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Nigeria desperately needs an industrial conglomerate that will acquire patents for the following 10 machines and mass produce them

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Vegetable grinding machine
[2] Shoulder held sewing machine
[3] Seed crushing machine
[4] Mobile vulcanising machine
[5] Danfo bus
[6] Molue
[7] Electric-powered Okada motorcycle
[8] Church and mosque loudspeaker
[9] Money spraying machine at parties
[10] Manual cement block making machine

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Philippines bans two US senators from entry in response to their criticism of its human rights record

PHILIPPINE president Rodrigo Duterte has banned two US senators from entering the country and has threatened to require all American citizens to apply for visas before being allowed to visit in response to criticism of his human rights record.

 

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World Bank warns that 35m more Nigerians could fall into extreme poverty over the next decade

NIGERIA is facing the prospect of increased poverty over the next decade with an extra 10m people becoming extremely poor unless the government dramatically increases productivity and enhances growth according to a new World Bank report.

 

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PDP to begin consultations about who to select as its 2023 presidential candidate

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that it will soon commence consulting its members as to who will be the best person to select as its 2023 presidential candidate.

 

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NFF offers Rohr new contract compelling him to live in Nigeria and only have three holidays a year

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has been offered an extension to his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with several new conditions including one stipulating that he must live in Nigeria and only can only travel abroad on holiday three times a year.

 

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Malami says El-Zakzaky cannot be released because he is being prosecuted by Kaduna State government

JUSTICE minister Abubakar Malami has revealed that Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has not been released from custody because his case is being handled by the Kaduna State government.

 

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However you look at things without an Owambe tax and religious investment Nigeria’s budget is akin to trying to feed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Like many of you, I have gone over the details of the 2020 budget and alas, the more I look at it, the more depressing it is. Trying to cater for 200m people with a paltry budget of $28bn is tantamount to embarking on a mission impossible. Even if you are the greatest magician on earth, you simply will not be able to pull it off

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Oshiomhole rejects Governor Obaseki's Christmas gifts of four cows and 10 bags of rice

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole has rejected a Christmas gift from his successor the current Edo State governor Godwin Obaseki as the ongoing spat between the two of them shows no sign of abating.

 

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Victor Moses rules out returning to Chelsea during the January transfer window

FORMER Super Eagles winger Victor Moses has ruled out returning to Chelsea during the January transfer window saying he hopes to at least complete the rest of the season in Turkey with Fenerbahce.

 

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Sowore nominated for US prisoner of conscience award by Congressman Josh Gottheimer

SAHARA Reporters publisher and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has been nominated to receive the Prisoner of Conscience honour from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives.

 

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