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ENGLISH Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers' is facing the prospect of Fifa sanctions after the club barred Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare from training with the rest of its squad over a bitter transfer dispute.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of the key pieces missing in the Nigerian jigsaw puzzle is unconditional patriotism. I believe we would have built a super power if our commitment to the nation was not always predicated on getting something back in return

NIGERIA-eligible teenage midfielder has turned down the offer of a contract with Arsenal and opted instead to sign a scholarship deal with Premier League rivals Manchester City as part of a move towards signing a professional package.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Everyone of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas must be added to the national rail network. Each secretariat must have a functioning railway station

[2] There must be at least one technical vocational college in every local government area

[3] Every local government area must have an electricity distribution station

[4] Each one of our local government areas must host an annual sports festival every year

SUPER Eagles fullback Ryan Alebiosu could be on his way to either the English Premier League of the Scottish Premiership as Brentford and Glasgow Rangers have both stepped up their pursuit of the defender ahead of the forthcoming season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria was founded on the basis that she could supply Europe with commodities it needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend, albeit supplying finished products. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs have signed Nigeria-eligible teenage defender Maxwell Adedeji from Leicester City as part of the London side's reorganisation to avoid being in its perennial relegation dogfight next season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Crude oil - This is vital if you want to power your economy. We have crude oil in abundance, so thankfully do not need to spend billions importing petroleum products with the Dangote refinery coming on stream. We just need to get back to producing 2.5m barrels a day and process all our crude locally

NIGERIA-eligible teenage duo Josh Ogunnaike and Tobi Akinyimika have signed professional contracts with Arsenal and Watford respectively as the growing trend of diasporans coming through the youth ranks at English clubsides continues.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our next president 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