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Tinubu’s new cabinet members should have been sworn-in all wearing white to symbolise purity and the should have been made to sign up to these revenue generation targets

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Tourism - $20bn

[2] Manufacturing - $50bn

[3] Food processing - $20bn

[4] Animal husbandry - $10bn

[5] Aviation - $20bn

[6] Clean energy - $20bn

[7] Shipping and maritime - $20bn

[8] Information and communication technology - $20bn

[9] Clothing, textiles and fashion items - $20bn

[10] Health and pharmaceutical services - $10bn

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Forest and West Ham involved in two horse race to sign Nigerian leftback Zaidu Sanusi

SUPER Eagles leftback Zaudu Sanusi has become the subject of a two-way tussle for this services with English Premier league sides West Ham United and Nottingham Forest involved in a race against time to sign him before the end of the month.

 

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Our new sports minister has to put the disappointment of the ongoing World Athletics Championships behind him and start preparing for the Paris Olympics today

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Team sports. When I was in secondary school, we participated in team sports every day. Handball, basketball, volleyball, football, hockey, etc were events in which we were all trained. Across the spectrum we had national games festivals for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, police colleges, etc, in which talent emerged. We then had the National Sports Festival which produced the crème de la crème

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Oluwo of Iwo asks Chinese ambassador to consider locating investment projects within his domain

OLUWO of Iwoland Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has assured the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria Cui Jianchun that Iwo is safe for business and investment and he would welcome the location of any Chinese facility within his domain.

 

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Bisoye Coker-Odusote named as new head of Nigeria's National Identity Management Commission

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has asked the National Identity Management Commission (Nimc) director-general Aliyu Aziz to commence his 90-day pre-retirement leave with Bisoye Coker-Odusote named as the new acting head of the agency.

 

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Egypt and Algeria oppose military intervention in Niger opting for a diplomatic solution instead

EGYPT and Algeria have both expressed their opposition top proposals put forward by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to use military force in Niger Republic  insisting that dialogue remains the best option out of the current political crisis.

 

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Nigeria misses out on Brics membership as group votes to admit six new members

DEVELOPING nations group Brics has admitted six new members at its ongoing summit in South Africa with Nigeria surprisingly missing out on membership as the body expands its membership to 11.

 

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Southampton turn down Verona's offer for Aribo saying it does not match their valuation

ENGLISH Championship side Southampton have rejected a recent offer from Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona for the services of Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo saying the bid did not match their evaluation of the player.

 

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I hope our new agriculture and food security minister Abubakar Kyari realises it is his job to abolish open grazing and move Nigeria’s cattle herdsmen on to secure ranches

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria currently has about 20m head of cattle. We should aim to double this to at least 40m by 2027 through an ambitious programme of industrial production, aggressive ranching, the provision of veterinary services and the provision of security for livestock

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