UK government commends new Nigerian government for trying to reposition economy

BRITAIN's high commissioner to Nigeria Richard Montgomery has commended the country's new administration for taking bold reforms in repositioning the economy saying it has placed the nation on a pedestal of sustainable economic growth.

 

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo praises Tinubu regime for re-opening Seme border saying it will favour Igbos

OHANAEZE Ndigbo officials have commended President Bola Tinubu for opening Nigeria's borders with the Republic of Benin saying that the ere-opening of the Seme border in particular will end the strangulation of Igbo businesses.

 

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Spurs keen on signing Adarabioyo during the summer to address their defensive frailties

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur have made enquiries about Fulham's Nigeria-eligible centreback Tosin Adarabioyo with a view to signing him up during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

 

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President Tinubu is currently in France for the New Global Financial Pact summit. I expect that afterwards, he and President Macron will have a brief bilateral summit where the following requests will be made

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria immediately as Peugeot did in Kaduna. We need them to make Nigeria the centre of electric car manufacturing

[2] Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine. The French government should offer them a massive tax rebate for doing so

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Nigerian woman gives birth to daughter in mid air aboard KLM flight to Amsterdam

 

Another Nigeria has been born in international transit after a pregnant woman aboard a KLM flight from Lagos to Amsterdam unexpectedly went into labour and gave birth in mid air after which the aircraft made an emergency landing in Barcelona.

 

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Nigeria loses over 6,000 doctors to the UK over the last six years according to International College of Surgeons

NIGERIA has lost 6,221 doctors to the UK over the last six years according to statistics just published by the International College of Surgeons Nigerian Section (ICS-NS) which believes that the development will have long term effects.

 

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Dessers turns down move to Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers opting to remain in Italy

SUPER Eagles winger Cyriel Dessers has turned down an offer to join Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers opting to remain in Italy with his relegated Serie A club Cremonese for the time being.

 

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When Tinubu gets back from Paris the next set of people he needs to meet with are Nigeria’s investors who he needs to summon to Aso Rock and agree investment targets with

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of the weaknesses of any developing economy is that she lacks a class of entrepreneurs and local investors who can step up national production whenever there is a need for it. To understand this, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 1942, that the chairmen on the three major US automobile companies were immediately summoned by President Franklin Roosevelt to the White House and given production targets

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Civil society groups challenge President Tinubu to publish his anti-corruption blueprint

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been challenged by over 30 civil society groups to unveil his government's anti-corruption blueprint and also to offer a pledge that he will not consider any person with impending cases for any political appointment.

 

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New Zamfara governor attacked for living in Abuja while armed bandits ravage his state

GOVERNOR Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has come under a fierce attack from local civil society group the Northern Emancipation Network who have pilloried him for living in Abuja at a time when the state is being ravaged by armed bandits.

 

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