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Vice President Shettima should not leave this UN summit in New York until he gets clear assurances on global investment in clean energy into the Nigerian economy

Ayo Akinfe

[1] World leaders are currently meeting at the United Nations’ 80th anniversary in New York. While there, among other things, they are busy trying to find ways to reduce the global carbon footprint. One thing they always fail to ever mention, however, is that Africa has very little to do with global warming

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Wolves tell Arokodare to start scoring league goals as he did in the Carabao Cup to save them from the drop

WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers manager Vitor Pereira has told Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare to regard his debut goal against Everton in the Carabao Cup this week as the start of a long journey as the club expects a lot more from him this season.

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Would you not love it if the new Olubadan Rasheed Ladoja calls a meeting of Oyo State monarchs and presents them with a development plan for forwarding on to the government

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With a population of about 8m Oyo State is the sixth most populous in the Nigeria. It also has the largest landmsss of all the states in the south of the country with area of 28,454 square kilometres. It is thus no surprise that Lagos State for instance, hires land in Oyo State for agriculture. Going forward, Oyo may have to do a bit more of that, given that Lagos has no land for agricultural expansion

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Man United intend sending scouts to U20 World Cup to look at Flying Eagles goalkeeper

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United plan sending scouts to the Fifa U20 World Cup which kicks off in Chile this weekend to go and watch Nigerian goalkeeping sensation Ebenezer Harcourt with a view to signing him.

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This week, President Tinubu will be addressing the UN General Assembly as it celebrates its 80th anniversary. Why are Nigerians not demonstrating outside the building making demands like these of the industrialised world?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Population-wise, we are number seven in the world. Nigeria should thus be the seventh largest foreign direct investment (FDI) destination by 2030. G20 UN members must pledge to invest at least $10bn annually in Nigeria

[2] Every automobile manufacturer must be compelled to open at least one assembly plant in Africa by 2030. We refuse to be left behind in this clean energy and electric car revolution

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Armed gunmen abduct member of Plateau State House of Assembly as banditry spreads to Middle Belt

ARMED gunmen have abducted the lawmaker representing the Pankshin South constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon Laven Jacob in what appears to be a major escalation of banditry across northern Nigeria.

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With Nigeria’s 65th anniversary fast approaching, I hope the cabinet is working on an Independence Day speech that will include the following programmes

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build at least one silo in each of our 774 local government areas to store cash crops and food crops. We will then augment this by building processsing plants around these silos with the goal of adding at least 50% value to every agricultural product we produce

[2] We will get the Ajaokuta and Aladja steel mills running at full capacity. Nigeria needs to produce at least 10m tonnes of steel a year

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Brighton shower praise on Nnadozie after she is voted fourth best goalkeeper in the world

ENGLISH Women's Super League (WSL) side Brighton and Hove Albion have paid glowing tribute to Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for being voted the fourth best goalkeeper in the world at the Ballon d'Or Awards last night.

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Now that Siminalayi Fubara has returned to office, he should seize the opportunity to etch his name in gold, making himself irreplaceable in 2027 by initiating an unprecedented development programme that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] What makes Rivers State unique is that it has always been at the forefront of economic change in Nigeria. Rivers State was the centre of the slave trade, the palm oil trade and now the crude oil trade. It has always been the cash cow of Nigeria. It should account for at least 20% of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) given the head-start it had. Siminalayi Fubara should have this as his target

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Nigerian Air Force bombs villages on Lake Chad in renewed assault on Iswap and Boko Haram

NIGERIAN Air Force (Naf)  jets have carried out unprecedented bombing raids on islands in Lake Chad as part of a renewed battle against terrorist groups the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) and Boko Haram.

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