Why is Nigeria not cashing in on the dramatic global surge in the demand for tissue paper?

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last fortnight or so, the surge in the demand for tissue paper, kitchen roll, wipes and napkins has been dramatic worldwide as the coronavirus surge spreads

(2) Across the world, departmental stores, retail chains and supermarkets are having to deal with panic buying, leaving their shelves bare

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Omeruo and Awaziem in self isolation as their club's director-general contract coronavirus

SUPER Eagles defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem face being quarantined for the next seven days after Martin Ortega the director-general of their Spanish club Leganes tested positive for coronavirus.

 

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Lagos State University join those lining up to honour Sanusi by making him their guest speaker

LAGOS State University(Lasu) has joined the growing list of bodies seeking to tap into the professional expertise of the former Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi by inviting him to be the guest speaker at its convocation lecture taking place on March 26.

 

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Sultan of Sokoto asks Christians leaders to stop saying they are persecuted across northern Nigeria

SULTAN of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has faulted claims by the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) that its members were being targeted and prosecuted across northern Nigeria because of their faith.

 

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El-Rufai visits Sanusi in Nasarawa State in first meeting between them since Monday's dethronement

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai paid a courtesy visit to former emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi in Awe town in Nasarawa State today in what was their first meeting since the monarch was dethroned by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.

 

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Iwobi, Ndidi and Iheanacho all placed in isolation as Premier League is suspended until April

THREE Nigerian footballers plying their trade in the English Premier League have been placed in isolation because of the spread of the dreaded coronavirus within their clubs in a development that has led to the suspension of all matches until April.

 

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Court rules in favour of Lamido Sanusi saying he should be released from detention

FORMER emir of Kano Alhaji Sanusi Lamido has regained his freedom after an Abuja high court ruled that he should released from detention in Nasarawa State where he has been held since being deposed on Monday.

 

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Next time President Buhari is in the UK diasporans have to drag him to the Arla Milk processing plant in Aylesbury

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over recent years Nigerian political discourse has been dominated by the Fulani herdsmen saga but what is most disappointing is that nobody has come up with a formula to turn this matter into a cash cow. Being an ethnic Fulani himself who keeps cows, I would have thought that President Muhammadu Buhari would have been vehement about making the sector a great money spinner

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