TRADE and industry minister Niyi Adebayo has waded into the ongoing dispute between the Kogi State government and Dangote Industries stating that trying to use force to resolve a dispute with an employer could drive investors away from the country.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) officials are confident that a recent court ruling nullifying the tenure of Governor Mai Mala Buni as the chairman of the party’s national caretaker committee will not affect the candidacy of its presidential aspirant Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

NIGERIAN-born Arsenal loanee Tim Akinola was voted man of the match in his full National League debut on Saturday when he featured for Chesterfield in a league game against Eastleigh at the Silverlake Stadium.

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[1] Police collecting bribes at checkpoints

[2] Governors collecting security votes

[3] Clergymen extorting 10% of their followers’ wages

[4] Kidnappers collecting ransom fees

[5] Boko Haram and bandits receiving “protection fees” from state governors

[6] Religious leaders selling all sorts of miracle cures to desperate people afflicted with illnesses

INTERIOR minister Rauf Aregbesola has revealed that the full digitisation of Nigeria's  passport processes would be completed by December by which time there would be no need for contact between applicants and immigration officers.

LABOUR and employment minister Dr Chris Ngige has been asked by several senior members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to resign from the party over his refusal to support its presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

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[1] Once a year, 500 diasporans will be invited to Abuja to rub minds with the government

[2] The presidents of the major diaspora organisations in four or five key countries will be granted observers status at Nigerian Governors' Forum meetings

[3] The Nigeria Diaspora Commission will be upgraded into an agency with a mandate to attract foreign direct investment 

[4] By 2027 diasporans will be allowed to vote in presidential elections

FINANCE minister Zainab Ahmed has revealed that Nigeria needs to invest at least $2.3trn in her infrastructure over the next 21 years if the country wants to modernise her facilities and have functioning public services.

LABOUR and employment minister Dr Chris Ngige has hinted that he remains undecided about which presidential candidate to support in next year's election as he remains torn between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Governor Peter Obi.

EVERTON manager Frank Lampard has charged Super Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi to work on improving his contributions in the final third of the pitch if he wants to build on his fine form this season and become an all round creative spark.