ENGLISH Premier League side Arsenal has become the latest team seeking to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen after it emerged that Ginners manager Mikel Arteta has made him the club's main priority in the summer after a move for Alexander Isak fell through.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] An intellectually lazy people will always be an impoverished people. Why has Nigeria not cashed in on the commercial opportunities the crocodile provides? 

[2] Are Nigerians aware of the fact that in Louisiana alone, alligator farming is a $60m to $70m industry annually? I am a big fan of crocodiles simply because they are the oldest living animal we know. They co-existed with the dinosaurs and are still standing 

LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's House of Representatives have just passed an anti-medical tourism bill that will punish public office holders who seek medical treatment abroad with a seven year jail term or a N500m ($1.2m) fine.

MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have declared a national emergency on the increasing spate of ritual killings after a bill asking the inspector-general of police to take urgent action on the matter got passed today.

NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) officials have asked the country's citizens living in Ukraine to remain calm but security conscious amid growing fears that Russia could invade its smaller neighbour as tensions between the two nations escalate.

POTENTIAL ethnic trouble is brewing in Yola the Adamawa State capital after a deputy police commissioner who hails from the area has reportedly told an Igbo man who bought a house next to his property to sell it as he is not ready to be his neighbour.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have expressed confidence that the Super Eagles management team will be able to beat Ghana in the World Cup play-off and qualify for Qatar 2002 following the appointment of Emmanuel Amunike as assistant manager.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Over the last week, crude oil prices have risen to as high as $93 a barrel due to a combination of the Russia/Ukraine spat and the US storm. Basically, Nigeria has been thrown an unexpected lifeline

[2] In Nigeria's 2022 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari, economic projections were based on oil production of 1.88m barrels per day at a price of $62 per barrel. This means we are currently getting about $30 a barrel above projections 

NIGERIAN construction giant Julius Berger has moved ahead with its long-planned diversification into the agriculture sector with the planned opening of its cashew processing plant at Epe in Lagos State.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have voted in favour of a bill that will raise the threshold for those wanting to stand in Nigerian executive and legislative elections to a level whereby candidates must have a minimum of a first degree.