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Liverpool hopeful of reaching deadline day deal with Leicester City over Wilfred Ndidi

ENGLISH Premier League giants Liverpool are hoping to clinch the signing of Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi from Leicester City before the close of the summer transfer deadline tomorrow.

 

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Personally, I am disappointed that President Tinubu did not appoint a dedicated minister for manufacturing with a mandate to turn the following cities into specialist industrial zones:

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nnewi - Automobile manufacturing

[2] Akure - Cocoa processing and chocolate

[3] Orlu - Pharmaceuticals

[4] Aba - Clothing and footwear

[5] Abeokuta - Railway carriages and engines

[6] Kano - Groundnut, neem, millet and sorghum processing

[7] Damaturu - Dairy products

[8] Port Harcourt - Shipbuilding, boatmaking and fishing equipment

[9] Calabar - Aircraft assembly

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Tinubu weighs up his options as his Africa policy is thrown into chaos with Gabonese coup

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is weighing up his options as his foreign policy suffered another major serious challenge after soldiers ousted the government of President Ali Bongo in Gabon and placed him under house arrest.

 

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As Tinubu’s cabinet finally settles down, how about him unveiling this series of policies for young people

Ayo Akinfe

[1] There will be free primary and secondary education for every Nigerian child

[2] Nigeria’s federal government will offer one free meal a day to all primary school pupils

[3] The federal government will pay a N10,000 monthly stipend to all unemployed school leavers under 24

[4] Every state government will be compelled by law to open at least one vocational training centre in each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas

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Delta State Police Command arrests over 100 gay men attending homosexual wedding

MEN of the Delta State Police Command arrested over 100 suspected gay men at a hotel  over the weekend after they were suspected of organising a homosexual wedding ceremony in violation of a nationwide ban on such activities.

 

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NNPP suspends Kwankwaso for six months for hobnobbing with Tinubu and Atiku

FORMER Kano State governor and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in the last elections Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has been suspended for six months by the board of directors for alleged anti-party activities.

 

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Fulham open talks with Everton about bringing Iwobi back to London before transfer window closes

ENGLISH Premier league side Fulham have opened talks with Merseyside rivals Everton over the signing of Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi ahead of this Friday’s transfer deadline.

 

Iwobi, 27, has entered the final year of his contract but has not been able to reach an agreement with Everton over an extension. Fulham manager Marco Silva was in charge of the Merseyside club when Iwobi joined from Arsenal in 2019 and appears keen on a reunion with the playmaker.

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I expect our new trade and industry minister to come up with an audacious diaspora investment plan aimed at making it the main source of foreign direct investment

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

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Macban calls for the establishment of a national truth and reconciliation commission

FULANI herdsmen's body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (Macban) has called for the setting up of a national truth and reconciliation commission to begin the process of national healing process in rural communities.

 

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Nigeria has got to set herself these gold targets ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris next year

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Women’s 100 metres hurdles

[2] Women’s long jump

[3] Women’s football

[4] Men’s table tennis

[5] Women’s 4x 100

[6] Men’s 4 x100

[7] Women’s 4 x 400

[8] Men’s 4 X 400

[9] Women’s discuss

[10] Women’s 200 metres

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