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NIGERIAN teenage prodigy Emmanuel  Ahaneku has signed a pre-scholarship deal with Arsenal's Hale End Academy from Coventry City making him the latest in a long list of Nigerians to join The Gunners schoolboy outfit.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Foreign direct investment - Aim for $50bn annually. When Mark Zuckerberg last visited Nigeria, did we get him to commit to a minimum annual investment figure?

[2] Development grants - I have lost track of how many billions are available through bodies like Unesco, Unicef, WHO, WTO, World Bank, etc. Do we have an annual target we want them to invest in Nigeria annually?

NIGERIAN migrant Lucius Njoku has been handed a 16 week suspended prison sentence by a British high court for impersonating a compatriot and using her details to work in a national health Service (NHS) hospital.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Religion holds a lot of sway in Nigeria but how many of the country’s Christians know that the word Niger appears in the bible? Had this been the case with a European nation, the missionaries would have told us that it is a sign that they are God’s ordained people

SUPER Eagles playmaker Uche Christantus appears to have faced disciplinary action at his club Crystal Palace after returning late from international duty last week with him being dropped for the weekend's league game.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Ending the current insecurity epidemic. There are 6m 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

SUPER Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyeadika could be fit and ready for Nigeria's World Cup playoff games next month after he resumed training with his team Club Brugge after spending about a month out with a hamstring injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of the country’s most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing it could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

STAND-IN Super Eagles skipper Wilfred Ndidi has received another acknowledgment of his leadership qualities on the pitch with his Turkish clubside Besiktas naming him as their vice captain despite only joining the side this season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that the global footwear industry was worth $290bn in 2019 just before the coronavirus pandemic struck

[2] Post-Covid, in 2022, the global footwear was worth $382bn as more shoes got sold worldwide and in 2023, it was $398.40bn