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Buhari should levy a one-off windfall tax on every Nigerian billionaire and invest that money in infrastructure

Ayo Akinfe

(1) I for one am dead scared about Nigeria’s economic prospects in 2021. We are simply not going to sell the quantities of crude oil required at the needed prices for the government to afford any new capital projects

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Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria loses battle in British high court over Lagos airport hotel

NIGERIAN construction firm AIC has won a legal battle against the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (Faan) in a British high court enabling it to pursue compensation over a $48m hotel dispute at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.

 

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Nigeria Immigration Service officials seize woman's passport for asking them wear facemasks

NIGERIA Immigration Service (NIS) officials have been accused of seizing a passengers passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos simply because she asked them to wear facemasks before interacting with her.

 

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Lagos court fines Emirates Airlines $1.63m for losing businessman's luggage in 2007

EMIRATE Airlines has been ordered to pay compensation of $1.63m to Nigerian businessman Orji Ikem by a Lagos federal high court after it was found guilty of losing his luggage which contained the amount during a trip to China in 2007.

 

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UK introduces new travel restrictions making it mandatory for visitors to take Covid-19 tests

 

NIGERIANS travelling into the UK will now face severe restrictions after the British government introduced a series of stringent measures aimed at controlling the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

 

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Allardyce hopeful of getting Josh Maja to WBA before the close of the transfer window

WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) manager Sam Allardyce is hoping to bring Nigerian striker Josh Maja to the club before the close of the January transfer window in a desperate bid to add firepower to his team and avoid relegation.

 

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10 targets Ohaneze Ndigbo’s newly-elected leadership should set itself over the next two years

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Get the APC and PDP to both agree to field presidential elections of Igbo extraction come the 2023 polls

(2) Establish the Ogbunigwe Industrial Bank that will offer interest-free loans to traders looking to make the switch to manufacturers from retailers. At the moment, too many Igbos are importers and distributors and need to make the transition to being producers

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Federal governments sets aside $203m to launch national carrier Nigeria Air later this year

NIGERIA plans to bounce back from the losses suffered by its aviation industry during the course of this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic by reviving plans to launch the proposed national carrier Nigeria Air.

 

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Nigerian plans to vaccinate 72m of its citizens against Covid-19 at a cost of $8 per shot

NIGERIAN government officials have announced details of their proposed Covid-19 vaccination plan with proposals to spend a total of $576m administering the vaccine to about 72m people at a cost of $8 a shot.

 

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Former ambassador to US and Israel Prof George Obiozor elected new Ohaneze Ndigbo president

PAN-cultural Igbo umbrella body Ohaneze Ndigbo has elected a former Nigerian ambassador Professor George Obiozor as its new president following its annual general meeting which took place at Owerri yesterday.

 

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