There is an old saying that any PR is good PR, so I am hoping that we gain from the Kemi Badenoch debacle. I hope the focus on Nigeria as a result of her recent outbursts leads to more British FDI

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have only recently climbed down from tree tops. We need an aggressive enlightenment strategy to get them to start viewing Nigerians as equal human beings and subsequently an investment destination

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Leicester reject bid from Turkish giants Besiktas for Ndidi saying offer is too derisory

ENGLISH Championship side Leicester City have rejected a €7m bid for Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi from Turkish giants Besistas branding the offer derisory and well below their valuation of the midfielder.

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Who else would love to wake up tomorrow and hear that the ADC alliance has unveiled a railway policy that looks like this and is challenging the APC to adopt it too

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A national rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc

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Trying to be more Catholic than the pope!

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I need to send this young lady a copy of Alex Hayley’s Roots to read. That book will open her eyes to a lot of things she is currently blind to

[2] For starters, that book deals extensively with the issue of Africans who act as the black faces of white supremacy

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Nigerian Army raids 13 Ipob/ESN camps in Delta State arresting 13 suspects in the process

                                                                           

NIGERIAN Army troops have mounted raids on the military camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Delta State arresting 13 individuals in the process.

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These are the kind of policy debates that should be dominating Nigerian politics between now and 2027

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Health policy:

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria

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Head of Caf's refereeing department sacked after Morocco complain about Wafcon final

NIGERIA'S recent victory over Morocco in the final of the Women's African Cup of Nations has led to the dismissal of the director of refereeing of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Désiré Noumandiez Doué following a complaint by the Moroccans.

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It is time Nigerian civil society groups organised a national debate between the leaders of the APC and the ADC alliance, forcing them to discuss economic diversification. Whoever can address the issues should get our votes come 2027

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All receipts that accrue from crude oil in excess of $60 a barrel should go into a special infrastructure fund

[2] All receipts that accrue from crude oil in excess of $80 a barrel should go into a special economic diversification fund

[3] All receipts that accrue from prices in excess of $100 a barrel should go into a dedicated clean energy fund

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Amnesty International condemns northern senators for failing to table anti-bandit laws

SENATORS representing the 19 states of northern Nigeria in the National Assembly have been criticised by Amnesty International as not doing enough to protect their constituents from terrorists and bandits who are being constantly terrorised.

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Like the rest of Nigeria, I am still waiting for the ADC alliance to publish their policy manifesto. I look forward to seeing a document like this which sets production targets for states

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Lagos State: Our commercial capital currently accounts for about one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) and one third of non-oil GDP. However, we need to built on it and turn it into an international financial centre that matches London which generates $650bn a year or New York which generates $1.4trn a year.

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