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NIGERIA-eligible winger Tyrique George has joined Premier League side Everton in major deal worth about £24m that includes a 15% sell-on element under which Chelsea will receive a percentage of any future transfer proceeds.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the city to Britain

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will face Kosovo's national team during the next Fifa window as part of a bilateral arrangement aimed at strengthening sporting and diplomatic ties between both nations.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of the key pieces missing in the Nigerian jigsaw puzzle is unconditional patriotism. I believe we would have built a super power if our commitment to the nation was not always predicated on getting something back in return

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United have revived their interest in Super Eagles skipper Wilfred Ndidi as the step up their search for a replacement for Brazilian midfielder Casemiro who has just left the club.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be obliged by law to organise their farmers into cooperative units

[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through these co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs

TURKISH newly-promoted Super Lig One side Bursapor have emerged as one of the favourites to sign former Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho from Glasgow Celtic during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Upon assuming office, you must immediately announce the creation of a South East Industrial Directorate (SEID) with a mandate to turn the geo-political zone into one huge manufacturing hub. Kind of similar to Germany’s Ruhr Valley

[2] Within a week of assuming office, you will release Nnamdi Kanu from detention and appoint him as the chief executive of this new agency. You will obviously also drop all charges against him and decriminalise Ipob

ENGLISH Premier league giants Everton are closing in on signing Nigeria-eligible striker Tyrique George from Chelsea before the current transfer window closes as part of an ambitious plan to strengthen their team ahead of the forthcoming season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every governor should attract at least $10bn worth of foreign direct investment annually

[2] Every governor must generate, distribute and transmit at least 1,000MW of electricity within his or her state

[3] Every governor must inaugurate a power transmission and distribution company in their state. It could be a PPP joint venture, wholly state-owned or a private concern but it must be able to electrify the whole state