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SUPER Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi is now almost certain to miss out of the forthcoming Unity Cup taking place in London later this month after being stretchered off in the first half of a league match against Brentford yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Why not shame all those who want to marginalise and impoverish your people by floating a Niger Delta Petroleum Company to bid for oil blocks. It should be as commercial a company as Shell, Agip, Total, Mobil, etc

[2] They should built a massive refinery as Aliko Dangote has just done. Maybe make it a 1m barrels a day refinery located in say Degema or Opobo

SUPER Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka has regained his Premier League status after his new club Coventry secured promotion from the English Championship last night with three games to go after playing a draw with Blackburn Rovers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The South West Governors Forum shall provide loans with interest rates of no more than 5% interest to anyone wishing to delve into agriculture. Such loans will be tailored towards buying hybrid seedlings, pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and farming equipment like tractors, water tanks, silos, barns, etc

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has shattered the hopes of Nigerian football fans who are still holding on to the forlorn hope that the Super Eagles might get to go to the World Cup by declaring that Iran will be participating in the tournament.

Ayo Akinfe

NIGERIAN sprinter Favour Ofili will not be allowed to represent Turkey in future sporting events after World Athletics rejected her request to switch nationality saying such moves discourage countries from developing home-grown talent.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the city to Britain

NIGERIA-eligible teenage defender Josh Ogunnaike has been promoted to Arsenal's first team by manager Mikel Arteta ahead of the club's Uefa Champions League clash with Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon tonight.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians and Italians have an identical fashion sense. This should be the foundation of a bilateral trade agreement, starting with shoes. We need to get the likes of Santoni, Gucci, Salvatore, Prada, Ferragamo and Tod's to open joint ventures with local counterparts in Aba