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MONEY transfer company Glo Currency has joined the ranks of corporate firms that have opted to sponsor this year's Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) annual gala dinner with a cash offer and the donation of five free tickets.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Several of the states in the far north of Nigeria like Borno, Yobe, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara and Sokoto are suffering from the effects of desert encroachment. Indeed annually, Nigeria loses up to 350,000 hectares of land to desert encroachment

CALLS are growing for the Super eagles to pull out of tomorrow African Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya in Benghazi tomorrow after the Libyans left the Super eagles stranded for 13 hours without food or any attention whatsoever.

YORUBA Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has delivered a petition to Number 10 Downing Street in which he calls on the British government to recognise his calls for independence.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As a nation state, we consume far more then we produce, which means we will always have balance of trade and balance of payment deficits

[2] Africa as a continent accounts for just 3% of world trade and 1% of global manufacturing, despite accounting for 18% of the world’s population. Clearly, that kind of imbalance is not sustainable

NIGERIA'S federal government has been challenged by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (Ipman) to fix all three refineries owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to end the current monopoly of the Dangote Group.

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

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.

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

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)