NIGERIA'S ongoing medical brain drain has accelerated in an unprecedented manner over the last few months as up to 353 doctors have registered to work in the United Kingdom within the last 100 days.

PAN-cultural group the Northern Elders Forum (Nef) has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to elect another tribalistic leader like President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023 as it would be too much a strain on the nation.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has threatened to shut down the southeast geo-political zone for a month over if the federal government fails to produce  its leader Nnamdi Kanu in court at his next hearing on October 21.

AFGHANISTAN'S new foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has asked that the country's Taliban government be allowed to address the United Nations General Assembly currently taking place in New York to explain its stance.

CHELSEA legend Gianfranco Zola has forecast that Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen will be the next sensation at Stamford Bridge with the club likely to sign him as a replacement for current targetman Romelu Lukaku.

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[1] Cotton production will be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry

[2] A Nigerian Tailors Guild will be formed as part of a regulatory regime. Only registered members will be authorised to sew clothes for members of the public

SEVERAL prominent Nigerians including former governors and cabinet ministers have formed a new political coalition called the Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) put together with the aim of building a new direction for the country.

GLOBAL football federation Fifa has approved the use of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos as the venue for Nigeria's forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Central African Republic taking place on October 7.

NIGERIAN government lawyers failed to show up in court today when the civil rights suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu was listed for hearing forcing the judge to postpone the case until October 7.

JUJU maestro King Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye popularly known as King Sunny Ade has lost one of his wives Hon Risikat Ajoke Adegeye who served as a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015.