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[1] Growing up as kids, we were all told to make new year resolutions. I wonder why this does not extend to national and developmental matters. Every end of year, the Nigerian president presents a budget to the National Assembly but Nigerians are generally too busy engrossed in the festive spirit to even notice it.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have joined the ranks of clubs hoping to sign African player of the year Ademola Lookman during the forthcoming January transfer window following the recent injury to compatriot Bukayo Saka.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A nation of 42 states with each of them generating at least $10bn in wealth annually

[2] A country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients

[3] A country that had emerged as the world’s largest chocolate producer

[4] A health service that served as the world’s undisputed leader of tropical medicine

CENTRAL Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) officials visited the Greenwich and Bexley Hospice in Abbeywood in southeast London earlier today to celebrate with residents and hand over some items on behalf of the community.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As I wish you all a Merry Xmas, can we please use today to reflect on how irrelevant our differences can be at times. This is supposed to be a season of goodwill when man is good to his fellow man. Christmas can sometimes bring out the humanity in all of us

[2] During World War One, German and British troops left their trenches and celebrated Christmas together by playing a football match against each other

OYO State is poised to get a sharia court next year after the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria announced that it will be opening such a facility in January in the ancient city of Oyo making it the first in the south of Nigeria.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is lagging behind economies we should be on a par with such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Mexico, etc, because we simply do not manufacture enough. In a nutshell, we are not productive enough as a people

CENTRAL Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) officials will be handing out food items to the Greenwich and Bexley Hospice in Abbeywood in southeast London on Christmas Day as part of a cooperative agreement between the two bodies.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How do we get Nigeria to produce 50m tonnes of steel a year?

[2] How do we produce inter-city trains that run at 200km per hour?

[3] How do we build five deep sea ports along our 853km Atlantic coastline?

[4] How do we generate about 260,000MW of electricity like say Indonesia and South Africa?

[5] How do we increase our gross domestic product to $1trn by 2027?

AS many as 75 Nigerians have died over the last week in food stampedes as hoards of hungry people scramble for Christmas handouts which state governments have been handing out to ameliorate the effects of hyper-inflation over the festive season.