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As we mourn Vialli and Pele, I ask myself which day Nigeria will start to excel in every area of endeavour. Let us start with goalkeeping and ask when we will produce a real global legend 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Lev Yashin 
[2] Rinat Dasayev
[3] Gordon Banks 
[4] Sepp Mieir 
[5] Walter Zenga 
[6] Oliver Khan 
[7] Peter Schmiechel 
[8] Dino Zoff 
[9] Gianluigi Buffon 
[10] Gianluca Pagliuca

We cannot be content with excelling in just one or two areas. From what I can see, the only area where we are real world beaters is with the opening of religious houses.

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Nigerian government says it will be able to stop petroleum product imports by first quarter of 2024

PETROLEUM resources minister Chief Timipre Sylva has predicted that the federal government will end the practise of importing petrol and other related products into the country by the first quarter of 2024.

 

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PDP denies Atiku is in London for health reasons saying he came for a media parley

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied media reports that its presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been flown to London in response to recent health challenges.

 

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New CBN restrictions on weekly cash withdrawal limits come into effect as from today

FRESH withdrawal limits on the amount of cash Nigerians can take out from their banks as a result of the recent redesigning of the nation's currency come into effect today with individuals and corporate organisations restricted to N500,000 and N5m respectively.

 

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AIT boss Raymond Dokpesi released on bail after being briefly detained at Heathrow Airport

NIGERIAN media mogul Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been released by the UK authorities following a recent incident which led to his brief detention at the London Heathrow Airport yesterday .

 

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Southampton has initial £8m bid for Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi rejected by Lorient

ENGLISH Premier league side Southampton have had a €10m (£8m) bid for Nigerian striker Terem Moffi rejected by his French club Lorient in the first major move for a Super Eagles during this January transfer window.

 

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As a starting point for their campaigns, all the gubernatorial candidates in Kogi and Delta states should pledge to twin Ajaokuta and Aladja with Sheffield in the UK 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Sheffield has ranked among the top 10 UK cities as a business location

[2 It now aims to regenerate itself as a modern technology and sports based city

[3] Sheffield has an international reputation for metallurgy and steel-making. It was this industry that established it as one of England's main industrial cities during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries

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About 30 passengers and railway staff abducted as kidnappers hijack train in Edo State

NIGERIA'S railway network has become the subject of another high profile terrorist attack after armed kidnappers attacked the Igueben train sub-station in Edo State and abducted 30 passengers and Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) staff.

 

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If you ask me, it is totally unacceptable that the world’s largest black nation with a population of 200m is not on this exclusive list. Our new sports minister should be given until 2030 to resolve this

Ayo Akinfe 

1930 - Uruguay 
1934 - Italy 
1938 - Italy 
1950 - Uruguay 
1954 - Germany 
1958 - Brazil 
1962 - Brazil 
1966 - England 
1970 - Brazil 
1974 - Germany 
1978 - Argentina 
1982 - Italy 
1986 - Argentina 
1990 - Germany 
1994 - Brazil 
1998 - France 
2002 - Brazil 
2006 - Italy 
2010 - Spain 
2014 - Germany 
2018 - France 
2022 - Argentina

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CBN instructs commercial banks to stop paying out new naira notes over the counter

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have instructed commercial banks across the nation not to pay out the new naira mores to customers over the counter so that they have enough to load their automated teller machines (ATM) machines with.

 

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