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Super Falcons striker Joy Omewa joins Women's Super League Two side Nottingham Forest

SUPER Falcons striker Joy Omewa has joined English Women's Super League (WSL) Two side Nottingham Forest from Danish club Fortuna Hjørring until the end of the 2025/26 season.

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Southwark Crown Court told that Diezani spent £2m on luxury items at London's Harrods

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been found to have spent over £2m on luxury items at London's iconic Harrods store while she was in office between 2010 and 2015.

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I hope President Tinubu’s trade agreement with Turkey involved setting foreign direct investment targets and quotas. We want to see their companies invest in the following areas:

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nnewi - Automobile manufacturing

[2] Akure - Cocoa processing and chocolate

[3] Orlu - Pharmaceuticals

[4] Aba - Clothing and footwear

[5] Abeokuta - Railway carriages and engines

[6] Kano - Groundnut, neem, millet and sorghum processing

[7] Damaturu - Dairy products

[8] Port Harcourt - Shipbuilding, boatmaking and fishing equipment

[9] Calabar - Aircraft assembly

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Chelsea sign Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Yisa Alao from Sheffield Wednesday

ENGLISH Premier league giants Chelsea have signed Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Yisa Alao from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on a two-and-half year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2028.

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With 2026 now well underway, maybe it is to time for us to turn our attention to the Nigerian Governors Forum as we search for a Chinese solution to our economic problems

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure that like me, many 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. How I wish I was in Turkey to bang heads with our finance minister Wale Edun on this matter

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Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Igboho returns to Nigeria after four-and-a-half years in exile

YORUBA Nation campaigner Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has returned to Nigeria after spending four-and-a-half years in exile and proceeded straight to the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Rashidi Ladoja who helped facilitate his return.

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As we grapple over how to get Nigeria out of the woods, one option we should be considering is sending a team to Malaysia to study how Pertronas works and replicate this with the NNPC

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Petronas, Malaysia's national petroleum corporation accounts for 50% of the federal government’s budget

[2] Petronas subsidiary Malaysian Marine & Heavy Engineering, builds oil rigs and platforms

[3] Petronas Fertiliser Kedah manufactures urea fertiliser

[4] Petronas subsidiary KLCC Properties Berhad manages Kuala Lumpur city centre

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Man United plan audacious bid for Wilfred Ndidi before the close of the transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United are considering making a move for Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi in an audacious deal that would see him make a £12m move from Turkish side Besiktas before the closure of the January transfer window.

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I hope Tinubu realises that he needs a team that can make Nigeria self-sufficient regarding the manufacturing of the following basic consumer items between now and 2031

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Steam irons

[2] Wrist watches

[3] Mobile phones

[4] Laptop computers

[5] iPads

[6] Plasma Television sets

[7] Fridge-freezers

[8] Handbags

[9] Generator sets

[10] Bicycles

[1] I do not think it is asking too much for us as a nation to produce 50m units of each of these items annually

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Ogun State government denies suspending three Ijebu chiefs over their roles in Awujale dispute

OGUN State government officials have denied reports that they have had to suspend three high-ranking Ijebu chiefs in response to the ongoing rancour surrounding the appointment on a new Awujale of Ijebuland.

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