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ENGLAND have stepped up pressure on Nigerian-born teenager Ebere Eze who currently plays in the English Championship with Queen Park Rangers (QPR) asking him to reconsider his decision to feature for the Super Eagles.

INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (Inec) chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu has revealed that a total of N100m ($276,000) was spent on the failed attempt to recall Kogi-West lawmaker Senator Dino Melaye.

ELIZABETH Bright has become the youngest Nigerian councillor in the UK after being elected to represent Eastbrook Ward in Barking and Dagenham as part of a landslide victory for the Labour Party that saw it win all 51 seats on the council.

EMBATTLED Senator Shehu Sani representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District has called for the creation of a third force in Nigerian politics pointing out that the mainstream All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic party (PDP) are no good.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to explain his stopover in London on his way back from the US amid claims that he did so to receive medical treatment for a nagging undisclosed illness.

EMBATTLED Senator Dino Melaye's lawyer Mike Ozekhome has revealed that the inspector-general of police Ibrahim Idris is now compelled to take care of his client at the National Hospital Abuja pending his next appearance in court.

SUPER Eagles midfield lynchpin Wilfred Ndidi will be out of action for six weeks and might miss Nigeria's planned friendly against England at Wembley on June 2 after picking up a hamstring injury.

NIGERIA'S Diamond Bank has announced plans to sell off its UK banking operations and concentrate on its primary business of retail banking as part of a restructuring programme involving the disposal of non-core operations.

KADUNA State's Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been urged to desist from attacking political opponents in the run-up to the 2019 gubernatorial elections by one of his fellow aspirants who accused him of deploying thugs to attack rivals.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has expressed his desire to visit Nigeria describing it as an amazing country yesterday during a meeting he held with President Muhammadu Buhari in the White House.