ARMED bandits operating in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have stepped up their activities of late audaciously increasing the amount they tax farmers by N12m ($27,775) before allowing them to get on with their daily business.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is planning to include an additional 2,000 party members in the newly constituted campaign council to placate those who were unhappy with his original 422-man body.

NIGERIA-eligible teenage centreback Bosun Lawal has been promoted to the Glasgow Celtic first team by head coach Ange Postecoglou giving him the opportunity to make this weekend's match day squad.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind

[2] At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with Pakistan in terms of literacy rates, healthcare centres, employment, GDP, etc. We should aim to doubt this over the next 10 years

QUESTION marks have been raised about the health status of former Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after he missed the signing if a peace pact in Abuja having flown to London for medical reasons.

CLAIMS that former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will stand down after a single four-year term for an Igbo candidate have been played down by one of his campaign spokesman who said it is too early to agree on such a plan.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu has written to the party's presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu asking him to withdraw the recently-published Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) list so it can be discussed further.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign spokesman Festus Keyamo has dismissed as laughable a recent Bloomberg pool which indicated that former Anambra State governor Peter Obi is favourite to win Nigeria's forthcoming presidential election.

NIGERIA'S hopes of getting Udinese defender Destiny Udogie to play for the Super Eagles has suffered a major setback after the player's agent revealed that his ward would rather play for Italy at senior international level.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria