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[1] By 2035, Nollywood must match the £1.3bn annual revenue that India's Bollywood generates and also match the 3.6bn tickets it sells worldwide

[2] By 2035, Nigeria must have at least two aircraft carriers so she can effectively police her maritime and land borders and deploy her aircraft anywhere in the world

[3] By 2035, Nigeria must account for at least 20% of global pharmaceutical goods production

FORMER Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is receiving emergency medical treatment in the UK after falling ill to a point whereby the deterioration in his health led to him being flown abroad for urgent attention.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With effect from October 1 2025, we will begin the process of dismantling the federal allocation regime and begin the process of returning to the agreement reached at the 1958 London Constitutional Conference. Resource distribution will end up looking like this by 2050: States - 50%, federal government - 20%, geo-political zone - 15%, common fund - 15%

SUPER Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has become the latest target of newly-promoted English Premier League club Burnley as the Lancashire team is desperately looking to sign him from Belgian side Racing Genk before the start of the new season.

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[1] President Tinubu is currently in the Americas looking for foreign direct investment (FDI). From what I can see, he is hoping to attract finance capital from St Lucia and then get industrial investment from Brazil. I just hope he does not come back empty-handed

NIGERIA has been adjudged to have breached Kenya's sovereignty by abducting Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu from Nairobi in 2021 and has been fined 10m Kenyan shillings ($77,000) for the offence.

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FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has lit up the Nigerian political environment by declaring that he will be a presidential candidate again in 2027 and will even be willing to serve for just a single team as part of a coalition deal.

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[1] We can argue about Nigeria's problems until kingdom but the fact remains that we are simply not productive enough. That is the root cause of all our problems as a nation and nowhere is more manifest than in the fact that manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP)

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have opened talks with Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman with a view to signing him from Italian side Atalanta during the current transfer window.