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Ayo Akinfe

Imagine putting together a team of national icons that included:

[1] Tobi Amusan

[2] Hilda Bassey

[3] Chimamanda Adichie

[4] Stanley Nwabali

[5] Victor Osimhen

[6] Asisat Oshoala

[7] Michelle Alozie

[8] Tiwa Savage

[9] Burna Boy

[10] Davido

Their brief should be very simple:

[1] Attract about $50bn a year in foreign direct investment

NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) have been asked to pay End Sars protesters N10m ($6,533) in damages as compensation for the violation of their fundamental human rights during the crackdown on their protests in 2020.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We shall aim for annual double digit economic growth between 2025 and 2030. If we enjoy 10% growth every year for a decade, it will increase Nigeria's GDP to over $1trn from the current $500bn. At the moment, over 90% of government revenue comes from crude oil exports. This soft underbelly makes Nigeria highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the global oil market. By 2030, we should aim to reduce this to 50% as part of an aggressive diversification plan.

NIGERIA'S senate has  approved President Bola Tinubu’s external borrowing plan of over $21bn for the 2025/26 fiscal year to plug the deficit between treasury revenue and spending projections thus enabling the government to meet its budgetary ambitions.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Leeds United have set their sights on signing Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika before the close of the current summer transfer window as part of an ambitious plan to challenge for honours next season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] At the moment, Nigeria is the UK’s fastest growing export market. To redeem herself from that recent gaffe, Kemi should draw up plans that stipulate that she wants to see this grow dramatically with an annual foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $1bn for British investors in Nigeria

ANGRY parishioners at a South African church in KwaZulu-Natal have beaten up their Nigerian clergyman Pastor Adebayo Okechi after they accused him of scamming them by demanding R15,000 ($850) for private one-on-one prayer sessions.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be obliged by law to organise their farmers into cooperative units. A bill to that effect will be passed by the National Assembly soon

INTERNATIONAL public health body Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) Nigeria has appointed former Lagos State governor and federal works and housing minister Babatunde Fashola to its board of directors with immediate effect.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will completely abolish the federal allocation regime by 2040, compelling all 36 states to generate their own revenue

[2] We are giving the Nigerian military one month to wipe out Boko Haram, Iswap and all other terrorist sects operating within Nigeria

[3] By the end of 2026, we will have gotten every single cattle herdsman in the country operating from a dedicated and secure animal ranch