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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.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria currently has a paltry 4,000km of railway track. For a nation with a total land area of 923,768 km2, this is abominable and disgraceful. It shows we do not understand the dynamics of modern day travel

NIGERIAN-born Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted Britain's Conservative Party after winning the party's leadership contest making her the first black female leader of a major European political party.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria owes her independence in 1960 to India and Pakistan. After World War Two the Indian people made it clear they were throwing off the yoke of British rule and immediately they did that, Britain lost interest in the rest of her empire

SEVERAL English Premier League clubs including Aston Villa and Chelsea have stepped up plans to sign Nigerian striker Uche Christantus who has caught the eye of late following his goalscoring exploits in the Portuguese league.

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[1] Nigeria will own agricultural plantations on Mars that grow crops that cannot be cultivated in our tropical climate

[2] We will have an underground high speed inter-continental railway link connecting Lagos with Europe, Asia and the Americas

[3] Nigeria will manufacture 90% of the world’s drugs for tropical diseases like malaria and yellow fever

SUPER Eagles centreback Semi Ajayi will be out of action for four months after picking up a hamstring injury that will require surgery last weekend during an English Championship league match against Cardiff City.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All this VAT noise is totally pointless. What we need is a Nigerian Finance Bill 2024 that will transfer responsibility for collecting VAT from the federal finance minister to the 36 state commissioners of finance

[2] That way, VAT will become a local tax with every state free to spend whatever it collects as it deems fit

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria currently has about 20m head of cattle. We should aim to double this to at least 40m by 2026 through an ambitious programme of industrial production, aggressive ranching, the provision of veterinary services and the provision of security for livestock