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GLOBAL football governing body Fifa has announced that it will deliver its verdict on Nigeria's petition against DR Congo qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Monday February 16 in a development that will determine if the Super Eagles attend the big dance or not.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Under this law, all clergymen will be compelled to sell their privates jets at heavily discounted rates to the state to be used as part of the fleet for a new national carrier. Nigeria Air did not take off because we did not have a budget to purchase the required aircrafts

TOTTENHAM Hotspurs are looking to appoint Croatian coach Igor Tudor as their interim manager until June following the dismissal of Thomas Frank earlier this week with the intention of having him in place ahead of their north London derby on February 22.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Clergymen who refuse to remit 40% of their tithes as state taxes

[2] Those who import generator sets perpetuating our electricity crisis

[3] Those who own private jets at a time when Nigeria is struggling to get a national carrier off the ground

[4] Importers and distributors of luxury goods and items like Gucci and Louis Vuitton handbags that could easily be manufactured in Nigeria

SUPER Eagles duo Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi are set to work under a new manager after their club Nottingham Forest confirmed the dismissal of Sean Dyche following yesterday's goalless draw with bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have been trying to figure out how Nigeria addresses her $100bn annual infrastructure deficit and alas, I can only come up with one solution - Putinomics!

[2] Putinomics is basically what you could term forced local direct investment (FLDI). It involves the president telling Russia’s wealthy citizens, who we know as the oligarchs, that they must invest in the country’s infrastructure

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham have enquired about Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze with a view to buying him in the summer if they manage to avoid getting relegated.

Chuwueze, 26, is owned by Italian giants AC Milan but is on a season-long loan to English Premier League side Fulham. Milan value the winger at about €24m and are expecting Fulham to activate the buy clause at the end of the season but London rivals the Hammers may now be interested in the player too.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Rather pathetically, we are spending about $11bn importing products we can easily produce locally

[2] Of late, the Central Bank of Nigeria has waded into the matter by drawing up a list of products for which foreign exchange will not be made available to importers but that is only one tenth of the battle.

MALAYSIA'S government is preparing to roll out a new digital platform that will enable employers to recruit foreign workers including Nigerians directly cutting out the need agencies that have traditionally dominated the process.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] This here is a picture of Roman Empire at its zenith in 117AD. As you can see, it covered virtually all of Europe apart from Scotland, Scandinavia and Tsarist Russia