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10 pieces of equipment Nigeria needs to start mass-producing if she is serious about addressing her current security challenges

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Armoured personnel carriers

[2] Helicopter gunships

[3] Assault rifles with a better accuracy than the AK47

[4] Bulletproof vests

[5] Surveillance drones

[6] Flame throwers

[7] 30-round magazine cartridges

[8] Landmine sweepers

[9] Multiple rocket launchers

[10] Transport helicopters

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Ekweremadu accused of misleading Lagos street trader into believing he was coming to London to work

FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been accused of misleading the victim at the centre of the organ harvesting scandal after the young man said he came to London believing that he was coming here to work.

 

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Given our penchant for electing elderly and infirm presidents, Nigeria needs to pass a new Electoral Act to cater for any eventualities 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Presidents must only b allowed to serve a single five year tenure 

[2] The presidency must be rotated among the six geo-political zones alternating between the north and the south on an alphabetical basis - North Central, South East, North East, South South, North West and South West

[3] Nigeria will have six vice presidents, with one from each geo-political zone 

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Kaduna State government denies that El-Rufai orders demolition of banks who refuse old notes

KADUNA State government officials have denied reports that Governor Nasir El-Rufai has ordered the demolition of banks that failed to comply with the directive to accept the old N500 and N1,000 from customers in the state.

 

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US embassy issues security alert to all its citizens in Nigeria urging them to be vigilant as elections loom

AMERICA has alerted its citizens in Nigeria about the possible outbreak of protests during or immediately after Nigeria’s general elections holding between February 25 and March 11 and warned them to be cautious.

 

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Court restrains MC Oluomo from having anything to do with distribution of election materials

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has been refrained from using the services of the Lagos Parks and Garages agency run by Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo during the forthcoming elections.

 

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Nigeria’s tourist industry may have to respond to our insecurity by building an archipelago of artificial islands off the coast of Lagos State

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Remember the saying from that great French philosopher Voltaire: “No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”

[2] Well, Nigeria has several problems that are inter-linked and require a combined solution. We need to boost our gross domestic product (GDP), diversify our economy, combat insecurity and we have to develop our tourism industry

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Nigerians should regard the currency scarcity hardships they are currently going through as part of the forging of nationhood 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Do you know that on October 15 1967, the tallest statue in Europe was unveiled in the Soviet Union. Named the Motherland Calls, it was also the tallest statue of a woman in the world. This edifice was erected as part of a memorial complex in Volgograd that commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad during World War Two. Designed by the sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and engineer Nikolai Nikitin it stands 85 meters high. Stalingrad was were the Nazis were beaten back 

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England step up their quest for Arsenal teenager of Nigerian extraction Chidozie Obi

ENGLISH Football Association officials have stepped up their quest to secure the services of Nigeria-eligible teenage midfielder Chidozie Obi as the three-way fight for his services intensifies.

 

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Rather than waste all that time and energy on currency redesigns, Nigeria should have sought to cash in on the Russia-Ukraine war by stepping up the production of the following goods

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Wheat

[2] Barley

[3] Rye

[4] Palladium

[5] Maize

[6] Nickel

[7] Copper

[8] Gas

[9] Electric transport trucks

[10] Microchips

Are we thinking at all? There is a global scarcity of all these goods due to the war, giving us a perfect opportunity to expand production, boost gross domestic product and grow our economy.

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