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Super Eagles secure their first win in four-nation tournament with narrow victory over Iran

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have won their first match in the ongoing four-nation pre-World Cup tournament currently taking place in Turkey with a 2-1 victory over Iran thanks top goals from Akor Adams and Moses Simon.

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President Tinubu has no option but to launch an ambitious industrial programme that will get the likes of Dangote, Air Peace and Innoson to merge their operations to create a global conglomerate

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

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Everton step up interest in Fernandez as he looks forward to his debut against Iran tomorrow

ENGLISH Premier League giants Everton have become the latest side to express an interest in Nigerian centreback Emmanuel Fernandez currently setting Scotland alight with his scintillating performances at Glasgow Rangers.

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I do not know where President Tinubu will be going to next in search of foreign direct investment but I just hope that his next trip is used to raise funds for an agriculture policy that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Within four years, we will raise maize output from the current 10m tonnes to match Mexico’s 28m tonnes

[2] Across Nigeria, we will increase tomato production from the current 4m tonnes to match Pakistan’s 16.6m tonnes

[3] Within the next five years, we will increase rice production from the current 6m tonnes to match Thailand’s 25m tonnes

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Super Eagles' Turkish camp swells ahead of Friday's friendly against Iranian national team

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles' camp in the Turkish city of Antalya is bubbling with as many as 21 players now in camp ahead of the four-nation friendly tournament that will kick off with Friday's friendly match against Iran.

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Is it just me but should replicating Britain’s Industrial Revolution or America’s unprecedented surge in production during World War Two not have been the centrepiece of the recent UK-Nigeria summit

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is a nation of very intelligent people who constantly come up with novel ideas and are superb at coming up with prototypes of machines but alas, that is like only running 50 metres in a 100 metre race. Over the decades, Nigerian inventors have come up with automobiles, aircrafts, drones, etc but as a nation, we lack the capacity to mass-produce all these items

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Dangote warns that rising Nigerian petrol prices and its inflationary impact could get worse

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has warned that the current economic crisis that has led to rising Nigerian petrol prices as a result of the Middle East war could get worse if the conflict escalates.

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I would just have loved it if President Tinubu’s bilateral trade pact with Prime Minister Starmer had included a railway agreement that would bring British investment into Nigeria’s network

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would have loved to see both gentlemen sign an agreement committing both governments to the target of linking all of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas by rail by 2030

[2] The jewel in the crown of this network will be a high speed link connecting Abuja and Lagos, enabling travel between both cities within two hours

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Iran remains on course to face the Super Eagles this weekend despite mounting tension

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles remain on course to face Iran's national team this Friday at a four-nation friendly tournament taking place in Turkey despite the ongoing volatility in the Middle East and the expulsion of two Iranian players from their squad.

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I am throwing down a unique challenge to the members of Nigeria’s South South Governor’s Forum. Build a mobile port and rotate its use across your geo-political zone

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let me start off again by repeating the point that Nigeria is in her current state because of three basic problems - Intellectual laziness, we are not productive enough and our vanity. If all these problems disappeared tomorrow, our GDP would double overnight

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