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Ayo Akinfe

[1] When I hear Nigerians complain about petrol price rises, I feel like tearing my hair out of my head. Have they been oblivious to the whole clean energy debate? Where have they been when the rest of the human race has been screaming about the need to abandon the use of fossil fuels?

NIGERIA is on course to gain from increased trade with the US state of Texas after the mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner revealed that he is working on the establishment of a consular office in his domain and the establishing of direct flights.

BRITAIN'S export credit agency UK Export Finance (Ukef) has pre-approved the addition of the Nigerian naira to its list of currencies permitted for funding transactions between the two nations in a bid to promote trade.

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham have made a £15m offer for Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey with a view to signing him from Dutch giants Ajax before the close of the summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that exactly 185 years ago on July 20 1837, Euston railway station opened in London as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway. It was London's first inter-city railway station and the country has never looked back since. Nigeria needs to do likewise as she is currently at that kind of crossroad

DIASPORA body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has arranged a coach trip to Brighton beach on Saturday August 19 as part of its community bonding programme aimed at fostering togetherness.

In a first such programme of its kind, Canuk has hired two coaches that will leave from Euston and North Greenwich stations in London at 8.30am on August 19. They will travel to Brighton beach for the day and then leave at 4.30pm in the evening.

MEMBERS of the Jehovah Witnesses sect in Nigeria have opened a historical museum in Edo State to document their efforts over the last 100 years and to showcase their work in the country since they first arrived in 1921.

THREE presidents of neighbouring West African nations paid a joint visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja today in what looks like a regional search for solutions to the security problems bedevilling the sub-region.

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Burnley are said to be preparing a €6m bid for Nigerian striker David Okereke with a view to signing him from Italian side Cremonese before the end of the current transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, the federal government needs to licence local vigilante groups in all 774 local government areas of the country to ensure uniformity. This way, they will all be signed up to uniform standards of operation