ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham are looking to sign Nigerian leftback Calvin Bassey at the end of the season having been impressed with his recent performances with Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As Nigeria desperately searches around for potential sources of revenue, can someone please tell me why we have not thought about horses? A horse costs about $2,000 on the open market, so just imagine the revenue we would generate if we exported say 3m of them

[2] Apparently there are 240,000 horses in Nigeria with the bulk of them used by the police and the polo industry. Kaduna in particular has a vibrant horse-owning population but alas, I doubt if we export one horse

NIGERIA'S attorney-general Abubakar Malami has revealed that the federal government is engaged in talks with the US over the extradition of the head of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari.

YORUBA  Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo looks set to spend six more months in detention after the authorities in Benin Republic renewed his detention order under pressure from the Nigerian government.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele is reported to be planning to stand in next year's presidential elections with some political insiders saying that his candidacy has been warmly received by President Muhammadu Buhari.

NIGERIAN military authorities have reported that as many as 104 Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) terrorists and their families have surrendered to troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno State.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials are yet to shut the door on Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro saying he may still take charge of the Super Eagles after the World Cup play-offs against Ghana and lead Nigeria to Qatar 2022.

Ayo Akinfe
[1] Nigeria was founded on the basis of the fact that she could supply Europe with commodities she needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers, only this time, to out own benefit

NIGERIAN medical doctor Efe Ovueni has been suspended by Canada's College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Tribunal for getting intimate with his colleague during the course of his work.

Apparently, Dr Ovueni has been suspended for three months over unprofessional conduct for hugging and blowing a kisses at his co-worker without her consent. He was also fined $3,000 and is liable for the undisclosed costs of the hearing and investigation.

CRYSTAL Palace manager Patrick Viera is keen on signing Super Eagles midfielder Joes Aribo in the summer as a replacement for Chelsea's on-loan Conor Gallagher who is certain to return to Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.