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Former England youth international Omorinsola Babajide completes switch to Nigeria

FORMER England youth international Omorinsola Babajide has become the latest player to complete a Fifa switch to Nigeria and has subsequently been invited to the Super Falcons camp ahead of their forthcoming Olympic qualifiers against Ethiopia.

 

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How I wish Nigerians could give these 10 issues the same kind of priority and importance we are according the Chicago State University saga

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Ending the current insecurity epidemic. There are 6m weapons in Nigeria at the moment and criminals are having a field day. This needs urgent addressing

[2] Putting out all the ethnic fires currently raging across the country. Ethnic mistrust is now such an issue, it virtually impossible to have any serious national debate on any subject without attracting suspicion

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Peseiro calls up replacements for Aina, Awoniyi and Collins who pull out of forthcoming friendlies

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has called up three replacements for the injured England based trio who have had to pull out of this month's friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique due to injuries.

 

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Henri Mattise is one author and artist I would recommend every Nigerian reads about, as he came up with the phrase - Every people get the government they deserve

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Henri Mattise is a French sculptor, author and scholar. He was one of the artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the 20th century

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Nigerian Immigration Service and Nigerian High Commission to offer Manchester passport services

NIGERIANS living in the Manchester area will now be able to do their biometric verification for the passports locally thanks to the launch of a passport intervention programme unveiled by the Nigerian Immigration Service and the Nigeria High Commission.

 

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Awoniyi to miss Nigeria's double header against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique due to groin injury

SUPER Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi will miss Nigeria's forthcoming friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique taking place later this month after his club Nottingham Forest revealed that he will be out of action for a month after picking up a groin injury.

 

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I am looking forward to President Tinubu sending this Nigerian Flood Control Bill to the National Assembly

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s federal government shall build six new dams on the rivers Niger and Benue to create artificial lakes to avoid the rivers breaking their banks

[2] All state governments must build similar dams on the major waterways in their territories such as River Kaduna, Ogun River, Owena River, River Anambra, Imo River, etc

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I am looking forward to President Tinubu sending this Nigerian Flood Control Bill to the National Assembly

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s federal government shall build six new dams on the rivers Niger and Benue to create artificial lakes to avoid the rivers breaking their banks

[2] All state governments must build similar dams on the major waterways in their territories such as River Kaduna, Ogun River, Owena River, River Anambra, Imo River, etc

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Steel minister plans to build industrial park around Ajaokuta steel complex over next three years

NIGERIA'S minister of steel development Prince Shuaibu Audu, has announced plans to get an Ajaokuta Industrial Park up and running over the next three years under an ambitious programme that will involve attracting foreign direct investment and creating 500,000 jobs.

 

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Nigeria should send a team of textile experts to India so they can learn more about how that country has turned the sector into a huge money spinner

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians have among the most diverse array of textiles in the world. It is inexplicable that the sector is not one of the nation’s biggest sources of foreign exchange

[2] There is absolutely no reason why Nigeria’s revenue from the exports of lace, adire, guinea brocade, Atiku, ankara, etc does not match crude oil receipts. We should be mass-producing finished products and exporting them to retail outlets all over the world

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