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GALATASARAY have rejected an ambitious offer for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen from English Premier League champions Arsenal involving an exchange for Swedish striker Viktora Gyökeres and an additional €30m.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure that like me, the rest of you do not know where the Tinubu administration stands on economic policy. Is it a Keynesian interventionist government or one that believes in laissez-faire free market economics?

[2] If I were an investor looking at the Nigerian market, I would like to know policy direction before committing myself. With a new administration due to take office next year, we need clarity on this matter

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs have become the latest club to express an interest in Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen as they are preparing to make a bid for him said to be worth between £50m and £55m.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Originally launched by the regime of General Sani Abacha, Vision 2020 was a great concept. It sought to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world, able to consolidate its leadership role in Africa and establish itself as a significant player in the global economic and political arena

ENGLISH Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion have added another Nigerian striker to their books after signing teenager Valentin Joseph from Championship side Blackburn Rovers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We are in a crisis because we are not productive enough. Nigeria is forecast to have a mere 2% gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate over the coming years, which is wholly inadequate

[2] Between 1999 and 2015, our average economic growth rate was about 6% per annum, although it was mainly due to high oil prices. However, in 2015, the economy just crashed and since then, it has never really recovered properly

SHOTPUTTER Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has won Nigeria's eighth gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a throw of 21.07 metres making him the first ever Nigerian to win top prize in the event.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Many humans do not know that Albert Einstein successfully proved that humans could live for longer in space than on planet earth

[2] Basically, what Einstein make clear was that if an astronaut travelled to space for a year, they would have increased their lifespan as they would age at a lesser rate

[3] Unfortunately, humanity has not built on Einstein’s work. If we did, by now, we would be sending humans to the moon to increase their lifespans

FLYING Eagles striker Abdulmuiz Adeleke could be on the verge of joining English Premier League giants Chelsea as soon as he hits 18 after he impressed the club's coaches during recent trials in London.                   

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Recently, India’s population overtook that of China. They now have 1.47bn people to China’s 1.41bn. However, India have not been caught napping

[2] India prepared for this moment by building industrial cities, wooing blue chip companies in their hundreds and getting 10% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates