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Sanwoolu receives US secretary of state Blinken and promises to keep wooing investors

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has committed Lagos State to exploring shared interests with the US in response to the growing interest it is attracting from American investors who see Lagos metropolis in particular as a key investment destination.

 

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Peseiro has full squad available for Saturday's game as Ekong and Yusuf return from injury

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro will have his compliment of players available for selection ahead of Saturday's Round of 16 clash with Cameroon in the ongoing African Cup of Nations after William Ekong and Alhassan Yusuf both returned to full training.

 

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President Tinubu should refuse to leave France unless President Macron offers him specific iron cast guarantees on foreign direct investment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] For decades, the French have been kicking themselves over Nigeria. They forever regret allowing the British to beat them to this sub-Saharan jewel, creating a West African giant that just dwarfs and dominates all their former colonies

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Tinubu heads to France for a fortnight in what officials are describing as a private visit

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has departed for the French capital Paris today in what presidency officials are describing as a private visit pointing out that he will return to Nigeria during the first week of February.

 

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Chelsea poised to fast-track the elevation of Emenalo's teenage son into the first team

CHELSEA head coach Mauricio Pochetinno is planning to fast-track the integration of Michael Emenalo's teenage son Landon into the senior team as Stamford Bridge having been impressed with the young man's prodigious talent.

 

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I look forward to seeing President Tinubu’s government launch a wildlife sanctuary plan aimed at expanding the Nigerian tourist industry

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Noah was the world’s first known animal conservationist. Bless the great man’s soul for his attempts to preserve as many animal species as possible. Obviously, some species did not survive his bold initiative but why should we not continue from where he left off?

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William Ekong declares himself fit and ready to play in the Super Eagles next match

SUPER Eagles skipper William Ekong has declared that he will be in contention for selection as Nigeria qualifies for the knock-out stages of the ongoing African Cup of Nations pointing up that his recent injury is not as bad as some people fear.

 

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As 2024 gets underway with no sign of massive foreign direct investment in Africa, I think President Tinubu should lead a continental campaign requesting it as compensation for the horrors of slavery, apartheid and colonialism

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that between 1960 and 1995, Nigeria spent over $61bn to fight apartheid, more than any other country in the world. This was supposed to be an investment in the future of our continent. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, Nigeria has failed to come up with a coherent pan-African roadmap

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Nigerians spend over $1.5bn on foreign junkets during the first six months of 2023

NIGERIANS spent a total of $1.58bn on foreign personal matters over the first six months of 2023 with health tourism and foreign education gulping up a huge amount of foreign exchange according to figures just released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

 

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Peseiro expected to make three changes today with Omeruo taking over the skipper's armband

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro is set to make several changes to today's Group A match against Guinea-Bissau in the ongoing African Cup of Nations  as injuries have forced him to bring in at least three new faces and name Kenneth Omeruo as stand-in skipper.

 

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