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NIGERIAN teenager Iffy Udanoh has signed a academy deal with English Championship side Stoke City due to come into effect on July 1 this year when he turns 17 ending a tug-of war that involved at least three Premier league clubs.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] With the recent Australian wildfires, about 1m animals are thought to have died. Over the next few weeks, there will be many more unfortunately

FOUR Nigerian stowaways arrested in the UK in December 2018 for illegal entry into the country have been jailed for a total of seven years after an eight-week trial at the Old Bailey in London.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Our gross domestic product (GDP) must match that of Indonesia - $1.02trn from our current $375bn

(2) Our annual budget must match that of Mexico - $314bn from our current $28bn

(3) We must generate as much electricity as Turkey - 332,000GWh from our current 28,000GWh

(4) We must match Turkey for the amount of energy produced from renewable sources - 33% from our current 18.6%

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Following the recent assassination of Iran's Major General Hossein Salami, religious tensions are bound to rise in Nigeria again. Our Muslim faithful will feel aggrieved that the Yanks have turned on the Islamic faithful and are persecuting Muslims. However, should that be their main priority?

SUPER Eagles midfielder Peter Oghene Etebo is expected to leave English Championship side Stoke City next week on loan to Spanish Primera Liga side Getafe with the prospect of converting it into a permanent move at the end of the season.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Getting Innoson to purchase the rights of The Beetle from Volkswagen so it can manufacture electric cars in Nnewi

(2) Establishing a massive cattle ranch in Abia State to supply the leather for a shoemaking conglomerate in Aba

(3) Getting a pharmaceutical giant like Pfizer to open a plant in Owerri or Orlu

(4) Expanding on Rochas Okorocha’s statue parks across Imo State to quadruple Nigeria’s tourism revenue

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Unlike most Nigerians, I do not believe in doing just the basic. I believe we should be looking to leapfrog the industrialised nations. I am prepared to think the unthinkable and push the boundaries of human know-how to breaking point

NIGERIANS living abroad are believed to have remitted a total of $25bn back to the country during the course of 2019 according to figures just released by the Nigeria Diaspora Commission chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has hit back at critics who have criticised him for enjoying a flambouyant Christmas holiday abroad while claiming he needed to travel overseas for medical treatment.