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I am yet to hear one foreign policy pronouncement from any of our presidential aspirants. Were I running, my manifesto pledges would look something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a united Socialist Republic of West Africa with a population of 1bn people

[2] This super power will have a gross domestic product of $20trn and an annual budget of about $5trn

[3] English and French were its two official languages ala Canada

[4] This nation will have a military made up of 10m standing troops

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Plateau State Police Command arrest Jos clergyman who staged his own kidnapping

MEN of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested Jos clergyman Pastor Albarka Bitrus Sukuya on suspicion of staging his own kidnapping and demanding a ransom from members of his congregation.

 

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Nigerian health ministry plans to engage diaspora doctors and nurses in bid to combat brain drain

 

HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has revealed that the federal government is setting up a mechanism to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses in the diaspora and connect them with universities and hospitals across the country in a bid to combat the current brain drain.

 

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Nantes rebuff Newcastle's bid for Simon as they hold out for nothing less than £20m

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have had a bid for Super Eagles winger Simon Moses rejected by his French club Nantes who have made it clear that he is going nowhere unless their £20m asking price is met.

 

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Can someone please explain to me why Nigeria’s Northern States Governors Forum has not got our presidential candidates to sign up to a manifesto pledge that looks like this 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2025, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2035 every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

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Buhari gives himself a pass mark on combating terrorism saying he has degraded Boko Haram

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given himself a pass mark with regards to dealing with Nigeria's terrorism threat saying that God has helped his administration to clear Boko Haram insurgents out of the northeast.

 

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Daar Communications denies that Dokpesi's London ordeal had anything to do with rape

DAAR Communications has denied reports that the recent arrest of its chairman Chief Raymond Dokpesi by the London Metropolitan Police at Heathrow Airport was as a result of his association with a rape case.

 

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Chelsea hope to sign PSV's Noni Madueke during the current January transfer window

CHELSEA manager Graham Potter is considering making a bid for PSV Eindhoven's Nigeria-eligible winger Noni Madueke before the close of the January transfer window in a bid to end his side's incessant slide down the league table.

 

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Peter Obi promises to retire Tinubu and Atiku and pay them redundancy package if elected president

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has promised to retire his two main opponents in next month's elections from politics with a handsome  redundancy package if he wins because they are too elderly.

 

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Security forces arrest 22 year old female said to be one of ESN's leading assassins

SECURITY forces have arrested a 22 year old lady identified as Amaka Onah in the forests of Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State who they believe is a notorious Eastern Security Network (ESN) assassin.

 

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