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Ayo Akinfe

[1] From the records it is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would have been no global trade in human cargo. it is no accident that Nigeria was called the Slave Coast with Badagry and Lagos Island serving a huge slave-holding pens

NIGERIA-eligible midfielder David Ozoh currently on loan to English Championship side Derby County will now miss the rest of the season after sustaining a thigh injury which the club's medics have described as a major injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No doubt, you all watched the recent heated exchange between Presidents Zelensky and Trump in the White House. What jumped out of the conversation for me was President Trump's repeated claim that the US has spend $350bn backing Ukraine's war effort so far

FIVE new airlines are due to launch in Nigeria this year after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approved their air operating certificates (AOC) that would authorise them to commence operations over the last week.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One of Africa's biggest tragedies is that we are waiting for the government to deliver is to the Promise Land. Unfortunately, if you look across the industrialised world, in Europe and North America, development happened organically, independent of the government

ENGLISH Championship side Burnley are looking to sign Nigerian striker Daniel Udoh from his current club Wycombe Wanderers during the summer as they eye a swift return to the English Premier League.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Between 2025 and 2030 a nationwide railway network will be constructed linking all 774 local government areas together

[2] Between 2025 and 2030, Nigeria will move towards allowing each of its 36 federating units to control the resources within their domain. By 2030, they will only have to remit 50% of all monies received to the federal government

ENGLISH footballing giant Liverpool are now poised to sign Super Eagles striker Ademola Lookman at the end of the season as a replacement for Egyptian legend Mo Salah who looks set to leave Merseyside in the summer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In 1928, the Ford Motor Company build Fordlandia, the Brazilian town in the Amazon rain forest. It was a prefabricated industrial town intended to be inhabited by 10,000 people to secure a source of cultivated rubber

[2] Henry Ford, the company's founder had negotiated a deal with the Brazilian government granting him a concession of 10,000 km2 of land on the banks of the Rio Tapajós in exchange for a 9% share in the profits generated

NIGERIA has missed out on being included in the recently-published US list of eligible countries that qualify for its 2025 Visa Waiver Program (VWP) that enables citizens of those nations to travel to America without having to obtain visas.