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PHARMACIST Taiwo Owatemi has become the youngest ever member of the British Parliament of Nigerian extraction to be elected into office after he scrapped home to win the Coventry North West seat in a close contest.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Set Nigeria an annual target of producing 35m tonnes of steel. This will match Brazilian output and put us on the same trajectory as sister developing nations like Mexico, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam

(2) Announce a radical scrap metal collection programme. This will involve using all the money collected from corrupt officials to buy all scrap metal. Maybe call it the Industrial Trader Metal Money Programme

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Stop going for medical treatment abroad. Basically, this means dying in Nigerian hospitals

(2) Sell off all their private jets

(3) Start sending their kids to Nigerian universities

(4) Restrict themselves to the use of Innoson vehicles

(5) Impose pay restraints on themselves under which no one earns more than four times the minimum wage

(6) Get religious bodies to which they belong to pay a 60% tax rate

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Taking time to reflect on the recent debacle of Boris Johnson being elected prime minister with Brexit as the issue, it is clear that the UK and the US have the same problem. They are fast being left behind by new world powers like China and India, so want to recreate their pasts, hence this crazy obsession with xenophobia, right wing nationalism and isolationism

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has lost a court battle with the Nigerian government after the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) court ruled that his arrest and detention was legal dismissing his claim for $800m compensation.

NIGERIAN-born Member of Parliament for Edmonton Kate Osamor defied to national swing against the Labour Party yesterday by getting re-elected in her north London seat with a thumping 65% of the vote.

FORMER Streatham member of Parliament Chuka Umunna has pledged to remain in the Liberal Democrats despite failing to get-re-elected yesterday when he lost his bid to get elected to represent the London and Westminster seat for his new party.

ATTORNEY-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to hands-off the prosecution of detained pro-democracy activist and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and leave the matter to his office.

SUPER Falcons striker Ini Umotong has helped fire Brighton Ladies to the last eight of the Women's FA Cup finding the back of the net in the last Group B encounter against the London City Lionesses in a match which the Seagulls won 4-2.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It looks like Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have won this election in the UK with a majority of about 50 seats. People voted en masse for xenophobia, fear and strident nationalism

(2) One key feature of this election was industrial blue collar workers across northern England voting for both the Conservative and the Brexit parties despite the fact that neither party shares any of their values