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NINE internally displaced persons (IDP) camps have been opened in Borno State by the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) as the number of deaths from the recent flooding rises to 30.

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[1] Rather than buy a generator use that money to purchase a solar panel

[2] Never buy a private jet. Those who own them should sell them off

[3] No family needs more than two private vehicles

[4] We need to replace Okada motorcycle taxis with more cycling

[5] All public officials should cut their motorcades down to a maximum of five

[6] Use the train more rather than drive

FORMER Super Eagles striker Victor Moses has joined English Championship side Luton Town on a free transfer following his forced exit from Russian side Spartak Moscow as a result of the Ukrainian war.

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[1] We are all in agony across Nigeria at the moment as about 40% of the Borno State capital Maiduguri is under water. This catastrophe came about as a result of the Alau Dam overflowing and releasing millions of gallons of water into the environment

[2] This flood is particularly devastating as about half of Borno’s 4m population are currently living in Maiduguri due to the Boko Haram crisis. We now have a genuine humanitarian crisis on our hands

NIGERIAN Football federation (NFF) technical director Augustine Eguavoen has stood down as the Super Eagles interim coach after the team played a goalless draw with Rwanda away in Kigali today saying he has fulfilled his mandate handle to matches.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria spends $3.7bn a year as a petrol subsidy. Now if we invested that amount of money into an electric rail network, over a 10 year period, we would have one of the most sophisticated railway structures in the world

[2] With the current fuel scarcity, it is time to look for a permanent solution to this over-dependence on petrol and diesel. The status quo is simply not sustainable and it is time to start thinking outside the box

TRADE unions have given the federal government up until midnight to release the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president Joe Ajaero who was recently arrested in Abuja or face the wrath of the country's workers.

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[1] Egypt’s Giza Pyramid contains a bust of Pharaoh Khufu, the second monarch of the Fourth Dynasty. He built the most lasting legacy in Ancient Egypt. In Nigeria, monuments built by Tafawa Balewa, Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo and even Goodluck Jonathan have collapsed but Pharaoh Khufu’s legacy has lasted nearly 50,000 years

NIGERIA enjoyed a great day of football yesterday with two emphatic victories as the Super Eagles beat Benin Republic 3-0 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier and the Super Falconets hammered Venezuela 4-0 to qualify for the U20 Women's World Cup Round of 16.

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[1] Recently, China opened the world’s biggest airport in Beijing. This huge Beijing Daxing airport that spans 1m square metres costs £13.5bn and was constructed south of Beijing in just five years

[2] Shaped like a starfish, the new Daxing International Airport has been designed to handle up to 72m passengers a year. British Airways has already announced that it will move all of its daily Beijing flights to the new airport