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NFF queries Peseiro for inviting Aribo and other inactive players to camp for World Cup qualifiers

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has been issued with a query by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for inviting inactive players to camp for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Kigali.

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I do not know how President Tinubu’s international diary is organised but I would suggest that a trip to Finland is added to his itinerary soon

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have been studying the Finnish railway industry of late and am very impressed with the way they have used it as a basis for industrialisation. If only Nigeria showed 10% of their productivity, we would have a high-speed pan-African railway network

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Nigerian senate to begin debating bill on diaspora voting next week as part of constitutional review

NIGERIA'S senate is to begin discussing a bill that will grant diasporans voting rights later this week as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 constitution according to the senate majority leader Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.

 

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APC refuses to sign election sheet in Bayelsa saying Inec colluded with PDP to rig

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the final results of the Bayelsa State governorship election released today by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) with incumbent Governor Douye Diri being declared the winner.

 

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Bruno Onyemaechi doubtful for World Cup qualifiers after he picked up injury yesterday

BOAVISTA leftback Bruno Onyemaechi is a doubt for Nigeria's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe taking place over the next week after picking up an injury in a league game over the weekend.

 

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Last weekend, Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states all held gubernatorial elections. If well run, these three states could easily match the $25bn or so that Nigeria is generating from crude oil exports

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us start with Imo State where incumbentent Governor Hope Uzodinma already been declared the winner. Imo has always had a presence in the palm oil industry and should be home to numerous processing plants making soap, cosmetics, animal feed, lubricants, etc for both domestic use and export

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PDP and Labour Party reject Imo election results after Inec declares Uzodinma the winner

OPPOSITION parties have refused to accept the results of yesterday's gubernatorial elections in Imo State after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) declared incumbent Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner.

 

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President Tinubu has launched a programme called Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain Initiative. I hope it includes initiatives aimed at combating health tourism like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All elected officials and the members of their immediate families are barred from going overseas for medical treatment

[2] Exceptions may be made in the cases of rare specialist care. In such cases, affected officials need to write to the National Assembly seeking permission for such trips

[3] Any public official who needs specialist overseas care more than once during a four year tenure must vacate their office

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I look forward to the day President Tinubu will tell Nigerians that a country of over 200m people needs to have an automobile manufacturing capacity so must have a car policy that looks like this

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] With an internal market of 200m people and a further 150m consumers across the Ecowas sub-region, Nigeria has a captive automobile market and simply has to exploit this to the maximum

[2] As a people, we need to make a solemn pledge to at least assemble locally every passenger car used in the country. Importing finished cars has got to become a criminal offence

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Peseiro reveals 23-man squad for forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has announced a 23-man squad for the forthcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe taking place later this month.

 

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