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Wike gives Abuja land owners three months to develop their properties or have their certificates revoked

FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike has given the owners of undeveloped plots of land in Abuja three months to erect structures on them after which time they will have their allocation papers revoked.

 

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Air Peace rejects offer to operate from Gatwick of Stansted saying it must be Heathrow or nothing

NIGERIAN domestic airline Air Peace has rejected an offer from the UK's aviation authorities to fly into Gatwick or Stansted airports saying it will only operate Nigeria to Britain flights if it is allowed to land its planes at Heathrow.

 

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Head of Ekiti State Sports Council recalled in response to the poor kitting of their athletes

GOVERNOR Biodun Oyebanji has recalled Adekunle Adeyemi the chairman of the Ekiti State Sports Council to come back and answer questions as to why their athletes at the ongoing National Youth Games were kitted so poorly.

 

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Nigeria’s new agriculture minister has to call all the state commissioners to a meeting and get them to agree on the following annual national production quotas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Yam - 80m tonnes

[2 Rice - 50m tonnes

[3] Onions - 10m tonnes

[4] Coconuts - 10m tonnes

[5] Groundnuts - 5m tonnes

[6] Cocoa - 2m tonnes

[7] Kolanuts - 300,000 tonnes

[8] Cassava - 80,000 tonnes

[9] Millet - 20,000 tonnes

[10] Sorghum - 20,000 tonnes

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Spurs face rivalry for Gift Orban as Barcelona eye him ahead of January transfer window

PLANS by English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspurs to sign Nigerian striking sensation Gift Orban during the next transfer window are now under threat after Real Madrid indicated an interest in signing him as a long-term replacement for Robert Lewandowski.

 

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When President Tinubu meets Rishi Sunak he has to lay down tough conditions for Nigeria’s continued membership of the Commonwealth

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] From 2026, the Commonwealth Games must include men and women’s football

[2] Britain must invest at least $10bn a year in Nigeria in the form of foreign direct investment

[3] Other industrialised Commonwealth member states like Canada and Australia must also between them invest $10bn in Nigeria annually

[4] Every year, the British monarch must lead a trade delegation to Nigeria

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All these pledges President Tinubu is seeking are just a Band Aid solution to Africa’s investor deficit. What we really need is to give the rest of the world foreign direct investment quotas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Over recent weeks President Tinubu has been holding numerous meetings , trying to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into Nigeria. As commendable as this appears, it is only scratching the surface

[2] According to the Africa Development Bank, Nigeria has an annual infrastructural investment deficit of $100bn. This is the level of investment we are looking for, which is a far cry from the $14bn that was pledged at the G20 summit in India

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UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council alleges widespread fraud at Ibadan testing centre

BRITAIN'S Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has alleged that there is evidence of widespread fraud at the Yunnik Technologies Test Centre in Ibadan where nurses are tested to determine if they are eligible to be sent abroad to work.

 

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Ondo State House of Assembly gives deputy governor seven days to account for missing N30m

MEMBERS of the Ondo State House of Assembly have given deputy governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa a seven-day ultimatum to respond to the corruption allegations levelled against him or face impeachment.

 

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English Premier League clubs set their sights on Nigeria-eligible winger Antonio Nusa

SEVERAL English Premier League clubs have expressed an interest in Nigeria-born teenage winger Antonio Nusa currently plying his trade with Belgian side Club Brugge with a view to signing him during the next transfer window.

 

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