ALMERIA striker Sadiq Umar has become the latest Nigerian footballer to attract the attention of English Premier League giants Newcastle United with a view to signing him during the summer transfer window.

NIGERIA'S federal cabinet has just approved a sum of $8.5m for the funding of the evacuation of Nigerian refugees stranded in Ukraine and its neighbours as the ongoing war in the Black Sea enters its seventh day.

CANADIAN and British high commissions in Nigeria have funded the second edition of the glass ceiling conference titled Break the Boardroom: Nigerian Women Taking Business Leadership due to take place on March 6.

COLONEL Sikiru Mohammed of the Nigerian Army Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers has emerged as the winner of the British Council Study UK Alumni Awards 2022 for the science and sustainability category in Nigeria.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has revealed he is involved in discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari in his capacity as the chairman of the South East Governors Forum regarding the release of Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria does not need loans or grants but proper foreign direct investment (FDI) to build up our industrial capacity. Consequently, all recent coronavirus-related loans must be written off

[2] Nigeria needs at least $100bn of FDI annually. International development agencies must agree to press industrialised countries to offer tax rebates to their private companies that invest in Nigeria

MEMBERS of the Forum of Northern Elders for Unity (FNEU) have resolved to back Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi  of Enugu State as its 2023 presidential candidate as part of a wider plan to support the position going to the southeast.

UKRAINE is offering Russian soldiers $40,000 each to lay down their arms and surrender under an ambitious plan funded by the international IT industry aimed at ending the ongoing spat between the two countries.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is due to arrive in London later this week for a medical check-up and period of recuperation that is expected to last two weeks amid concerns that he mart be facing another minor health scare.

LAWMAKERS in both chambers of Nigeria's National Assembly voted to reject diaspora voting tonight as they refused to support a constitutional amendment that would have allowed Nigerians living outside the country to participate in the 2023 elections.