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[1] Do you know that Nigeria once used to have 25 textile mills and at one stage was Africa’s largest cotton producer with an annual crop of over 600,000 tonnes, making her the 12th largest producer in the world?

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has presented Nigeria's 2023 budget valued at N20.5trn ($47.43bn) to the National Assembly in what is seen as a damage limitation exercise that will see as much as N6trn or just under a third of it spent on debt servicing.

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State presented documents to the federal government which disputes the ownership of the Obajana Cement Company by Dangote Industries and claims that the facility belongs to the state government.

NIGERIAN financial house Access Bank has expanded its presence into Angola with the acquisition of a 51% stake in local banking group Finibanco Angola following an agreement between the parent companies of both banks.

FORMER Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the hope which was almost lost is now back following his return to the country and commencement of his electoral campaign.

NIGERIA-eligible teenage goalkeeper Owen Goodman has been promoted to the first team of English Premier League side Crystal Palace from their U21 squad by manager Patrick Viera ahead of this weekend's match against Leeds United.

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[1] NNPC
My stance on this has always been clear. Privatise the NNPC with the government holding say a 25% stake in it. Then expand its operations to cover manufacturing, automobile assembly, food processing, petrochemicals, power generation, railway equipment manufacture, etc. Within a year, the NNPC should be floated on the New York and London stock exchanges with a market capitalisation of at least $200bn

GOVERNOR Simon Lalong of Plateau State has commended policeman Daniel Amah from his state for rejecting a $200,000 bribe during the course of investigating a robbery at his post in Kano State.

DEPARTMENT of State Services (DSS) operatives have arrested a soldier attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment in Tungan Maje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for supplying weapons to kidnappers.

GOVERNOR Charles Soludo of Anambra State has denied rumours that that he is working against the ambition of the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi because he has plans to take over from Atiku Abubakar if he gets elected president.