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Nigerians need to collectively make 2025 the year when industrial production overtakes religious observance as our primary activity as a people

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

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Ndidi spends Boxing Day hosting a party where he hands out goodies to children in Ajegunle

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.

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As part of a drive to eradicate poverty maybe the National Assembly should pass a bill declaring 2025 the Year of the Nigerian Girl Child

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.

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Arsenal keen to buy Lookman during January transfer window following Saka's hamstring injury

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.

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Last night, I dreamt of 2025 and beyond. In my dream, I was taken to the mountain top and saw the Promised Land. Here is what I witnessed when I looked down on Nigeria

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

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Canuk brings festive cheer to Greenwich and Bexley Hospice on Christmas Day

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.

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On December 25 1914, British and German soldiers observed a 24 hour truce and played a football match to mark Christmas. Nigerians need to learn from this and make 2025 a turning point

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As I wish you all a Merry Xmas, can we please use today to reflect on how irrelevant our differences can be at times. This is supposed to be a season of goodwill when man is good to his fellow man. Christmas can sometimes bring out the humanity in all of us

[2] During World War One, German and British troops left their trenches and celebrated Christmas together by playing a football match against each other

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Islamic body plans to open southern Nigeria's first ever sharia court in Oyo State come January

OYO State is poised to get a sharia court next year after the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria announced that it will be opening such a facility in January in the ancient city of Oyo making it the first in the south of Nigeria.

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Canuk to donate food items to Greenwich and Bexley Hospice on Christmas Day

CENTRAL Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) officials will be handing out food items to the Greenwich and Bexley Hospice in Abbeywood in southeast London on Christmas Day as part of a cooperative agreement between the two bodies.

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