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Tinubu’s first ever Independence Day speech should include policy pronouncements that look like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2024 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours under new plans to be introduced

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Celtic's Nigeria-eligible goalkeeper Tobi Oluwayemi suffers another major injury while out on loan

NIGERIA-eligible goalkeeper Tobi Oluwayemi has suffered another injury setback at his Austrian club Admira Wacker where he is currently out on a season-long loan from Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic.

 

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Should Bola Tinubu seek $100bn in international loans and spend it on the following 10 priority areas in a bid to boost Nigeria’s economy?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Security
Provide funding for geo-political zone, state or local government security outfits to combat the current insecurity menace. Our current security architecture is wholly inadequate

[2] Restructuring
No matter how you cut it, Nigeria is going nowhere unless we end our dependence on crude oil and get the states to start acting as federating units. Our states need help to stand on their own two feet

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Wike sacks the heads of all 21 FCT agencies and parastatals with immediate effect

FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike has relieved the heads of the 21 agencies and parastatals serving the FCT Administration of their appointments with immediate effect as part of a radical shake-up.

 

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Ipob denies owning any of the camps recently bombed by the Nigeria Air Force in Imo and Anambra

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has denied ownership of two military camps recently bombed by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in Anambra and Imo states earlier this week.

 

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Peseiro faces leftback shortage as several players pick up injuries ahead of Saudi friendly

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro is facing a chronic shortage of leftbacks ahead of next month's friendly as injuries have left him desperately short of options as he considers his list of invitees ahead of the game.

 

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Yesterday I was asking myself what Obafemi Awolowo would be doing were he Nigeria’s president today. Well here is an example of what I believe his rail policy would look like

Ayo Akinfe

[1] He would have got all Nigerian trains to operate using electricity. Diesel engines would have been phased out within three years of him assuming office

[2] Awolowo would have turned Nigeria into one of the world’s largest manufacturers of rail carriages and engines. Today, India calls itself the pharmacy of the world. What stops us doing something similar with rail?

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Naira Marley promises full cooperation with the police over Mohbad in bid to clear his name

MARLIAN Records owner and musician Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has pledged to fully cooperate with the police in the recent investigation of the death of Ilerioulwa Aloba otherwise known as Mohbad in a bid to clear his name.

 

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Nigeria Air Force jets bomb Ipob/ESN camps and hideouts in Anambra and Imo states

 

NIGERIA Air Force (Naf) jets have bombed Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) camps in Imo and Anambra states as part of a major crackdown on separatist organisations under an action plan code-named Operation Udo Ka II.

 

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Nigeria loses quest to host African Cup of Nations as Morocco and East African joint bid triumph

NIGERIA has lost the bid to host the African Cup of Nations after her joint pitch with neighbours Benin Republic to co-host the 2027 version of the tournament was rejected by the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

 

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