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FORMER Chelsea striker Oladapo Afolayan has revealed that he is looking forward to breaking into the Super Eagles squad ahead of the 2026 World Cup as he opts for Nigeria ahead of his country of birth at international level.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On August 30 1894, British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. In just 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Nicholas Okosun has just signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with English Championship club Watford that will keep him at the Hornets until 2029 with the option of extending his stay further.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A database must be drawn up to determine what are luxury goods. This will include designer clothing, jewellery, automobiles, footwear and fashion accessories. All such items will be subject to a 20% luxury goods tax at the point of purchase

[2] All private jets will be subject to an annual tax worth 40% of their value

NIGERIAN diasporans in the UK are going to get the added benefit of discounted rice in the run-up to Christmas as Golden Sella will be offering them subsidised 5kg bags of rice at this year's gala dinner taking place on December 14.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria currently has a chronic almajiri problem and nobody appears to have come up with a solution to the problem so far. How do we absorb these kids back into society?

[2] According to Unicef, there are 9.5m almajiris in Nigeria. Street urchins with no hope whatsoever who will either end up as beggars, criminals or at worst terrorists

FORMER presidential candidate and Anambra State governor Peter Obi has called on the federal government to hold public hearings before enacting its proposed tax reform bills as it is important that the masses are carried along with the process.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One thing that makes my heart bleed is the fact that as a continent, Africa has very little man-made infrastructure to show the rest of the world. All we really have are the pyramids of Egypt

[2] At a time when the rest of the world is building the fastest, tallest and biggest of everything, we are fast asleep. In the case of Nigeria, one of the main reasons for this is because we are too dependent on the federal government for everything

WEST Ham teenage midfielder Tyronne Akpata has indicated that he will be willing to play for the Super Eagles at senior international level despite being eligible to feature for England his country of birth.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030

[2] Forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage

[3] Peg the salaries of the president, governors, senators, ministers, commissioners, members of the House of Representatives, state assembly members, etc to grades in the Nigerian civil service