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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s size will always get us a listening ear anywhere in the world any day. It is time we exploited that advantage to the maximum by coming up with annual New Year’s Day foreign direct investment (FDI) requests

NIGERIAN striker Tolu Arokodare could be set to come to the English Premier League next year after several clubs made enquiries about his services with a view to signing him during the forthcoming January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Mull over it as much as you want but the fact remains that petroleum cannot get Nigeria out of her current economic rut. For starters, Brent Crude is only selling for about $74 a barrel and not the $140 a barrel we were witnessing during the Goodluck era and Nigeria is no longer producing 2.7m barrels a day. Our current output is only 1.7m barrels a day

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal are looking to bring Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze to the Emirates Stadium during the forthcoming January transfer window in a deal that would involve a swap with Polish international Jakub Kiwior.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Low productivity, the obsession with getting rich and religious fundamentalism remain our three biggest challenges as a nation

[2] Solve these three headaches and watch our other problems like corruption, nepotism, a lack of patriotism and ethnicity disappear

[3] On every Nigerian street corner, there is a mosque or a church. In 2025, we need to make a solemn pledge as a people to convert these religious houses into factories that manufacture goods

LEICESTER City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi spent Boxing Day handing out food parcels to under-privileged children in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State as part of a programme to give back to his local community.

Ayo Akinfe

[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.