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London - Super Eagles skipper and English FA winning striker, Nwankwo Kanu, has rejected several tempting offers to move to the less fancied American Major League Soccer (MLS), for a less lucrative 1 year continued stay at English Premier League side, Portsmouth Football Club.

The 31-year-old, whose current contract expired at the end of last season, will sign for a further 12 months with Pompe, with an option of an extra 12 months if he plays an undisclosed number of games in the regular season. Kanu is currently touring with Portsmouth in South Africa, for pre-season games.

Houston - The name Shola Ajani rings a bell among the Nigerian elite society in the United Kingdom, most of West Africa, and ofcourse back home in Nigeria. While very little is known about this super-talented Nigerian professional in North America, the continent awaits him and his entourage as they storm the United States and Canada, in their first ever, North America job exhibition aimed at recruiting top Nigerian brains presently living or studying in these two countries, back home to work for leading firms in the private sector.

Washington D.C (USA) - The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., arguably the world’s most powerful city, has joined a litany of foreign missions causing national embarrassment to the country due to neglect.

The last maintenance exercise carried out on the building located at International Drive, NW, was in 2004, a source stated. An Israeli firm that was hired to maintain the gigantic architectural masterpiece when it was purchased in 2003, has since abandon the project due to lack of payment, typical naija style. The firm reached an agreement with the Nigerian government to be paid $1 million yearly but was disengaged in 2004 when funding was stalled.

Abuja - The House of Representatives is seeking for an Act to compel the president to deliver a state of the nation address every year. The State of the Union address, is an annual ceremonial event for the president of the U.S presented to a joint sitting of the National Assembly comprising the House of Representative and the Senate.

The sponsor of the bill, Honorable Cyril Madua-bum, said it would further strengthen the implementation of provisions of Sections 4[2], 5, 13 and item 60 of the exclusive legislative list of the 1999 Constitution. He argued that it would not be out of place for the House to make a law for the President to present a state of the nation address to the National Assembly every year.

Lagos- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,  has announced that Nigerians will no longer be required to obtain transit visas on KLM flights from Nigeria to major destination in the world including United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, and Japan when traveling via Amsterdam Schipol Airport.