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Former Palace manager Oliver Glasner to coach Aina and Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest

SUPER Eagles duo Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi will be managed by former Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner after the Austrian coach signed a three year deal with Nottingham Forest committing him to the Midlands club until the end of the 2028/29 season.

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I am still waiting for one of Nigeria’s presidential candidates to announce that they will be establishing a Directorate of Maverick Ideas with a mandate to think the unthinkable

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unlike most Nigerians, I do not believe in doing just the basic. I believe we should be looking to leapfrog the industrialised nations. I am prepared to think the unthinkable and push the boundaries of human know-how to breaking point. I hope our presidential candidates are thinking along the same lines as me

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Nigeria-eligible winger George joins Everton from Chelsea in a major transfer deal

NIGERIA-eligible winger Tyrique George has joined Premier League side Everton in major deal worth about £24m that includes a 15% sell-on element under which Chelsea will receive a percentage of any future transfer proceeds.

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I hope President Tinubu is using his influence with King Charles to initiate discussions with Andy Burnham about attracting wide scale British investment into Nigeria’s maritime industry

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the city to Britain

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Super Eagles to face Kosovo's national team in friendly game during next Fifa window

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will face Kosovo's national team during the next Fifa window as part of a bilateral arrangement aimed at strengthening sporting and diplomatic ties between both nations.

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I want to see the National Assembly pass the Nigerian Patriotic Act 2026 that will make every citizen a stakeholder in our society

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of the key pieces missing in the Nigerian jigsaw puzzle is unconditional patriotism. I believe we would have built a super power if our commitment to the nation was not always predicated on getting something back in return

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Man United revive their interest in Ndidi as they step up the search for Casemiro's replacement

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United have revived their interest in Super Eagles skipper Wilfred Ndidi as the step up their search for a replacement for Brazilian midfielder Casemiro who has just left the club.

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Nigeria’s political parties should have agricultural policies centred around developing farmers’ cooperatives and making agro-processing the centrepiece of manufacturing

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be obliged by law to organise their farmers into cooperative units

[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through these co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs

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Turkish said Bursapor emerge as one of the favourites to sign Kelechi Iheanacho from Celtic

TURKISH newly-promoted Super Lig One side Bursapor have emerged as one of the favourites to sign former Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho from Glasgow Celtic during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

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With elections due next year, surely Ohaneze Ndigbo should be telling all the candidates that they will only urge their members to vote for a party that has policies which look like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Upon assuming office, you must immediately announce the creation of a South East Industrial Directorate (SEID) with a mandate to turn the geo-political zone into one huge manufacturing hub. Kind of similar to Germany’s Ruhr Valley

[2] Within a week of assuming office, you will release Nnamdi Kanu from detention and appoint him as the chief executive of this new agency. You will obviously also drop all charges against him and decriminalise Ipob

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