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NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Sunderland have just offered teenage Nigeria-eligible striker Trey Ogunsuyi a three year contract in what is his first professional contract and catapults him into the big league.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Wasiu Ayinde, aka K1 De Ultimate has had his six month flying ban reduced and he has been appointed as Nigeria’s ambassador for aviation security protocols. For me, the reduction of the suspension should not be automatic but based on him delivering in office

FULANI cattle herdsman Adamu Ango from Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Upper Area Court for falling foul of the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law, 2017.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unlike most Nigerians, I am no longer interested in the Ibom Air soap opera. We have been entertained and now it is time to tap into the commercial opportunities the incident threw up

[2] One just needs to see how Western multinationals cash in on events like Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day, Halloween, etc, to get my point

SUPER Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo was omitted from Southampton's opening game of the season in what is seen as a sure sign that he is likely to be sold to a club in the Saudi Pro League over the coming weeks.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As a people, we are not yet ready for industrialisation because if we were, we would invest in it. Europe was developed by cooperative societies and guilds

[2] In every industrialised nation, trade guilds got together to form cooperative societies that delved into manufacturing. This has been the case globally since the industrial revolution

NIGERIANS living in the diaspora can now obtain their National Identity Numbers (Nin) through a quicker and more seamless process after the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) upgraded its online portal.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Simply put, Apapa cannot deal with the amount of cargo coming into and going out of Nigeria. In addition, Apapa does not have the rail links to connect it to the rest of the country, which has resulted in the area becoming one of the most polluted ghettos on the planet. It is an environmental time-bomb waiting to explode, which will have disastrous consequences when it detonates. We need a four year plan to decongest the area

ENGLISH Premier League giants Leeds United are leading a pack of clubs looking to secure the services of Super Eagles and former Southampton striker Nathan Tella ahead of the start of the new season.

Tella, 26, was born in England and joined Southampton as a youngster as far back as 2017, leaving them in 2023 for German side Bayern Leverkusen. Hopwever, since joining the Bundesliga side in a €23.3m deal in the summer of 2023, Tella has found it hard to get regular playing time.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Embraer, Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer must open a plant in Nigeria. At the very least, all the aircraft supplied to African airlines will be manufactured there