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Keyamo elected as chair of West African ministers aviation grouping at its Abuja summit

NIGERIA'S Festus Keyamo has been elected as chairman of the West African aviation ministers' grouping at their recent summit in Abuja replacing Alhaji Fandey Turay of Sierra Leone.

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Given how nostalgic Nigerians are about the regional governments of the First Republic, maybe it is time to start looking at regional solutions to some of our socio-economic woes. Let us start off by challenging the six governors of southwest Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We shall provide loans with interest rates of no more than 5% to anyone wishing to delve into agriculture. Such loans will be tailored towards buying hybrid seedlings, pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and farming equipment like tractors, water tanks, silos and barns

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Chelle publishes list of 26 players to prosecute Unity Cup in London later this month

SUPER Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has published his list of 26 players who will prosecute the Unity Cup taking place in London later this month leaving out the last two African players of the year Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman.

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I would have loved it if after leaving the Vatican, President Tinubu headed straight to the WTO and presented a dossier containing African development plans to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given the desperate need for African nations to break free of the cycle of dependency, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should reach an immediate agreement baring the export of raw commodities from Africa. Every exported product from the African continent must have at least 50% value addition

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Tension grips cabinet members as Tinubu set to be presented with ministerial scorecard

PRESIDENT Bola Thimbu's Central Results Delivery and Coordination Unit (CDCU) is to present him with a ministerial scorecard this week that will highlight the performance of ministers over the last year as he celebrates his second anniversary in office.

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Would you not just love it if we found out that an agreement looking like this was reached between President Tinubu and Nigeria's Catholic bishops when they met at the Vatican

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We all commit to emulate the Knights Templar, that Catholic military order founded in 1119. The world owes them a debt of gratitude as they spearheaded the new age of enlightenment that spread across Europe at the time, opening up new frontiers in an unprecedented manner. We aim to emulate their acts in Nigeria

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Balogun leaves Glasgow Rangers as he and club part ways at the end of his second spell

NIGERIAN centreback Leon Balogun has announced his departure from Scottish Premiership giants Rangers bringing an end to his two spells with the club which began in 2020 that saw him win the  league title with the club.

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I am looking forward to Pope Leo XIV and President Bola Tinubu issuing a joint communique in which they announce that they have agreed on the following course of action for Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Pope Leo will visit Nigeria later this year and get the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs to each commit to attracting at least $10bn worth of investment annually into Nigeria as religious finance

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Atiku offers Obi coalition deal under which he will stand down for him after four years

                 

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is believed to have presented ex-Anambra State governor Peter Obi with a joint single-term ticket deal that will involve him serving for one four year term and then standing down.

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Still on this ongoing subject of the 80th anniversary of World War Two, look at how Israel rose from the ashes of the Holocaust to build a modern powerful nation state. Why can’t Nigeria do likewise?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I for one find it perplexing that Nigerians are not embarrassed about the fact that the world’s largest black nation is not a global super power. How can Israel with its 10m people be more powerful and have a bigger gross domestic product (GDP) than Nigeria with a population of 200m souls?

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