Ademola Lookman joins Ndidi and Iheanacho at Leicester as he signs season-long loan with Foxes

NIGERIAN winger Ademola Lookman has joined English Premier League side Leicester City on a season-long loan where he will play alongside compatriots Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho over the forthcoming campaign.

 

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President Buhari should set himself these 10 tasks for September 2021 with the aim of announcing them as policy achievements on independence day

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[1] All those known sponsors of Boko Haram, Iswap and armed herdsmen, whose names have been passed to the intelligence services as being responsible for the bombings and insurgency in the country will be arrested and charged to court

[2] This government shall begin the process of implementing some of the recommendations of the 2014 National Confab report that will transfer economic power back to the federating units

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Post-NYSC scheme called Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme launched for young graduates

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced the creation of a Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme aimed at employing 20,000 graduates annually who recently concluded the mandatory one-year National Youth Service (NYSC).

 

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Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission report reveals that 92% of FDI announcements did not materialise

NIGERIA may have lost about $188.29bn worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) over the last five years meaning that about 92% of opportunities that were available to the country between 2017 and 2020 did not materialise.

 

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Security operatives and Borno stakeholders outline conditions for Boko Haram members' rehabilitation

DEFENCE operatives and Borno State officials have held a mini-summit in Maiduguri during they which they discussed the modalities that will govern the ongoing surrender of Boko Haran and Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) militants.

 

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US volunteers to help Nigeria identify the powerful local sponsors of Boko Haram

AMERICA has volunteered to help identify the sponsors of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating across Nigeria in response to a recent revelation by a retired intelligence officer that the Nigerian government is well aware of who they are.

 

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Nottingham Forest snap up Nigerian striker Josh Maja from Bordeaux in €4.5m deal

SUPER Eagles striker Josh Maja has completed a €4.5m move to English Championship side Nottingham Forest after the promotion-chasing club reached a deadline day deal with his French team Bordeaux.

 

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Nigeria may not have the capacity to intervene in Afghanistan but our National Assembly can send an immediate message to the Taliban with the passing of a Women's Right Bill 2021

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[1] As from 2023, all political parties must make sure that at least one third of all their candidates are female

[2] As from 2023, at least one third of all political appointees must be female. Any state cabinet that fails to meet this requirement will not be recognised and have its federal allocation withheld

[3] All girls in secondary school and tertiary institutions will be provided with free sanitary towels every month

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APC governors commit themselves to spending 15% of their annual budgets on healthcare

STATES controlled by Nigeria's governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have committed themselves to allocating 15% of their annual budgets to healthcare delivery as part of a radical health programme.

 

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Amaechi said he was not aware of any arrangement between Buhari and Tinubu on succession

TRANSPORT minister Rotimi Amaechi has denied any knowledge of a pact between President Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Tinubu involving the latter becoming the All Progressive Congress's (APC) presidential candidate in 2023.

 

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