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Leon Balogun's season appears to have ended after he fractures cheekbone in Europa League game

GLASGOW Rangers centreback Leon Balogun looks set to be out of action for the rest of the season after he fractured his cheekbone his sides recent 0-2 loss to Spanish side Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-final of the Uefa Europa League.

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In a federation, the centre owes its existence to the federating units and not the other way round. For Nigeria to get out of her current rut, it is state governors that must take us to the Promised Land. Let us start by looking at Cross River State

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Cross River is Nigeria’s second largest cocoa producing state with an annual crop of about 80,000 tonnes. It also has the advantage of bordering Cameroon which has an annual crop of 180,000 tonnes. Calabar should be a major chocolate processing centre with the likes of Mars, Cadbury and Nestle all owning processing plants there

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Nigerian teenage goalkeeper Owen Asemota signs first professional contract with Aston Villa

NIGERIAN teenage goalkeeper Owen Asemota has signed his first ever professional contract after putting pen to paper on a deal with English Premier League giants Aston Villa that will now make him eligible to feature for the first team.

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If Nigeria is to get out of her current economic rut, we need to start cashing in on religious festivals like Easter

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we celebrate Easter, do Nigerians ever for once give a thought to cashing in on the commercial opportunities it presents? For a variety of reasons, we are uniquely placed to make millions from Easter in foreign exchange both through tourism and the sale of memorabilia but alas, we are fast asleep

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Bournemouth step up pursuit of Maduka Okoye with a view to signing him this summer

ENGLISH Premier League side have stepped up their pursuit of Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye with a view to purchasing him from Italian side Udinese during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

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Given these embarrassing statistics showing Nigeria is not leading the way in Africa, we need an ambitious education policy which looks something like this:

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will offer free tuition to every child right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Nigeria's federal government will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education

[3] Every state government will be compelled buy law to provide free uniforms in all public schools

[4] Every state government must provide at least one free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils

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UK residents can no longer legally change their gender after Supreme Court ruling

NIGERIANS living in the UK can no longer claim a new gender other than the one into which they were born after the country's Supreme Court ruled earlier today that transgender changes are not legally recognised.

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Newcastle brace themselves for €17m bid as the club looks to buy Arokodare in the summer

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have opened up discussions with Belgian side Genk about signing Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Arokodare, 24, who made his Nigeria debut last month in a World Cup qualifier against Rwanda, has been prolific in the Belgian league this season, thus attracting attention from all across Europe. He has scored 20 goals and provided five assists in 38 matches across all competitions so far this season.

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