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Maybe Zamfara’s gold will herald the thunderstorm of resource control in Nigeria. Here are 10 matters that need to similarly be handed to their state government’s immediately

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Oil and gas
(2) Value added tax
(3) All solid minerals
(4) local security
(5) All roads
(6) Power supply
(7) Local government funding
(8) Attracting foreign investors
(9) Responsibility for fertilisers and all other farming inputs
(10) Vocational education

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Nigerian Army commanders testifies before Lagos judicial panel and denies any killing at Lekki

NIGERIAN Army commanders have testified before the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing police brutality and the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20 claiming that no demonstrators was shot.

 

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Jo Bonfere was sacked after losing in Freetown and I think it is only fair that Gernot Rohr suffers the same fate if the Eagles lose in Sierra Leone on Tuesday. Yesterday’s game proves that Rohr’s best days are behind him

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Unlike many Eagles fans, I am not actually surprised our boys surrendered a four goal lead yesterday against Sierra Leone. Recent draws against Ukraine, Brazil and Tunisia have shown that this team is incapable of game management

(2) It is standard convention that when you are in the lead and in control of a match, you take the sting out of the game. You reduce the tempo, keep hold of the ball, knock it around and turn the match into a borefest

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Governor Babajide Sanwoolu unveils the first-ever electric car assembled in Nigeria

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has unveiled the first-ever electric car to be assembled in Nigeria at a special ceremony in Lagos State pointing that the country will join the gradual migration away from petrol automobiles.

 

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Rohr likely to start with Musa tonight despite him being currently clubless and match rusty

 

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr looks set to hand his skipper Ahmed Musa a starting place in today's African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone despite the striker currently being clubless and in no physical shape to play international football.

 

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IMF forecasts that global trade will contract by 10% this year as a result of Covid-19 lockdown

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have projected a 10.4% contraction in global trade during the course of 2020 as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus virus pandemic sweeping across the globe.

 

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Nigeria to open Kano and Port Harcourt international airports as it lifts more restrictions

 

NIGERIA'S federal government is planning to open the Kano and Port Harcourt international airports later this month as part of the ongoing easing of Covid-19 restrictions introduced in the wake of the global pandemic.

 

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China finally recognises Joe Biden as US president-elect and sends him congratulatory message

CHINA had joined the growing list of nations to recognise Joe Biden as the US president-elect after the government in Beijing sent the former vice president a congratulatory message pledging to work with his incoming administrations.

 

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10 questions President Buhari must answer before he is invited to the January 20 inauguration

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Why are you hounding #EndSARS protesters, forcing some of them into exile

(2) Why have you classified these unarmed protesters as terrorists

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Nigerian government uses anti-Boko Haram laws to pursue #EndSARS protesters labelling them terrorists

 

NIGERIA'S federal government has taken the persecution of EndSARS campaigners to new heights by labelling protesters as terrorists so the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) freeze their accounts on the Prevention of Terrorism Law.

 

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