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Ndidi ruled out of Nations Cup as NFF call up Antwerp's Alhassan Yusuf to replace him

WILFRED Ndidi has been ruled out of Nigeria's African Cup of Nations squad with injury and been replaced with Royal Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf as the Super Eagles camp opens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

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Let us forget about the Nigerian government for a moment and ask why the people cannot set themselves the targets of creating the world’s largest manufacturing facilities in the following sectors during the course of 2024

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Palm oil plantation

[2] Cattle ranch

[3] Coconut plantation

[4] Solar farm

[5] Electric car assembly line

[6] Transformer manufacturing factory

[7] Cocoa plantation

[8] Oilseed crushing plant

[9] Malaria pharmaceutical plant

[10] Solar panel assembly plant

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UK government introduces new law stopping foreign students from bringing in family members

BRITAIN'S Home Office has announced plans to introduce a new Draconian immigration policy that will prohibit foreign students from bringing their dependents into the country to stay with when during the course of their study.

 

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Nigerians may not be aware of it but Japan, which suffered a New Year’s Day earthquake is the most earthquake-prone nation on the planet. Nigeria needs to enter into a mutual exchange agreement with Tokyo on the matter

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If we do not accept our shortcomings, we are never going to overcome them. Our problems in Nigeria are multi-faceted but they can be narrowed down to three things - we produce too little, intellectual laziness and ostentation greed. In 1922, Frederick Lugard spotted all this and summed us up perfectly in his book Dual Mandate

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Would you not just love it if President Tinubu’s New Year’s Day message involved the government setting 2024 national targets in the following areas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Steel - 10m tonnes

[2] Cocoa - 1.5m tonnes

[3] Natural gas - 100m cubic metres

[4] Rice - 10m tonnes

[5] Distributed electricity - 20,000MW

[6] Tarred roads - 200,000km

[7] Assembled automobiles - 500,000 units

[8] Bitumen - 10m tonnes

[9] Palm oil - 20m tonnes

[10] Clean energy - 5,000MW

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Arsenal's poor form continues despite Nigerian mascot trying to lift them by wearing Yoruba cap

NIGERIAN youngster Maxwell Mickie-Faseun has set a precedence in the English Premier League by becoming the first team mascot to appear wearing a Nigerian cap when he led Arsenal out against West Ham on December 28.

 

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As we venture into 2024 it would help if more Nigerians actually dreamt about the future they want for the country so can start working towards realising such dreams

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Africa is in the middle of earth, Nigeria is almost in the middle of Africa, so we are not just any nation. We should consider ourselves humanity's hope of the 22nd century. Let us start off buy aiming to be the world's largest manufacturer if electric cars by 2030. Let us come up with a revolutionary production regime that they will enable Innoson Motors to manufacture an electric 4x4 jeep for £5,000

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Eagles list of 25 published ahead of Cup of Nations with squad lightweight in midfield

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has released his list of 25 players for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations tournament starting in Ivory Coast next month with several surprises including recalls for old timers Ahmed Musa and William Ekong.

 

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Maybe President Tinubu’s first act of 2024 should be to send a Nigerian Anti Tribal Bill to the National Assembly to ensure he has all the component parts of the country on board

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Pass a law making your state of birth your state of origin

[2] Pass a law making it compulsory to grant indigent status to anyone who has lived in a state for five years

[3] Categorise the use of the word tribe as hate speech. Only animals live in tribes. Europeans never refer to themselves as coming from tribes. Using the word tribe should attract a 12 month jail sentence

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Taag Angola Airlines to start flying into Lagos on a daily basis as from January next year

SOUTHERN African airline Taag Angola Airlines is to start a daily flight service to Nigeria with journeys between  Luanda and Lagos starting from January 8 as part of a plan to enhance continental travel and connectivity.

 

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