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ASYLUM seekers who flee to the UK in a bid to escape persecution will now be forced to repay up to £10,000 spent on their accommodation and financial support before they can qualify for permanent residency.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All Nigerian intelligence agencies will from henceforth be compelled to publish details of any politician, monarch or publicly exposed person on whom they have information that he could be a sponsor of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers or hoodlums

[2] As from August 1, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and all its splinter groups are declared terrorist organisations

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has warned that the Nigerian government is planning to use political and legal machinations to prevent his party the African Democratic Congress (ADC) from participating in next year's elections.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Boko Haram and all its splinter groups will lay down their arms at dedicated military collection centres. All those who surrender will be automatically enrolled in a special vocational training scheme

[2] The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigerians (Macban) and its affiliates will all dissolve themselves. In their place, a Nigerian Livestock Producers Association will be formed

ENGLISH Premier league giants Manchester United look set to send out on a season-long loan to German Bundesliga side Cologne Nigeria-eligible teenage striker Chido Obi during the current transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] An African giant of a nation with a landmass of about 3m square kilometres. This will include about 800,000 sq kilometres of Sahara Desert

[2] A socialist secular nation with a population of 1bn people where power is devolved to the federating units

[3] A gross domestic product of about $30trn putting it in sharp competition with China, India, the US and a United States of Europe

KELECHI Iheanacho could be on his way to Turkey soon as several Turkish clubs have expressed an interest in signing him following the expiration of his contract at Glasgow giants Celtic.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Ending the current insecurity epidemic. There are 6m illegal weapons in the country at the moment and criminals are having a field day. This needs urgent addressing

[2] Putting out all the ethnic fires currently raging across the country. Ethnic mistrust is now such an issue, it virtually impossible to have any serious national debate on any subject without attracting suspicion

ENGLISH Championship side Bristol City have signed a four year deal with Nigeria-eligible anchorman Gibson Yah as part of a major squad-strengthening exercise ahead of the 20206/07 season.

Yah, 22, who was born in Amsterdam to Nigerian parents, is a highly rated defensive midfielder, who is attracting the attention of several English clubsides. Already, fellow Championship side Portsmouth has made enquiries about his services in an attempt to buy him from his current Dutch club FC Volendam.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First and foremost Nigeria’s foreign policy should aim to attract at least $100bn annually in foreign direct investment nationally and at least $1trn continent-wide. Our ambassadors and high commissioners but have attracting investment from their locations as a primary job task