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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly asking for its permission to borrow an extra $6.1bn from bilateral and multilateral financial organisations to fund the deficit in Nigeria's 2021 budget.

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron of France has pledged to support Nigeria combat the growing insecurity in the country particularly with regards to the fight against Boko Haram and other insurgents operating in the Lake Chad Basin.

FORMER Delta State governor Chief James Ibori had forfeited $5.8m (£4.2m) of the cash he looted from the state's treasury after the UK authorities activated  a confiscation order instituted against him.

NIGERIAN striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been granted a UK work permit for the 2021/22 season indicating that he may feature for his parent club Liverpool after six years of playing on loans across Europe.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Register and licence local vigilante groups in all 774 local government areas

[2] Establish 20 battalions of the Nigerian Army in strategic towns across the north east

[3] Commence building of a tow of trees along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger to actually tell us where Nigeria starts

[4] Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the northeast to encourage education

LAGOS State government has succeeded in securing loan of $629m from China to finance the ongoing Lekki Deep Sea Port Enterprise Limited (LPLEL) aimed at opening up Nigeria's Atlantic seaboard and easing the chronic congestion at Apapa.

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has distanced himself from recent posters promoting him as a presidential candidate come 2023 describing the campaign as a needless distraction.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Abubakar on his recent appointment as the new dean of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences at the University College London (UCL).

NORTHERN Nigerian pan-cultural association the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said it does not see any reason to object to the recent decision taken by the Southern Governors Forum governors to ban open grazing across their states.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal and Newcastle United have both expressed an interest in buying Fulham’s Nigeria-born central defender Tosin Adarabioyo during the summer transfer window following his club's relegation from the top flight.