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Given Nigeria’s desperate need for foreign direct investment, it might just be that the federal government needs to launch an audacious diaspora plan that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Once a year, 500 diasporans will be invited to Abuja to rub minds with the government

[2] The presidents of the major diaspora organisations in four or five key countries will be granted observers status at Nigerian Governors' Forum meetings

[3] A diaspora investment desk will be established in the foreign minister’s office, to liaise with Nigerians living abroad

[4] By 2027, diasporans will be allowed to vote in presidential elections

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Furo Iyenemi's teenage son Kaye joins Brentford after signing five-and-a-half year deal

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Kaye Furo has just signed a five-and-a-half year contract with English Premier League side Brentford bringing about an end to his nine year stint at Belgian side Club Brugge.

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Has it ever occurred to the governors of Nigeria’s 19 states that they could build a highly lucrative industry of they ventured into horse breeding

Ayo Akinfe

Annual output of world’s leading horse producers

1] US - 10.5m

[2] Mexico - 6.3

[3] China - 5.5m

[4] Brazil - 5.5m

[5] Mongolia - 3.9m

[6] Argentina- 2.5m

[7] Kazakhstan - 2.4m

[8] Ethiopia - 2.2m

[9] Russia - 1.3m

[10] Colombia - 1.1m

[1] A horse costs about $2,000 on the open market, so just imagine the revenue we would generate if we exported say 3m of them

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Ndidi out of semi final clash against Morocco after picking up two yellow cards

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will be without the services of skipper Wilfred Ndidi for their semi final clash against Morocco on Wednesday he picked up bookings in yesterday's quarter final victory over Algeria.

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President Tinubu has just attended a global sustainability summit in Abu Dhabi. I hope he left there with the following deals in the bag

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, I hope he let the whole world know that Nigeria is not Afghanistan where what happens remains local. Whenever anything happens in Nigeria, it has continental implications. I trust President Tinubu told the rest of the world that they ignore Nigeria at their peril

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Inter Milan step up their interest in Calvin Bassey as he gets set to face Algeria tonight

SERIE A giants Inter Milan have stepped up their interest in Super Eagles centreback Calvin Bassey with a view to purchasing him from English Premier league side Fulham during the current transfer window.

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Which Nigerian state governor is going to cash in on the renewed popularity of our African anti-imperialist heroes and open a Valley of Patriots populated with their statues?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] You have to give it to our Congolese brethren for using the ongoing African Cup of Nations to revive an interest in our pro-independence and anti-imperialist heroes

[2] Patrice Lumumba led DR Congo to independence only to be removed and executed by Belgium and their local cohorts. They could not stand the thought of Africans taking control of their own resources and destiny

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Finance ministry takes over paying player bonuses with launch of new fast track conversion process

NIGERIA'S Federal Ministry of Finance has taken over the responsibility of paying the match bonuses of the Super Eagles to avoid further embarrassing disputes that could distract the team from its mission of winning the ongoing African Cup of Nations.

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President Tinubu has got to view 2026 as a post-war construction year when he disarms those with arms and creates jobs to absorb them into the Nigerian economy

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Tinubu needs to see himself as a post-war leader whose immediate priority is the decommissioning and rehabilitation of soldiers. Kind of similar to Clement Atlee, Britain’s prime minister who assumed office in 1945 and converted millions of young soldiers into industrial workers

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Tragedy strikes for Chimamanda as she loses one of her twin boys following brief illness

NIGERIAN multiple award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has lost one of her twin sons Nkanu Nnamdi to a brief illness in tragic circumstances said to have devastated the family.

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