PAN-Igbo cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to name the newly-completed Second Niger Bridge after  the former Ikemba of Nnewi Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

BRITAIN'S international trade secretary Kemi Badenoch is considering running for prime minister following today's sudden resignation of Liz Truss and the announcement by the Conservative Party that it will elect a new leader by September 28.

OFFICIALS representing small clubs in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) have continued their ongoing tour of UK football sides with a visit to English League One clubside Burton Albion yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would make sure that by 2027, every one of the 19 states in Northern Nigeria generates enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2027, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has outlined an ambitious 10 year Nigerian industrialisation programme which he says the nation's manufacturing sector needs to adhere to if the country is to get out of its current economic rut.

AUSTRALIA'S government  has warned its citizens to avoid travelling to Nigeria as it is too dangerous a travel destination  at the moment due to a combination of the recent flooding that has ravaged large parts of the country and violent insecurity.

NIGERIA'S work and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has announced that the federal government has completed the construction of the Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State.

ALL Progressive Congress officials have confirmed that they have initiated talks with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ahead of the 2023 elections with a view to woo him away from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

NIGERIA-eligible former Tottenham Hotspurs academy product Noni Madueke is expected to square up against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow when his current club PSV Eindhoven face the Gunners in the UEFA Europa League.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will open six mega cattle ranches in the six states with the largest land masses in Nigeria - Niger, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, Bauchi and Yobe

[2] When these mega cattle ranches are fully operational, they will dramatically increase the number of cows in Nigeria from the current 20m to say the 189m produced in India today. Zero interest loans will be provided for this purpose