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All animals are equal but some are more equal than others

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and Omoyele Sowore will face the full wrath of Nigerian law, while the leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) are roaming about freely 

(2) Sambo Dasuki remains in detention for corruption despite court orders to free him, while the likes of Danjuma Goje, Godswill Akpabio and others who stole more than him are in government 

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Former presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore arrested

FORMER presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore had been arrested by men of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lagos ahead of a protest he plans to organise on August 5 against the government.

 

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Natural rubber and automobile tyre production alone could match the $25bn we generate from crude oil exports annually

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is August 3. In this day in 1900, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded by this gentleman named Harvey Firestone. Cashing in on the booming automobile market, Mr Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tyres for and the company was a pioneer in the mass production of them 

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ICPC discovers hospital equipment meant for constituency projects at Akpabio's private foundation

NIGERIA'S Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered public hospital equipment from the private premises of the Mma Obot Foundation belonging to former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio.

 

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Hoodlums believed to be Fulani cattle herdsmen murder Catholic priest in Enugu State

HOODLUMS suspected to be Fulani cattle herdsmen have killed the Catholic Parish Priest of St  James the Greater Parish in Ugbawka of Enugu State Reverend Father Paul Offu by shooting him yesterday.

 

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Coza board member Pastor Obafemi Banigbe resigns over controversy surrounding the church

COMMONWEALTH Zion Assembly (Coza) board member Pastor Obafemi Banigbe has resigned in response to the growing controversy surrounding the church's founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo who is accused of rape.

 

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Leicester City sign Nigerian teenage goalkeeper Chituru Odunze after successful two week trials

NIGERIAN teenage goalkeeper Chituru Odunze has been signed up by English Premier league side Leicester City after successfully completing a two week trial with the club ahead of the forthcoming season.

 

Odunze, 16, spent last season playing for Major League Soccer side, Vancouver Whitecaps and will now return to England where he started his career. Before joining Vancouver Whitecaps in January 2017, Odunze played for the youth teams of Chelsea, Cardiff City and West Ham in England.

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List of ministerial list appears to have been leaked without official authorisation

PRESIDENCY officials have indicated that the recently published list of ministerial appointees was an unapproved leak not sanctioned by President Muhammadu Buhari who had intended to name their portfolios during their inauguration.

 

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Nigerian Declaration of Economic Independence

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is a nice coincidence that President Buhari names the members of his cabinet and their portfolios on August 2 as on this same day in 1776, 55 men signed the US Declaration of Independence. Will we see 43 men and women sign a Nigerian Declaration of Economic Liberation today that will contain the following:

(2) All Nigerian states will become self-reliant by the year 2025. Generating as much as they spend at the very least

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Nigeria suffers a 67% fall in investment commitments during the first six months of this year

NIGERIA attracted a total of $15.5bn worth of domestic and foreign investment commitments during the first six months of 2019 according to a recent report by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) .

 

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