GLOBAL football governing body Fifa has officially approved the applications for Ademola Lookman and Ovie Ejaria to switch to Nigeria making them eligible to feature for the Super Eagles in the World Cup qualifiers that start in September.

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[1] Each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas must organise at least one sporting event a year

[2] Scholarships must be provided for exceptional talents who will be educated up to university level at specialist sports academies

[3] There will be a National Sports Festival held at least once a year, to which all stares are compelled to participate

OVER 200 Nigerian doctors registered with the British General Medical Council (GMC) during the months of April and May this year making Nigeria the country with the third highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK after India and Pakistan.

NIGERIAN religious watchers have expressed concern that the country's major evangelical clergymen have not commented on the recent death of one of their own the founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (Scoan) Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua.

CONTROVERSIAL Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate a dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) as a means of arresting the growing ethnic tension in the southeast geo-political zone.

NIGERIA'S attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has technically flouted the federal government’s ban on the use of Twitter by logging in to deactivate his personal account yesterday.

SUPER Eagles anchorman Wilfred Ndidi has become the fifth most expensive defensive midfielder in the world after his value soared to €60m following another brilliant season in the English Premier league with Leicester City.

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[1] Gas flaring will end immediately. A gas network will be constructed to pipe it to every home in the country

[2] Farmers will be discouraged from using chemicals, pesticides and other additives. They will also be encouraged to dedicate part of their farms to organic agriculture

[3] Companies and individuals who install solar panels on their premises will be given tax breaks equivalent to the value of the energy they produce

AGRICULTURAL body the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (Afan) has warned of an impending food shortage in the country as a result of several factors including growing insecurity and the inability of growers to access loans and fertiliser.

NIGERIA has been listed by the World Bank as one of the three countries on the planet with the highest rate of electricity deficit alongside Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia as well as being among the top 20 countries that lacks access to clean fuel.