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

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[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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Brendan Rodgers dreams of reuniting with Ndidi by taking him to Celtic this summer

NEW Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is considering making an audacious bid for his former Leicester City protoge Wilfred Ndidi in the hope that he will be able to lure the midfielder to Scotland during the summer transfer window.

 

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To make his changing of the service chiefs effective, Tinubu needs to get the National Assembly to pass a new Security Vote Amendment Bill

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[1] First of all, the federal government needs to make a statement on the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen, who operated with such impunity under President Buhari. They were no longer just armed robbery but something of an industry taking over the country’s motorways

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Tinubu flies to France tomorrow for what will be his first international summit since assuming office

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will be flying to France tomorrow to attend the New Global Financial Pact summit in Paris in what will be his first appearance at an international gathering since becoming Nigeria' leader on May 29.

 

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Wike reveals how he was poisoned at PDP secretariat and had to be flown abroad for treatment

FORMER Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has revealed that he narrowly survived an assassination attempt in 2018 when members of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) poisoned him and he had be flown to Lebanon for emergency treatment.

 

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Liverpool look to sign Danish Nigerian teenage leftback Patrick Dorgu this summer

ENGLISH Premier League giants Liverpool are interested in signing Denmark youth international of Nigerian extraction Patrick Dorgu from Italian side Leece during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

 

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I hope Tinubu realises that he simply has to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with our former colonial masters Britain that will guarantee shelf space for Nigerian goods maybe starting with fruit

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[1] One huge problem the UK will face now she is outside the European Union (EU) is that she will no longer enjoy duty-free supply of fruits and vegetables from the Mediterranean region. Trust the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, French and Portuguese, they will demand full market price for all the tropical fruits they sell to the UK from now on

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Man City will offer contract to Nigerian teenage midfield sensation Sam Tinubu

MANCHESTER City have beaten Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest in the race to sign English-born Nigerian midfielder Sam Tinubu who is set to sign his first formal contract with the club this summer4.

 

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