As we get into the holy fasting month of Ramadan, I think it is time for Nigerian Muslims to get their act together and come up with a comprehensive Islamic finance package that will deliver at least $50bn worth of foreign direct investment annually

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Half of Nigeria's population is Muslim and like their brethren all over the world, they are now fasting. Do you know that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was founded in 1969? Since its creation, the body has provided billions of dollars worth of funding for its members to help them with infrastructural development.

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Kano State Hisba Board operatives arrest several young men for not observing Ramadan

SEVERAL young Muslim men have been arrested by the Kano State Hisba Board for failing to observe the Ramadan fasting period and will be arraigned before the Sharia courts charged with breaching the tenets of Islam.

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How about Nigeria uses this Ukraine crisis to establish herself as a true global player by initiating an African-Slav Alliance that will serve as a global economic powerhouse

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It should be clear to all Slavs and Eastern Europeans for that matter, that the West will never accept them as true equals. Looking at the way President Zelensky was treated by President Trump recently should tell them all they need to know

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Chelle and Adarabioyo meet in England as the coach impresses big centreback with his plans

SUPER Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has held a meeting with Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo in London in an ambitious attempt to get him to switch his international allegiance to Nigeria.

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Nigeria-eligible teenage midfielder David Ozoh out for the rest of the season with thigh injury

NIGERIA-eligible midfielder David Ozoh currently on loan to English Championship side Derby County will now miss the rest of the season after sustaining a thigh injury which the club's medics have described as a major injury.

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President Tinubu should call an emergency African Union summit to address the injustice of how US military aid to Ukraine can surpass the total foreign direct investment in our continent

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No doubt, you all watched the recent heated exchange between Presidents Zelensky and Trump in the White House. What jumped out of the conversation for me was President Trump's repeated claim that the US has spend $350bn backing Ukraine's war effort so far

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Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority issues operating licences to five new domestic airlines

FIVE new airlines are due to launch in Nigeria this year after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approved their air operating certificates (AOC) that would authorise them to commence operations over the last week.

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Who else is tried of waiting for the Nigerian government to come to the rescue and solve our plethora of socio-economic woes? Is it not time we the people got together and launched an audacious economic rescue plan?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of Africa's biggest tragedies is that we are waiting for the government to deliver is to the Promise Land. Unfortunately, if you look across the industrialised world, in Europe and North America, development happened organically, independent of the government

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Burnley look to sign Nigerian striker Daniel Udoh as they eye a return to the Premier League

ENGLISH Championship side Burnley are looking to sign Nigerian striker Daniel Udoh from his current club Wycombe Wanderers during the summer as they eye a swift return to the English Premier League.

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