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We need the presidency to adopt a guideline which makes it compulsory for Nigeria's president to take our leading pastorpreneurs with him whenever he is going on an international trip in search of foreign direct investment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Tinubu is currently in the Americas looking for foreign direct investment (FDI). From what I can see, he is hoping to attract finance capital from St Lucia and then get industrial investment from Brazil. I just hope he does not come back empty-handed

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Kenyan high court fines Nigerian government 10m shillings for abducting Nnamdi Kanu

NIGERIA has been adjudged to have breached Kenya's sovereignty by abducting Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu from Nairobi in 2021 and has been fined 10m Kenyan shillings ($77,000) for the offence.

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Obi says he will run for president in 2027 dismissing suggestions he will stand as Atiku's running mate

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has lit up the Nigerian political environment by declaring that he will be a presidential candidate again in 2027 and will even be willing to serve for just a single team as part of a coalition deal.

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No matter how much I wrack my brains over this matter, I keep coming back to the conclusion that what we desperately need is an Aso Rock Policy Unit created to deal with the menace of low productivity

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We can argue about Nigeria's problems until kingdom but the fact remains that we are simply not productive enough. That is the root cause of all our problems as a nation and nowhere is more manifest than in the fact that manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP)

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Arsenal open talks with Atalanta as they look to sign Lookman before the start of next season

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have opened talks with Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman with a view to signing him from Italian side Atalanta during the current transfer window.

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President Tinubu has travelled to Brazil and St Lucia in search of foreign direct investment. If we had an Aso Rock Policy Unit, they would have drawn up plans for him that included setting targets like this

Ayo Akinfe

Nigerian foreign direct investment (FDI) targets for 2026:

[1] Food processing - $20bn

[2] Railways - $15bn

[3] Power generation - $10bn

[4] Automobile assembly plants - $10bn

[5] Steel production - $5bn

[6] Solid mineral processing plants - $5bn

[7] Pharmaceuticals - $5bn

[8] Leather processing - $5bn

[9] Green energy - $5bn

[10] Cosmetics and beauty products - $5bn

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Nnadozie moves to the English WSL after joining Brighton on a free transfer from Paris FC

SUPER Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has expressed delight at her recent move to the English Women's Super League (WSL) after she joined Brighton & Hove Albion on a free transfer from French club Paris FC.

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Our banditry problems in the northwest could be addressed with the introduction of a Nigerian Textile Industry Resuscitation Bill that will employ millions of youths

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Cotton production is to be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry

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Burnley eye Frank Onyeka as he returns to England following his German loan spell

NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Burnley has emerged as one of the favourites to sign Super Eagles anchorman Frank Onyeka who has just returned from a season-long loan in Die Bundesliga with Augsburg.

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