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FOUR Nigerian-Americans have won elective seats in the US mid-term elections that took place yesterday with a fifth set to be declared winner in a Georgia State House of Representatives race as counting gets underway.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Free primary and secondary education will be provided for every Nigerian child across all 774 local government areas in the country

[2] Nigeria’s federal government will offer at least one free warm meal a day to all primary school pupils

[3] Nigeria’s federal government will pay a N10,000 monthly stipend to all unemployed school leavers under the age of 24

BRAZIL's U17 coach has admitted that she envisages a very tough game when his team faces the Super Flamingos in the semi final of the U17 Women's World Cup tomorrow at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] When one looks at Israel’s military might, the growing economic clout of the United Arab Emirates, the strides Saudi Arabia is taking to boost tourism, Iran’s growing global influence, the move away from fossil fuels to clean energy, etc it is clear that having a clear Middle East policy is a must for every serious nation

SUPER Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi is optimistic about becoming the most capped African player in the English Premier League before the end of the current season after overtaking Mo Salah over the weekend and becoming number two on the list.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our state Ministry of the Land, Housing and Urban Development will be responsible for granting urban settlements charters that grant them city status

[2] To be granted city status, an urban settlement must have a cathedral, central mosque, university, central post office, at least 10 secondary schools, a city centre, a shopping mall and unemployment must have been under 5% over the last five years

BRITISH Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has rejected calls for the UK to pay reparations for its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade saying African traditional rulers and merchants are just as much to blame for the development.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s intelligence agencies must be compelled to publish details of any politician, monarch or publicly exposed person on whom they have information that he could be a sponsor of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers or hoodlums

[2] Herdsmen association Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and all its splinter groups must be declared terrorist organisations

NIGERIA and Russia have agreed to replace a 59-year-old aviation agreement as part of a programme aimed at updating air transport relations and creating opportunities for stronger connectivity between both nations.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Upon election, we will immediately announce the creation of a South East Industrial Directorate (SEID) with a mandate to turn the geo-political zone into one huge manufacturing hub. Kind of similar to Germany’s Ruhr Valley

[2] After assuming government, we will immediately release Nnamdi Kanu and appoint him as the chief executive of this new agency. We will obviously also drop all charges against him and decriminalise Ipob