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With Nigeria's 2027 elections looming, once again, the debate is totally devoid of policy. It is about personalities and immediate needs like stomach infrastructure. We are the architects of our own misfortune

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of my favourite quotes of all time is Henry Mattise’s “Every people get the government they deserve.” Ironically, Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria’s most visionary sage used that quote after the 1983 elections

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Nigeria-eligible teenage striker Elisha Sowunmi signs professional contract with West Ham

NIGERIA-eligible striker Elisha Sowunmi has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League side West Ham after being promoted to the senior team ahead of the forthcoming 2025/26 season.

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Still on this matter of localised development, I am asking myself why Bayelsa State has not got round to exploiting its unique advantage of having so many islands

By Ayo Akinfe

[1]We are now officially into the summer when everyone is going away on holiday. Worldwide, everyone just loves island beaches and resorts where they can just chill, taking in the atmosphere

[2] I am asking myself when the penny is going to drop in Nigeria, especially in Bayelsa State. Has the governor ever visited somewhere like Australia's Tasmania or Ibiza, or Nassau, to see what everyone else is doing with beach islands?

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US immigration firm organises Lagos banquet to educate potential migrants on opportunities

AMERICAN immigration technology firm Immigify has announced plans to host a high-profile banquet in Lagos aimed at connecting Nigerian professionals with premium emigration opportunities that would facilitate easy travel and relocation.

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US warns that Islamist terrorists are seeking access to West Africa's coast to facilitate arms smuggling

ISLAMIST terrorists are increasingly targeting Nigeria as potential base to capture because they want access to her coastline to facilitate the easy shipment of weapons into West Africa according to the United States Africa Command.

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US warns that Islamist terrorists are seeking access to West Africa's coast to facilitate arms smuggling

ISLAMIST terrorists are increasingly targeting Nigeria as potential base to capture because they want access to her coastline to facilitate the easy shipment of weapons into West Africa according to the United States Africa Command.

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Returning to this matter of localised development, is there anything stopping Nigeria's five Igbo governors from coming up with a South East Industrial Development Plan that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We are going to make Aba the fashion manufacturing capital of the world. All tailors in southeast Nigeria must be offered access to interest-free loans from the Nigerian Bank of Industry to enable them expand their businesses

[2] All the five states of the southeast geo-political zone will join forces to float a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses with a maximum interest rate of 5%.

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Adesina promises to keep n fighting for Africa despite standing down as AfDB president

NIGERIA'S Akinwunmi Adesina has promised to continue serving Africa with all his might despite standing down as the chairman of the African Development Bank (AfDB) after 10 at the helm and handing over to Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah.

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Is anything preventing the governors of the seven northwestern states from launching the word's most ambitious sorghum production programme that will make Nigeria the world's number one producer?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you ask me, nothing has enthroned poverty in Nigeria like the wholesale dependence on crude oil. When you are dependent on one primary commodity for your survival, you are asking for the bony hand of hunger to come and decimate you.

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West Ham look to recruit Super Eagles midfielder Onyedika during summer transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham have stepped up the pursuit of Super eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika with a view to purchasing him from Belgian's Club Brugge during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

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