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Now that President Tinubu has decided to end his vacation in France, I hope he seeks an audience with his friend President Macron and asks for the following to get Nigeria off her knees

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria immediately as Peugeot did in Kaduna. We need them to make Nigeria the centre of electric car manufacturing

[2] Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine. The French government should offer them a massive tax rebate for doing so

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Fisayo Dele-Bashiru scores last gasp winner to secure all three points for Eagles in Uyo

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles managed to grab all three points in today's African Nations Cup qualifier against Libya which took place at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo thanks to a last gasp winner from Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru.

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I hope President Tinubu will use his vacation to come up with Africa-centric foreign policy initiatives. As things stand, our continent is not economically viable and this needs to be addressed to attract FDI

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Is President Tinubu aware of the fact that Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP), currently stands at $2.8trn. This is the combined economic output of 1.4bn people. We have the same population as China but alas, they have a GDP of about $18.5trn

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I would just love it if Kemi Badenoch visited President Tinubu at his London home now that he is in the UK and the two of them agreed an Anglo-Nigeria Trade Pact that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Boris Johnson once referred to Africa as a country. He also once said Europe should recolonise Africa and this time not be made to feel guilty about it. Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have just climbed down from tree tops. That perception desperately needs to change if we are to attract British foreign direct investment (FDI)

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Nigeria suffers a 65% drop in foreign direct investment as inflows fall to record lows

NIGERIA suffered a 65% drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the second quarter of 2024 with revenue falling to a mere $29.83m making it the lowest quarterly figure ever recorded since records began in 2013.

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While President Tinubu is in the UK, I hope he finds time to carry out a detailed study of the London Underground network with a view to replicating it in several Nigerian cities

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unlike anywhere else in Nigeria, Lagos requires federal infrastructure as it accounts for one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP), one third of non-oil GDP, attracts about 70% of foreign direct investment (FDI) and half of all Nigeria's cars ply Lagos roads

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Six Jigawa students relocated to India from Sudan have completed their studies and returned home

SIX Jigawa State students who were relocated to India and Cyprus from Sudan when fighting broke out there have now completed their studies and returned home as qualified graduates ready to start work.

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I for one will forever hold on to the belief that Britain should have converted Nigeria into a maritime nation. I live in hope that President Tinubu will use his sojourn in the UK to push for this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, we should have an 850km windmill wall along Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline. This would get Nigeria into the Guinness Book of Records as the nation with the world’s latest windmill farm

[2] Secondly, in a bid to turn Nigeria into a maritime power, we should vigorously pursue the location of shipyards along the Nigerian coastline, especially in the Niger Delta

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NFF wait for Adarabioyo to act on his recent hint that he is prepared to play for Nigeria

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF officials have told Chelsea centreback Tosin Adarabioyo to do the needful and submit his switch of nationality application to Fifa if he is serious about playing for the Super Eagles.

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I hope President Tinubu uses his two week vacation to meet up with UK rail franchise operators like Virgin and sell them a vision that looks like with the hope of attracting investment into the sector

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We want to get all Nigerian trains to operate using electricity as from 2026. Diesel engines will be phased out over the next two years

[2] Within five years, we plan to turn Nigeria into the world’s largest manufacturers of rail carriages and engines. Today, India calls itself the pharmacy of the world. Nigeria aims to do something identical with rail

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