Were I in President Tinubu’s shoes, I would declare 2025 the Year of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria and then set out to woo the following investors. I would set myself a target of attracting at least $100bn annually

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[1] Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon which is the largest eCommerce marketplace and is used by millions of customers worldwide

[2] Bill Gates

William Henry Gates (popularly known as Bill Gates) is one of the top entrepreneurs in world. He’s an American business magnate, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Microsoft, which he launched along with Paul Allen in 1975

[3] Mark Zuckerberg

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Money transfer firm Glo Currency sponsors Canuk gala dinner and donates five free tickets

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.

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With food security suddenly becoming an issue in Nigeria, maybe it is time for those governors who have large tracks of arid land in their states to come to our rescue

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[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

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Calls grow for Eagles to abandon Libya game tomorrow after team is left stranded for 13 hours

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.

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Sunday Igboho delivers petition to 10 Downing Street asking UK to support Yoruba Nation agitation

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.

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With the highly limited amount of foreign direct investment we are attracting and the slow pace of technology transfer, does Nigeria have any other option that to go for industrial espionage?

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[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

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Petrol marketers challenge NNPC to fix its three refineries saying it will end Dangote monopoly

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.

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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

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[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

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[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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