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Swindon Town sign Nigeria-eligible defender Tariq Uwakwe as their season kicks off today

ENGLISH Football League Two clubside Swindon Town have confirmed the signing of London-born Nigerian defender Tariq Uwakwe ahead of their season's opener against Colchester United today.

 

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This Niger Republic crisis has highlighted the need for Nigeria to come up with an African defence plan

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, Nigeria needs an intensified military presence in the Lake Chad Basin or we will end up with another Afghanistan on our hands. Boko Haram, Iswap and other terrorist organisations operating in the region need to totally eliminated

[2] It is also time to expand the Lake Chad Basin Force into a fully fledged Ecomog Army of about 20,000 men

[3] Borno and Yobe states each need a mechanised division of the Nigerian Army of about 10,000 troops each

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Canada extends its invitation to Nigerian skilled workers like carpenters and plumbers

CANADA has extended an invitation to Nigerian skilled workers and those from several other developing nations as part of a masterplan to expand its economy by attracting craftsmen and women to help expand industrial output.

 

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Tinubu writes Nigerian senate asking it to authorise military action in Niger Republic

NIGERIA could on the verge of declaring war on one of her neighbours after President Bola Tinubu sent a letter to the senate asking it to authorise the use of military action against Niger Republic in a bid to restore democracy there.

 

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Newly-promoted English Premier League Side Sheffield United want Chuba Akpom

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League club Sheffield United are hoping to sign Nigerian-born former Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom from Middlesbrough before the close of the current summer transfer window.

 

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As the Nigerian delegation led by Abubakar Abdulsalam and the Sultan of Sokoto arrives in Niamey for talks, I hope they have an action plan that looks something like this

[1] Learning from the European Union (EU), Africa as a continent needs to see how the creation of the community has delivered peace, prosperity, economic growth and technological advancement. Europe can only compete with the US and China if it is united. Had Africa developed organically, we would not have had this current large number of nation states

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Nigeria cuts electricity supply to Niger Republic as Ecowas seeks to remove military junta

NIGERIA has severed power supply to her northern neighbour Niger Republic in response to the recent military coup in the country and the refusal of the generals who seized power to heed calls to stand down and restore constitutional order.

 

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APC elects Ganduje as its new chairman at national executive committee in Abuja

FORMER Kano State governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has been appointed as the new chairman of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) today at a meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) in Abuja.

 

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Chelsea's Carney Chukwuemeka refuses to rule out playing for Nigeria in the future

CHELSEA'S teenage midfielder of Nigerian extraction Carney Chukwuemeka has revealed that he may still play for the Super Eagles as he is yet to take a final decision on his senior international future.

 

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For decades, Britain’s foreign policy was centred around the concept of gunboat diplomacy. This Niger crisis gives President Tinubu to follow suit and launch a similar helicopter gunship diplomacy plan

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria has a very weak foreign policy as her Ecowas neighbours defy Abuja at will and with impunity. Across Mali, Guinea, Chad, Burkina Faso and now Niger Republic, military juntas have seized power in defiance of Nigeria. The penalty for defying Nigeria has to be so severe nobody dares try it

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