FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Oluwaseni Joshua has had his request to train with long-time rival Tyson Fury as he prepares to challenge for his belts back accepted.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you ask me, what we are currently witnessing is a war. This time it is not against guns and bullets but the effects are the same and as with the case with any war, you need a reconstruction plan. Every war is always followed by a reconstruction plan and this is no different. Does Nigeria have a post-coronavirus reconstruction plan?

WORLD Bank officials have decried the continued spending by the Nigerian government on petrol subsidy which is on track to gobble up N2.9tn ($7bn) this year which economists say could be better spent on social programmes and infrastructure.

NIGERIA'S ethnic tensions intensified significantly yesterday after members of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) approached the Federal High Court in Abuja asking it to order the National Assembly to ensure the exit of the southeast geo-political zone from the country.

NIGERIAN police authorities have come under immense pressure from top government officials to clear suspended commander Abba Kyari currently under investigations over his relationship with international fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People Of Biafra (Ipob) has announced ambitious plans to raise $2m over the next few months to help equip its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN).

FORMER Arsenal striker Ian Wright has urged English Premier League giants Newcastle United to immediately appoint former Super Eagles defender Michael Emenalo as its sporting director in a bid to stem the rot at the club.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] The vultures are just waiting in the wings to devour the carcass of a dismembered Nigeria. We will become the global dumping ground for all obsolete goods and everyone will open up military bases in the hundreds of weak mini statelets 

[2] Do you know that the US has 30 military bases in Africa? Washington uses them to defend its interests on the continent and to prevent any serious competition to its control of resources and markets

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick is confident that Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman will soon feature for the Super Eagles as his international switch is currently being dealt with by Fifa.

Ayo Akinfe