ENGLISH Championship side Cardiff City have signed Nigeria-eligible striker Kion Etete from Premier League clubside Tottenham Hotspurs in a £500,000 deal that includes a buyback clause.

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[1] Do you know that it was on August 3 1936 that Jesse Owens won the 100 metres dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe at the Berlin Olympics, right in front of Adolf Hitler

[2] It was on August 3 1960 that Niger Republic, our northern neighbours gained independence from France

[3] On this day in 1958, thee world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, became the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole

POULTRY feed prices have soared by as much as 168% across Nigeria over the last three years according to statistics published by the Centre for Journalism and Innovation Development (CJID).

NIGERIA has added an extra 12.2m voters to its electoral roll following the end of the recent registration exercise conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) that saw numbers rise to 96.2m from 84m.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are planning to appoint Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State as the director-general of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in a bid to appease northern Christians who are particularly incensed about its Muslim-Muslim ticket.

NIGERIA'S men's table tennis team will have to settle for bronze at the ongoing Commonwealth Games taking place in Birmingham in the UK after they were beaten by India in the semi finals yesterday.

FORMER vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has assured Britain that he will enhance the bilateral relationship between both nations if elected into office next year.

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[1] Motorcycle racing - In Nigeria, we have turned the motorcycle into something else. Terrorists, kidnappers, armed robbers, etc now use them to terrorise the population. Motorcycles are even used for cross-border rice smuggling and the Okada motorcycle taxi is now the main form of transportation in many parts of Nigeria 

IGBO politicians fleeing the growing violence in Abuja have been warned by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) not to return to the southeast geo-political zone unless they bring Nnamdi Kanu along with them.

NIGERIAN youngster George Imafidon has emerged as the overall winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year Award after judges adjudged him to be the best at an awards ceremony over the weekend.