NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Ibrahim Gusau has tendered his resignation amid mounting political pressure for him to stand down following the recent poor performances of the various national teams.

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[1] Religion holds a lot of sway in Nigeria but how many of the country’s Christians know that the word Niger is contained in the bible? Had this been the case with a European nation, the missionaries would have told us that it is a sign that they are God’s ordained people

SUPER Eagles winger Femi Azeez has been named in the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Championship Team of the Year following his impressive exploits for Milwall during  the 2025/26 season.

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[1] Given that 45% of Nigerian timber exports are rosewood, a highly prized wood used for the production of luxurious furniture we need to ban its export immediately. Nigeria must only export finished products from henceforth

[2] We need to set ourselves a basic target of matching Brazil’s production of 11bn kg of timber production annually

NIGERIA-eligible striker Elijah Adebayo has joined English Championship side Bristol City on a two year deal following the expiration of his existing contract with former Premier League side Luton Town.

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[1] First of all, it is his responsibility to build an 850km windmill wall along Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline. He should get Nigeria into the Guinness Book of Records as the nation with the world’s latest windmill farm

[2] Secondly, it is his job to turn Nigeria into a maritime power. This should lead to the location of shipyards along the Nigerian coastline, especially in the Niger Delta

SUPER Eagles centreback Chibuike Nwaiwu has revealed that he is now unlikely to move to the English Premier league despite the interest in his services by Crystal Palace and Fulham because his family is well settled in Turkey where he has just had a baby.

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[1] Minister of Education

With 13m out-of-school kids, Nigeria is the truancy capital of the world. We have become a nation of dropouts. Our new minister has to set him or herself a target of at least halving this by 2030. To help, maybe building at least two primary schools and one secondary school in each of our 774 local government areas

[2] Minister of innovation, science and Technology

SUPER Eagles centreback Semi Ajayi risks missing out on action over the next few weeks after being substituted yesterday in Hull City's Premier League game against Manchester United with a suspected hamstring injury.

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Its members should include the likes of:

[1] Tobi Amusan

[2] Hilda Bassey

[3] Chimamanda Adichie

[4] Stanley Nwabali

[5] Victor Osimhen

[6] Asisat Oshoala

[7] Michelle Alozie

[8] Tiwa Savage

[9] Burna Boy

[10] Davido

Their brief should be very simple:

[1] Attract about $50bn a year in foreign direct investment

[2] Woo local investors to create at least 5m jobs a year