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Nigeria becomes a net exporter of petrol as Dangote's refinery sells 44,000 barrels during March

NIGERIA has become a net exporter of refined petrol for the first time in her history this week after the Dangote Refinery in Lagos exported about 44,000 barrels of produce to neighbouring African countries during the course of March.

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Nigeria needs to use the current Middle East crisis as the opportunity to totally revamp her petroleum industry, modelling the NNPC along the same lines as Malaysia’s Petronas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s economic woes all stem from the fact that we are not productive enough as a people. Our Southeast Asian brethren have shown us the way to get out of this rut, especially the South Koreans with their conglomerates known as chaebols, such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai and Malaysia with Petronas

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Nigeria faces higher petrol prices as US and Iran fail to reach agreement at peace talks

NIGERIA is facing the prospect of higher petrol prices as a result of increased tension in the Middle East as the US and Iran are unable to agree on a peace deal that will result in the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Rangers manager downplays altercation between Nigerian team mates on Saturday

GLASGOW Rangers manager Danny Röhl has played down the on-field altercation between Nigerian teammates Emmanuel Fernandez and Tochi Chukwuani during the club's 6-3 victory over Falkirk in Saturday's league match.

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In response to the recent attacks in Plateau and Kwara States, I am looking forward to President Tinubu sending an ambitious Middle Belt Development Bill to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] For starters, Nigeria’s Middle Belt needs to be protected from these murderous Fulani herdsmen. They need an Amotekun-like regional security that provides intelligence to the police and armed forces. A regional security association must be established under the auspices of the North Central Governors Forum

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Nigeria simply has to come up with a comprehensive manufacturing programme that will double her gross domestic product within five years of she wants to get out of her current economic rut

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you want to appreciate how unproductive we are as a country, get your head round the fact that manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP). This is at the root of all our problems

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NIS to withdraw the passport of anyone who renounces their Nigerian citizenship

NIGERIA Immigration Service (NIS) officials have been instructed  to withdraw and deactivate passports belonging to individuals who have officially renounced their Nigerian citizenship.

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As a first step towards ending the insecurity currently ravaging Nigeria, President Tinubu should send this Fulani Rehabilitation Bill to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will establish at least one new technical vocational training college in each local government area of the 19 states of the country that have indigenous Fulani populations

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Maybe if we could bridge the economic gap between northern and southern Nigeria it would go a long way to reducing ethnic mistrust. I think the Northern States Governors Forum can help with this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On February 4, 1931, at the beginning of the Soviet Union’s rapid industrialisation campaign, Joseph Stalin told the the First All Union Conference of Leading Personnel of Socialist Industry: “We are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in 10 years. I think our Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) is facing a similar challenge

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Political heavyweights may need to find new party after old ADC members hold Abuja rally

NIGERIA's main  opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have to create a new political party ahead of next year's elections after members of the platform they created the African Democratic Congress (ADC) protested in Abuja today.      

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