EIGHT Nigerians were involved in action yesterday as the English League Cup known as the Carabao Cup got underway last night allowing several players who have not featured so far this season got to witness action for the first time.

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[1] Across sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that about 20m children walk about barefoot. In Nigeria, we so not have precise figures but with about 80m people living below the poverty line, you can just imagine how many barefoot kids we have walking around the country

NIGERIA'S Super eagles are to face the Desert Foxes of Algeria in a friendly game at the New Stadium in Oran on September 27 as the two countries continue their preparations for next year's African Cup of Nations.

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[1] We will dedicate 30% of our annual budget towards education. This amount will be ring-fenced come what may

[2] Class sizes in all primary and secondary schools across the country will never exceed 30

[3] There must be at least 10 primary schools in each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas

[4] There must be at least five secondary schools in each local government area

NIGERIAN Air Force (Naf) commanders are claiming that their aircraft successfully bombed Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) facilities in Sambisa Forest in Borno State with varying degrees of successes.

NIGERIA'S federal government has assured the travelling public that the newly refurbished Terminal Two of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos will not be left to fall into a state of disrepair as has been the case on the past but will be well maintained.

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar appears to be running out of patience with his main political rival Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and opt to move ahead without him according to close aides.

MEMBERS of the Amalgamated Arewa Youth Groups (AAYG) have held a demonstration in Abuja to protest the awarding of an oil pipeline protection contract to Niger Delta militant leader Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo.

NIGERIA'S Super Falconets have crashed out of the Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup currently taking place in Cost Rica after losing 0-2 to The Netherlands in the quarter finals last night when they succumbed to two first half goals.

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[1] In 2021, Africa only attracted a total of $83bn worth of foreign direct investment (FDI). This was just 5.2% of the global total for a continent that accounts for 16.2% of the world’s population 

[2] Now, let us cast our minds back to 1960, the year in which most African nations achieved independence. If we want to be honest about it, after World War Two, Britain and France were no longer interested in their empires and decided to let Africans run their own affairs