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Inter Milan look to take Victor Moses on loan and possibly buy him from Chelsea at the end of the season

FORMER Super Eagles winger Victor Moses is on the verge of joining Italian giants Inter Milan on loan for the rest of the season after his former boss at Chelsea Antonio Conte who is the current manager at the San Siro requested his services.

 

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Fulani body Jamu Nati Fulbe backs Amotekun saying it will discuss its planned support with Alaafin

FULANI cultural group Jamu Nati Fulbe has offered to work with the newly launched Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) volunteering to allow its members to serve in the regional outfit Operation Amotekun to help combat crime in southwest Nigeria.

 

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UK signs 11 trade deals with African nations as Brexit looms and Buhari wants visa restrictions lifted

BRITAIN has signed 11 trade agreements with African countries as part of a desperate attempt to expand her trading empire ahead of its impending exit from the European Union (EU) which is coming up on January 31.

 

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As the UK-Africa summit kicks off today I wonder if West African leaders have a regional agenda they intend putting to the rest of the world

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Today, Boris Johnson is hosting African leaders at an economic summit in London. We have seen similar summits hosted by China, Japan Russia and the European Union (EU). Despite the plethora of such conferences we have not seen a dramatic increase in the amount of investment in Africa

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To prevent Amotekun becoming another primordial ethnic militia or extorting band of political thugs a robust code of conduct like this is needed

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Any member of Amotekun involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, political thuggery, rape or acts of violence will be sacked immediately and handed over to the police for immediate prosecution

(2) Amotekun members must not belong to any political party. Before joining up, applicants must resign their membership of any party they belong to

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Given that an already born child cannot be aborted we now need to adopt this technical blueprint for Operation Amotekun

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, I will remove the word "Operation" from its title once the Nigerian Regional Security Bill 2020 has been passed by the six state houses of assembly. An operation is a one-off event but this is a lasting legacy designed to provide security for our children, grandchildren and generations of yet born Nigerians. Once registered, the outfit will simply be known as Amotekun

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Gowon says he sees no reason why he should apologise to Igbos for the Nigerian civil war

FORMER military head of state General Yakubu Gowon has turned down the offer of apologising to Nigeria's Igbos for the ordeal they went through during the civil war saying that his government did the right thing to keep the nation one.

 

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Lagos lawyer drags Malami to court as Save Lagos Group gives Tinubu 24 hours to declare his stance on Amotekun

LAGOS social critic and human  rights activist Malcolm Omirhobo has dragged the federal government to court over the recent pronouncement by the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami that the regional security outfit Operation Amotekun is illegal.

 

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Britain to make £10m available to African businesswomen at London summit Buhari is attending

BRITAIN is to make £10m available to a new generation of African women entrepreneurs under a new ambitious scheme to be launched next week at the first ever UK-Africa Summit that will take place in London at which President Muhammadu Buhari will be in attendance.

 

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Arewa Consultative Forum expresses fears that Operation Amotekun may target non-indigenes

NORTHERN Nigerian pan-cultural group the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed fears over the recent creation of the security outfit Operation Amotekun in the southwest geo-political zone saying it may threaten the country's unity.

 

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