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SUPER Falcons team handlers are battling over the fitness of veteran striker Francisca Ordega in a desperate bid to get her for today's final of the Women's African Cup of nations (Wafcon) against hosts Morocco in Rabat.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The Fulani Cattle Company

This subject needs no further introduction. We need all the wealthy Fulani livestock owners to pool their resources together to form a massive company that will operate ranches, dairy companies, leather tanneries, abattoirs and animal feed compounders. It should turn Nigeria into a major exporter of milk, beef, animal; feed compounds and leather goods like bags, shoes, belts, wallets, etc

[2] Man of God PLC

CHELSEA centreback Tosin Adarabioyo and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) will not conclude the players switch to the Super Eagles over the coming weeks despite the defender currently being in Lagos on holiday.

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.