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SUPER Eagles centreback semi Ajayi has promised that the team will learn from its mistakes in yesterday's opening game against Tanzania and try to finish off opponents when it is in the ascendancy during the rest of the ongoing African Cup of Nations.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Those of you who did chemistry will be familiar with this gentleman Robert Boyle, popularly referred to as the father of modern chemistry. He died in 1641 and when his study was visited after his death, they found a wish-list of 24 things he hoped man would achieve in the future

AMERICAN planes have been carrying out intelligence-gathering surveillance flights over large areas of Nigeria since late November according to a recently-published document by former US officials.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As people, if we do not accept our shortcomings, we are never going to overcome them. Our problems in Nigeria are multi-faceted but they can be narrowed down to three things - intellectual laziness, ostentation and short term greed. In 1922, Frederick Lugard spotted all this and summed us up perfectly in his book Dual Mandate

NIGERIAN exports to the US fell by almost N1trn during the first none months of 2025 leading to a chronic balance of trade deficit as a result of President Donald Trump placing punitive tariffs on goods from overseas.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every one of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas must have at least one industrial estate. Failure to establish one within one year of assuming office will make a local government chairman liable to face criminal, treason and economic sabotage charges

[2] No licences will be issued to any faith house to open a church or mosque unless such premises also involves the construction of an industrial complex which shall employ at least 50 people

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs are looking to bring Nigerian teenage defender Honest Ahanor to White Hart Lane during the forthcoming January transfer window as part of a plan to revive their flagging season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every second, the sun’s core fuses about 600m tonnes of hydrogen into helium and in the process converts 4m tonnes of matter into energy. This energy, which can take between 10,000 and 170,000 years to escape the core, is the source of the sun’s light and heat

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua is being prepared for a major showdown with long term rival Tyson Fury later this year following his successful bout against former YouTuber Jake Paul last night.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has promised to arm several new security outfits over the coming years including members of state police forces and forest rangers as part of a renewed drive to combat the growing insecurity across Nigeria.