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NIGERIA'S federal government has put one of its presidential aircrafts up for sale as part of an attempt to cut back on extravagant public spending and reduce the cost of maintaining an over-bloated fleet.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dumfounded Nigerian political watchers by planning to spend $1.95bn on an inexplicable railway line linking Kano with the city of Maradi in neighbouring Niger Republic.

NATIONAL leaders of Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC) have stepped up the pressure on their Edo State gubernatorial candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to accept the result of last Saturday's elections and concede defeat to Governor Godwin Obaseki.

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ruled out of action for between six and 12 weeks after his club Leicester City revealed that the recent groin strain he picked up last weekend is much more severe than originally anticipated.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Governor Obaseki has promised to step up his game on Edo State over the next four years but how is he to perform when the spoils of office are so great that everyone in government will be primarily occupied with securing their future while in office?

(2) Everyone wants to make sure they have enough cars to keep them mobile for at least the next 10 years

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) officials have launched an investigation into an allegation that the head of one of its departments asked staff members to contribute money for the repairs of a damaged truck belonging to the agency.

NIGERIAN labour unions have finalised plans for a nationwide rally on September 28 to protest the recent government decision to remove the country's petrol subsidy and to hike electricity tariffs as a means of generating extra revenue.

MEMBER of the British House of Lords Baroness Anne Cox has written to the Commonwealth Secretariat expressing her concerns over the escalating violence in Nigeria asking it to intervene in the matter.

FEARS that the recently-concluded Edo State gubernatorial polls could be followed by a costly and lengthy legal battle have grown after the elections petitions tribunal opened its secretariat at the Benin high court complex.

NIGERIAN clean energy expert Damilola Ogunbiyi has been named as the co-chair of the UN Climate Change Conference’s (COP26) Energy Transition Council ahead of Climate Week 2020 due to kick off in the UK.