PRESIDENT-elect Joe Biden has named Nigerian-born economist Wale Adeyemo as the new deputy treasury secretary as he continues with the formation of his cabinet ahead of the January 20 inauguration.

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[1] Register and licence local vigilante groups

[2] Establish 20 Nigerian Army battalions in strategic towns across the north east

[3] Commence building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger

[4] Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the area to encourage education

[5] Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000 jobs in the northeast

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr of having Fulham winger Ademola Lookman and Reading playmaker Ovie Ejaria available for selection in March when the team gets together for its final round of African Nations Cup qualifiers.

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(1) Why has his government not clamped down on Boko Haram with the same ruthlessness as it did the Shiites and Ipob

(2) Why are Fulani herdsmen not being subjected to the same venom as #EndSARS protesters

HOLLAND has returned a priceless terracotta head to Nigeria after Dutch customs officials intercepted the 600 year old artefact that was stolen from the ancient city of Ile Ife and smuggled to Europe through Ghana.

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(1) A modern day molue that is electric, comes with air conditioning and costs about half the price of a competitive bus

(2) Flatscreen TVs that you can hang on the wall like clocks

(3) All-in-one iPads and mobile phone sets

(4) A combined microwave/toaster

(5) Tinned jollof rice packs that can rival Heinz baked beans

(6) Rain-proof agbadas

(7) Head ties that open up as umbrellas when you want them to

GOVERNORS of Nigeria's six states in the northeast geo-political zone have decried the allocation of N43.32bn ($113m) to the North East Development Commission in the 2021 federal budget saying it is not enough to execute the required capital projects.

NIGERIA'S former ambassador to Spain Bianca Ojukwu has lashed out at Igbo leaders for keeping silent on the face of the continued marginalisation of the people of the southeast geo-political zone by the federal government.

AS many as 350m illegal arms are now available across Nigeria according to senate majority leader Senator Yahaya Abdullahi who revealed that about 70% of all the illicit weapons in the West African sub-region are now in the country.

KANO State's Islamic observance policing body the Hisbah Board has written to commercial radio station 96.9 Cool FM cautioning it on the use of the term Black Friday saying that it is forbidden in Muslim environment.