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Arsenal youth team defender Joseph Olowu pledges his international future to Nigeria

ARSENAL youth defender Joseph Olowu has pledged his senior international future to Nigeria pointing out that he looks forward to playing for the Super Eagles despite missing put on playing the youth teams in the past.

 

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Nigeria's foreign reserves drop to two-year low as falling crude revenue and FDI hurt government income

NIGERIA'S external reserves have dropped to a two-year low of $39.32bn as a combination of dwindling oil revenue and a fall in foreign direct investment (FDI) have forced the government to delve into its savings to fund its budget.

 

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Lagos State government says it urban light railway network will get going in December next year

LAGOS State government officials has pledged that they will finally complete the first phase of the ongoing urban light railway project by the end of next year promising that the Blue Rail Line will become operational by December 2020.

 

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Communications minister tells market operators he will only tolerate constructive criticism

NIGERIA'S communications and digital economy minister Dr Isa Pantami has warned chief executives of telecommunications companies that he will only tolerate what he terms constructive criticisms from them.

 

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Nigerian football agent Emeka Obasi cleared of any wrongdoing during Sancho transfer by English FA

NIGERIAN-born football agent Emeka Obasi involved in the transfer of Jadon Sancho from Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund has been cleared by the British Football Association (FA) after an investigation over the circumstances surrounding the transfer.

 

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Taiwo Owatemi becomes youngest Nigerian ever to be elected into UK Parliament at just 27

PHARMACIST Taiwo Owatemi has become the youngest ever member of the British Parliament of Nigerian extraction to be elected into office after he scrapped home to win the Coventry North West seat in a close contest.

 

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President Buhari should start 2020 with the introduction of this radical steel policy

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Set Nigeria an annual target of producing 35m tonnes of steel. This will match Brazilian output and put us on the same trajectory as sister developing nations like Mexico, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam

(2) Announce a radical scrap metal collection programme. This will involve using all the money collected from corrupt officials to buy all scrap metal. Maybe call it the Industrial Trader Metal Money Programme

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10 pledges Nigeria’s elite could make in 2020 to get the masses onboard and make them feel part of society

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Stop going for medical treatment abroad. Basically, this means dying in Nigerian hospitals

(2) Sell off all their private jets

(3) Start sending their kids to Nigerian universities

(4) Restrict themselves to the use of Innoson vehicles

(5) Impose pay restraints on themselves under which no one earns more than four times the minimum wage

(6) Get religious bodies to which they belong to pay a 60% tax rate

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With it estimated that by 2050 one quarter of all carbon emissions will come from jet fuel the world is now moving towards electric aeroplanes

By Ayo Akinfe

 

(1) Taking time to reflect on the recent debacle of Boris Johnson being elected prime minister with Brexit as the issue, it is clear that the UK and the US have the same problem. They are fast being left behind by new world powers like China and India, so want to recreate their pasts, hence this crazy obsession with xenophobia, right wing nationalism and isolationism

 

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Ecowas court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu's claim for $800m compensation saying his arrest was legal

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has lost a court battle with the Nigerian government after the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) court ruled that his arrest and detention was legal dismissing his claim for $800m compensation.

 

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