourist destinations cannot be visited, so we should be using it as an opportunity to fill that vacuum. President Buhari should be offering to eliminate Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers, etc bu 2022 in exchange for the rest of the world adopting Nigeria as a major tourist destination

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Federal government concedes that it needs $2.3trn to fund its infrastructural deficit

NIGERIA'S federal government has conceded that it needs to find a sum total of $2.3trn to fund its national integrated infrastructural masterplan if it wants to bring public facilities up to scratch.

 

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Nigeria confident more Tucano aircraft will be delivered despite US concerns over Buhari's human rights record

NIGERIAN government officials are confident that the US will deliver the remaining six Super Tucano military aircraft and other hardware it ordered despite President Joe Biden being under pressure to halt arms sales over the Buhari administration's human rights record.

 

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Igboho's lawyers step up legal activity as Benin Republic feels the heat of Nigerian pressure

LAWYERS representing Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo have stepped up legal activity in Cotonou amid signs that the Republic of Benin may bow to incessant Nigerian pressure and extradite their client.

 

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Buhari tells Nigerian parents to make sacrifices to ensure their children receive an education at London summit

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerian parents to start making sacrifices to ensure that their children get educated because without an education their wards will find it hard to compete in the global economy.

 

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More trouble at Olympics as Nigerian officials refuse to give athletes phones donated by sponsor Samsung

NIGERIAN athletes at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics are at loggerheads with sports officials over their allocation of phones given to competitors from each participating country by telecommunications giant and sponsor Samsung.

 

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I hope President Buhari is telling Prime Minister Johnson that Nigeria needs a lot more from her former colonial master Britain that just photo opportunities. I expect him to present a wish-list that looks like this to Downing Street

Ayo Akinfe

[1] According to Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) UK-Nigeria trade was worth £3.4bn in 2016. President Buhari should demand that this be boosted to around £50bn over the next five years. There are sectors like power, automobiles, railways, healthcare, etc where Britain has a lot of expertise that is badly needed in Nigeria

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Deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari denies receiving bribe from Hushpuppi to jail business partner

 

DEPUTY police commissioner Abba Kyari has denied receiving a bribe from a Nigerian Instagram celebrity Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi in response to his recent indictment by a US court over the matter.

 

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