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FORMER Nigerian high commissioner to the United Kingdom and a one-time chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Dr Christopher Kolade has passed away quietly in his sleep in Lagos at the ripe old age of 92.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] John Deere - Our plans to commercialise and industrialise agriculture will get nowhere unless we can produce crops competitively. To do this, our farming has to become mechanised, so John Deere, the agricultural equipment manufacturer simply has to be present in the Nigerian economy, churning out tractors, crushing machines, harvesting equipment, seed planting machines, irrigation sprinklers, etc by the thousand every day.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has been dragged to court in a bid to get him barred from standing in Nigeria's 2027 presidential elections amid signs that the government is getting jittery over rumours that he may indeed run.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Over the last year, President Tinubu has been holding numerous meetings , trying to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into Nigeria. As commendable as this appears, it is only scratching the surface

FOUR Nigerian sports administrators have been appointed to serve on standing committees of the international football federation Fifa in what is a huge endorsement of the activities of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Rather pathetically, annually, Nigeria irresponsibly and wastefully spends about $11bn importing products that can easily be produced locally

[2] Over recent years, the Central Bank of Nigeria has waded into the matter by drawing up a list of products for which foreign exchange will not be made available to importers but that is only one tenth of the battle.

SUPER Falcons shot stopper Chiamaka Nnadozie has been shortlisted for the English Professional Footballers Association (PFA) September Women’s Super League Fans’ Player of the Month award in recognition of her scintillating performances.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have made it repeatedly clear that Nigeria is sitting on a land mass time bomb as come 2050, we will become the world’s third most populous nation with 500m people with less than 1m square kilometres of territory. We desperately need to merge with our neighbours Niger Republic, Cameroon and Benin Republic to form a United Republic of Songhai to avert a catastrophe

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[1] Petronas, Malaysia's national petroleum corporation accounts for 50% of the federal government’s budget

[2] Petronas subsidiary Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering builds oil rigs and platforms

[3] Petronas Fertiliser Kedah manufactures urea fertiliser

[4] Petronas subsidiary KLCC Properties Berhad manages Kuala Lumpur city centre

NIGERIA'S Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has launched a project called the 2025 Transparency and Integrity Index (TII) aimed at strengthening accountability and enhancing ethical standards of operation across government departments.