Nigeria needs to learn from India who has just overtaken China as the world’s most populous nation

Ayo Akinfe

[1] India’s population has just overtaken that of China. They now have 1.428bn people to China’s 1.425bn. However, India have not been caught napping

[2] India prepared for this moment by building industrial cities, wooing blue chip companies in their hundreds and getting 10% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates

[3] By 2050, Nigeria is going to become the world’s fourth most populous nation behind India, China and the US. Are we prepared for it?

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Single African air transport market forecast to grow Nigerian aviation sector by 5% a year

 

NIGERIA'S aviation industry is expected to experience an annual 5.1% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) if the proposed Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) programme is fully implemented.

 

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Obi responds to critics over Heathrow saga saying he has never broken the laws of any country

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has  hit back at critics who have been castigating him after he was recently detained and questioned in the UK saying he never violated any of the country's laws.

 

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Atiku wants Adamawa resident electoral commissioner Yunusa-Ari arrested and prosecuted

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Adamawa State resident electoral commissioner Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari for announcing am un unsanctioned result during the recent governorship elections.

 

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National Assembly leadership campaign taken to Saudi Arabia with lawmakers on hajj being lobbied

NIGERIA'S ongoing campaign for the leadership of the National Assembly has been taken to Saudi Arabia with one of the leading contenders for the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives opting to lobby lawmakers while they are performing hajj.

 

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Nigeria-eligible Arsenal teenager Henry Timi Davies returns to action for the first time this season

NIGERIA-eligible striker Henry Timi Davies has made his first appearance for the Arsenal U18 team this season when he featured for the Gunners youth team yesterday in a 2-2 draw with Leicester City.

 

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I just hope that Tinubu comes back from his trip abroad with coherent programmes to resolve all these problems which are driving investors away from Nigeria 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Insecurity which means that foreign workers and their families can be abducted, robbed or even killed

[2] Government ministers constantly demanding bribes from investors. This is what ultimately drove Richard Branson away from the country

[3] Political uncertainty. Tomorrow, a new government can get elected and unilaterally change the law, refusing to honour long terms agreements that are in place

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Inec suspends Adamawa resident electoral commissioner who unilaterally declared Binani winner

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has ordered its resident electoral commissioner for Adamawa State Hudu Yunusa-Ari to stay away from the commission’s state office in response to the controversy he has caused.

 

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KLM discovers dead Nigerian stowaway under the wheels of aircraft after it arrives in Amsterdam

DUTCH airline KLM has revealed that the body of a dead stowaway believed to be a Nigerian man was discovered under the wheels of  one of its Boeing 777 aircraft that landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport yesterday.

 

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Brentford set to offer Nigeria-eligible Kevin Schade a five year contract in the summer

ENGLISH Premier League side Brentford are looking set to offer Freiburg's German international of Nigerian descent Kevin Schade a five year deal during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

 

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