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OMONIA Nicosia goalkeeper Francis Uhozo will captain Nigeria tonight when the Super Eagles face the Warriors of Zimbabwe in the opening game of the Unity Cup taking place in London at Charlton Athletic's Valley Ground.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In the run-up to The World War Two, Lord Beaverbrook , Britain’s minister of aircraft production had a unique foreign trade policy. He believed Britain should focus all its trade with its colonies like India, Nigeria, Jamaica, etc. He was of the view that trade should be kept within the empire. Sadly, trade with the empire was never really given a try

FORMER Arsenal goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheri has been invited by Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle to train with the squad in London ahead of the forthcoming Unity Cup that kicks off tomorrow when Nigeria faces Zimbabwe.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Somehow, there was a presidential primary election in the APC, that actually involved a candidate standing. This candidate got zero votes but hey, it was still officially an election. Now that President Tinubu has been returned, can he please start work on economic planning

SUPER Eagles centreback Semi Ajayi will be playing in the English Premier League again next season after his clubside Hull City won the English Championship play-off yesterday beating Middlesbrough 1-0 at Wembley.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we stand, the whole world is moving away from fossil fuels. By 2050, our crude oil will be useless as no one will want it. Our first priority must be to get all new industrial concerns to generate their own power rather than rely on the national grid

ENGLISH Premier League sides Everton and Newcastle United have emerged as the leading contenders to sign Nigerian forward Uche Christantus when his loan spell at Crystal palace ends next week.

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[1] Nigerians have among the most diverse array of textiles in the world. It is inexplicable that the sector is not one of the nation’s biggest sources of foreign exchange

[2] There is absolutely no reason why Nigeria’s revenue from the exports of lace, adire, guinea brocade, Atiku, ankara, etc does not match crude oil receipts. We should be mass-producing finished products and exporting them to retail outlets all over the world

GALATASARY have warned English Premier League giants Chelsea that they have no plans to sell Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen to them during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As part of this national animal husbandry debate, we will be giving top priority to the opening of animal feed compounding plants across Nigeria

[2] Something like monkey yam which is not really suited to human consumption shall be cultivated exclusively for animal feed