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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria was founded on the basis that she could supply Europe with commodities it needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend, albeit supplying finished products. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs have signed Nigeria-eligible teenage defender Maxwell Adedeji from Leicester City as part of the London side's reorganisation to avoid being in its perennial relegation dogfight next season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Crude oil - This is vital if you want to power your economy. We have crude oil in abundance, so thankfully do not need to spend billions importing petroleum products with the Dangote refinery coming on stream. We just need to get back to producing 2.5m barrels a day and process all our crude locally

NIGERIA-eligible teenage duo Josh Ogunnaike and Tobi Akinyimika have signed professional contracts with Arsenal and Watford respectively as the growing trend of diasporans coming through the youth ranks at English clubsides continues.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our next president needs to see himself as a post-war leader whose immediate priority is the decommissioning and rehabilitation of soldiers. Kind of similar to Clement Atlee, Britain’s prime minister who assumed office in 1945 and converted millions of young soldiers into industrial workers

FORMER Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has turned down the offer of extending his contracts as Scottish champions Glasgow Celtic and opted instead to join Turkish giants Bursaspor on a three year deal.                                                      

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Governors of the 19 states of northern Nigeria will be encouraged to make land available so the country’s cotton cultivation area is increased to at least 2m hectares by 2029

[2] Nigeria’s Bank of Industry will make loans available to all cotton farmers at an interest rate no higher than 2%

NIGERIA-eligible central midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu has been sent out on loan to Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray for the duration of the 2026/27 season by English Championship side Burnley following their relegation from the Premier League.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We want to build an African giant of a nation with a landmass of about 3m square kilometres. This will include about 800,000 sq kilometres of Sahara Desert

[2] South of the Sahara, we will build a socialist secular nation with a population of 1bn people where power is devolved to the federating units

[3] Our nation will have a gross domestic product of about $30trn putting it in sharp competition with China, India, the US and a United States of Europe

NIGERIA-eligible central defender Sean Somade has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League Crystal Palace in a development that sets him up for a breakthrough into the first team during the forthcoming 2026/27 season.