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Nigeria's president does not have a group of industrialists he can call on the bail the nation out

Ayo Akinfe

[1] This is a picture of the chairmen on the three major US automobile companies and their directors outside the White House, taken in December 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. They had been summoned by President Franklin Roosevelt

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Nigerians traders in Ghana threaten to return home after being told to pay $1m registration fee

 

NIGERIAN traders operating in Ghana have threatened to leave the country and return home as a result of the ongoing harassment they are receiving from the Ghanaian authorities who feel their activities are squeezing local operators out of the market.

 

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Sources close to Magu probe say interim report asks Buhari to sack former EFCC boss

 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to sack former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman Ibrahim Magu by the commission of inquiry he set up to investigate his activities according to some sources close to the case.

 

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10 status symbols which every nation with pride seeks in the 21st century and it is unfortunate that 200m Nigerians are not embarrassed about the fact that they lack them despite being the world’s largest black country

Ayo Akinfe

(1) At least one national automobile company that manufactures a car synonymous with the country like say Fiat, Lada, Skoda or Volvo

(2) An aircraft carrier to patrol her territorial waters and continental shelf

(3) At least one manufacturing giant who can supply the nation with all its industrial goods. If the rest of the world stopped trading with India today, Tata Industries could easily meet all their industrial needs

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UK Charities Commission says it is still investigating Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

 

BRITAIN's Charity Commission has reaffirmed that Adam Stephens remains the interim manager of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International following his 2018 appointment in response to investigations of the church's operations.

 

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UK high commission reopens in Nigeria offering free replacements for expired visas

 

BRITAIN'S high commission in Nigeria has reopened its visa application centres across the country as it gradually returns to some sort of normality following the recent shutdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Nigeria to get 2m doses of new Covid-19 vaccine whenever one becomes available

 

NIGERIA'S health minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has revealed that the country will benefit from a proposed allocation of 2bn doses of any new Covid-19 vaccine meant for poorer countries when it becomes available.

 

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Flights from the EU will not be allowed into Nigeria when airports open on August 29

 

NIGERIA is to ban flights from across the European Union (EU) in retaliation of a similar measure taken by the community to close its airspace to visitors and aircrafts from Nigeria as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Huesca look to sign Omeruo and team him up with Super Eagles compatriot Kelechi Nwakali

 

FORMER Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo could likely join compatriot Kelechi Nwakali at newly-promoted Spanish La Liga side Huesca before the close of the summer transfer window after they made enquiries for his services.

 

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10 private giant conglomerates that should be floated on about five major stock exchanges with the Nigerian government taking out a 25% stake in them as part of an ambitious industrial plan

Ayo Akinfe

(1) NNPC - Oil processing, distribution and retailing and the manufacturing of industrial equipment. It should also be involved in the production of oil by-products like petrochemicals and fertiliser

(2) Innoson - Manufacturing of industrial goods like automobiles, railway wagons, aircraft, ships, electronic consumer goods and medical equipment

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