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NIGERIA'S federal government has approved a N75bn ($44.63m) loan scheme with a 9% interest rate for 75,000 small businesses as part of an ambitious programme to  kick-start the economy and create jobs.

Ayo Akinfe

Cash crops

[1] Oil palm

[2] Cocoa

[3] Groundnuts

[4] Cotton

[5] Jute

[6] Rubber

[7] Coconuts

[8] Shea nuts

[9] Cashews

[10] Neem

Food crops

[1] Cassava

[2] Yam

[3] Vegetables

[4] Fruit

[5] Tomatoes

[6] Pepper

[7] Maize

[8] Sorghum

[9] Millet

[10] Rice

SUPER Eagles head coach Augustine Eguavoen has unveiled his squad list for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Rwanda taking place later this month with Taiwo Awoniyi and Tanimu Benjamin being dropped.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] They say necessity is the mother of invention. With this chronic petrol crisis that has had a domino effect on everything else in Nigeria, especially food, pushing inflation to suicidal levels, it is time for Nigerians to collectively start thinking outside the box. Chronic problems demand radical solutions

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal are planning to offload 20-goal Belgian striker Leandro Trossard come the January transfer window so they can purchase Nigeria's Ademola Lookman from Italian side Atalanta.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is willing to offer the US observer status at the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). This is to facilitate massive US investment in West Africa

[2] Nigeria is offering free land and five year tax holidays to the big three US automobile manufacturers General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. We want each of them to open assembly and manufacturing plants in Nigeria employing at least 5,000 local people each

MEMBERS of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have welcomed the recent arrest of former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa  by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) describing it as a step in the right direction.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] AstraZeneca

[2] Linde

[3] Unilever

[4] Arm Holdings

[5] Rio Tinto

[6] British American Tobacco

[7] GlaxoSmithKline

[8] Diageo

[9] National Grid

[10] Rolls-Royce Holdings

NEW Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch had made her first two shadow cabinet appointments naming Laura Trott and Neil O’Brien as education spokespersons in a clear indication that this is a policy area she intends focusing on.

MANCHESTER United and Chelsea have joined Tottenham Hotspurs in the pursuit of Nigeria-eligible leftback Patrick Dorgu with a view to signing him during the forthcoming January transfer window.