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African leaders can offer Donald Trump a face-saving way out of his current debacle

Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is inevitable that Donald Trump is facing a humiliating scenario whereby after all his bluster, he is going to have to concede that he lost the recent US presidential elections. I am sure his biggest problem now is how to do it without losing face

(2) This is where Africa needs to step in. Being the African giant and the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria again is obliged to take centre stage with an unprecedented foreign policy coup

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Davido and Burna Boy among 50 celebrities being targeted in persecution of #EndSARS activists

 

MUSICIANS Davido and Burna Boy look set to be the targets of government persecution over the coming weeks after the police obtained a court order authorising them to investigate their contributions to the recent #EndSARS protests.

 

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Return leg in Sierra Leone prevented NFF from sacking Gernot Rohr after Friday's draw

 

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials only restrained themselves from sacking Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr on Friday after the woeful 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone because the team has to play the return leg in Freetown on Tuesday.

 

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Nigerian Army spokesman reveals that Buratai deployed trainee soldiers to the Lekki Toll Gate

 

NIGERIAN Army witness before the #EndSARS judicial panel of inquiry in Lagos State has revealed that the chief of army staff Lt General Tukur Buratai deployed trainee soldiers to the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20 to confront unarmed protesters there.

 

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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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