Poland and Nigeria sign MoU on agriculture as they seek to fill void created by Ukrainian conflict

NIGERIA and Poland have signed memorandum of understanding on agriculture aimed at strengthening collaboration between both countries in the sector in the wake of a potential crisis as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war.

 

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China accepts that its citizens who sell sub-standard goods to African nations must be punished

CHINA'S government has conceded that its citizens who violate the laws of African nations and who flood their markets with sub-standard and dangerous products must be prepared to face the consequences of their actions.

 

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Nantes regret losing out on the signing of Arsenal's Balogun to rival French side Reims

FRENCH Ligue One giants Nantes are ruing missing out on the signing of Arsenal's Nigeria-eligible striker Folarin Balogun who ended up joining rivals Stade de Reims on loan for the duration of the 2002/03 season.

 

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I hope President Buhari is despatching a team to London tomorrow with a robust foreign direct investment list for new prime minister Liz Truss

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a colony  of savages in some far away jungle where people have just climbed down from tree tops. It is time to change that narrative by getting the former colonial master to invest in the nation they created 

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Nigeria's finances suffer a big deficit in May according to CBN monthly economic report

NIGERIA'S finances continued to suffer during the month of May as figures just released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reveal that the country recorded a N524.25bn fiscal deficit as the nagging reduction in revenue continues to take its toll.

 

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Abba Kyari faces 24 fresh charges as he is docked for not disclosing 14 properties and large cash sums

EMBATTED former deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari has had 14 highly priced assets and the sums of N207m ($488,870) and Є17,598 confiscated by the federal government and 24 fresh charges filed against him for failing to disclose them.

 

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Nigeria pays out almost $500m to Indian steel company to settle breach of contract dispute

NIGERIA'S federal government has just paid out a whopping sum of $496m to settle a long-standing contractual dispute with an Indian investor group in the steel sector that could have ended up costing the country $5.26bn.

 

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Atiku promises to fill 40% of the positions in his cabinet with women and the youth

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has promised to set aside 40% of all appointments in his cabinet to women and the youth if he is elected president when Nigeria goes to the polls next year.

 

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Man United manager blocks moves to send Nigeria-eligible teenager Shoretire out on loan

NIGERIA-eligible teenager Shola Shoretire is set to be part of the Manchester United senior team this season after manager Erik Ten Hag blocked moves to send him out on loan because he believes the teenager is ready for first team football.

 

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Can one of these governors attending all these meetings with Atiku, Tinubu, Obasanjo, Obi and Wike in London please approach UK investors and ask them to build a calabash processing factory in their state

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you want further evidence of the fact that Nigeria is sitting on an unbelievable gold mine, look no further than bottle gourds. They are used for a wide array of purposes. We hollow them out and the dried calabashes produced are used as household utensils across West Africa. They are used to clean rice, carry water, cooking utensils and as food containers. Smaller ones are used as bowls to drink palm wine too

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