WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) manager Sam Allardyce is hoping to bring Nigerian striker Josh Maja to the club before the close of the January transfer window in a desperate bid to add firepower to his team and avoid relegation.

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(1) Get the APC and PDP to both agree to field presidential elections of Igbo extraction come the 2023 polls

(2) Establish the Ogbunigwe Industrial Bank that will offer interest-free loans to traders looking to make the switch to manufacturers from retailers. At the moment, too many Igbos are importers and distributors and need to make the transition to being producers

NIGERIA plans to bounce back from the losses suffered by its aviation industry during the course of this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic by reviving plans to launch the proposed national carrier Nigeria Air.

NIGERIAN government officials have announced details of their proposed Covid-19 vaccination plan with proposals to spend a total of $576m administering the vaccine to about 72m people at a cost of $8 a shot.

PAN-cultural Igbo umbrella body Ohaneze Ndigbo has elected a former Nigerian ambassador Professor George Obiozor as its new president following its annual general meeting which took place at Owerri yesterday.

COMMANDERS of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly as Amotekun have denied a report that their operatives killed several Fulani herdsmen in the Ibarapa and Oke Ogun areas of the state.

GLASGOW Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is planning to retain Nigerian centerback Leon Balogun beyond the end of the season following his scintillating form in the Scottish Premiership this campaign.

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(1) Every state across northern Nigeria must spend a minimum of 20% of its annual budget on education

(2) Six mega cattle ranches will be established in Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Niger, Borno and Yobe states with a plan to get every single herdsman in the country located within them

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(1) US investigators will drop all charges against Air Peace chairman Allen Onyeama

(2) Air Peace will gravitate towards being Nigeria’s national carrier so will be offered landing rights in New York Washington, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago airports

(3) US carriers United Airlines, Delta Air Line, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will each take out a 10% stake in Air Peace

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State has lashed out at Arab nations for not doing enough to help his people or provided them with enough humanitarian assistance as they grapple with the Boko Haram insurgency.