Several English Premier League clubs said to be eyeing recently-capped Nigerian centreback Ogbu

NEWLY-capped Super Eagles centreback Igoh Ogbu could be playing in the English Premier League next season as several clubsides including Nottingham Forest and Newcastle are reported to have enquired about securing his services.

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This latest Benue massacre should force us to come up with a permanent solution to this herdsmen crisis that will end the menace of nomadism once and for all

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am surprised that despite the hundreds of thousands of clergymen and millions of churches and mosques littered across Nigeria, nobody has been able to see the parallels between our current situation and the case of Cain and Abel. We should be analysing this interesting biblical myth and use it as a template to find solutions to our current woes

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Nigeria-eligible teenage striker Sanusi signs contract with Premier League giants Newcastle

           

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Trevan Sanusi has signed a fresh contract with English Premier League giants Newcastle United in a move which is likely to see him become a first team regular next season.

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One of our biggest diseases as a people is sycophancy. If Nigeria could get rid of all the Yes Men around the government and replace them with people like Frank Sprague, I believe our GDP would double overnight

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I regularly watch the documentary Impossible Engineering that reveals how agrarian societies became industrialised. In many cases it was just due to the ingenuity, courage, foresight, determination and single-minded stubbornness of one individual. Men like Frank Sprague are what it takes to make the world a better place

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Nigerian military and police launch joint manhunt for those behind recent Benue killings

NIGERIAN military and police bosses have launched a joint cross-border manhunt for the gunmen who killed around 200 villagers in Yelewata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State last Friday promising to bring the perpetuators to justice.

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If President Tinubu wants to steal a march on his opponents who have started jostling for 2027, he should unveil an African Industrial Programme 2025 and sell it to the rest of the world

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We want 5% of all the world's automobiles to be assembled in Africa

[2] We want 10% of all the world's refrigerators to be manufactured in Africa

[3] We want 15% of all the world's washing machines to be manufactured in Africa

[4] All multinational tourist operators must invest at least 15% of their profits in the African tourist industry

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English Championship side Hull City look set to sign Eagles defender Semi Ajayi

ENGLISH Championship side Hull City are set to offer Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi a new contract signing him up on a free transfer as the centreback looks set to part ways with his current club West Bromwich Albion (WBA).

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Are Nigerians aware that we have had two National Confabs since 1999 but the federal government is yet to act on them. I challenge President Tinubu to bite the bullet and send legislation to the National Assembly to implement the following

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will be made up of 42 states, with seven per each of her constituent geo-political zone. These shall be:

South-south

[1] Bayelsa State - Yenagoa

[2] Western Ijaw State - Patani

[3] Rivers State - Port Harcourt

[4] Cross River State - Calabar

[5] Akwa Ibom State - Uyo

[6] Edo State - Benin

[7] Delta State - Warri

Northeast

[1] Mambilla State - Gashaka

[2] Taraba State - Jalingo

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Spurs could make a bid for Eagles midfielder Onyedika following the appointment of Frank

                

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs could be on the verge of signing Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika ahead of the forthcoming 2025/26 season following the appointment of Thomas Frank as the new head coach.

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How about President Tinubu introduces these policy announcements as a gift to Nigerians on Fathers Day 2025

Ayo Akinfe

[1] There will be free primary and secondary education for every Nigerian child

[2] Our federal government will offer one free meal to all primary school pupils

[3] The federal government will pay a N5,000 monthly stipend to all unemployed school leavers under 24

[4] Every state government will be compelled by law to open at least one vocational training centre in each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas

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