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Scottish FA unhappy with strong arm tactics used by NFF boss to woo Watford striker Dapo Mebude

SCOTTISH Football Association officials have complained about the tactics Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick used to woo new Watford striker Dapo Mebude claiming he used strong arm tactics to secure the youngster.

 

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Were I Nigeria's agriculture minister, I would insist that a Kolanut Industry Bill be debated alongside the Petroleum Industry Bill

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the world’s largest kolanut producer accounting for about 54% of global output. There is no justification for it not being as big a money spinner as crude oil

[2] These days, wine distillers are increasingly using kolanuts in their red wine. We want a global monopoly of this market

[3] Now, the global red wine industry is worth $423bn annually. This is about half of our total oil earnings since independence in 1960

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United Arab Emirates creates artificial rainfall by using drones to get clouds to bunch together

UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) government officials have come up with an innovative solution to beat the sweltering 50 degrees Celsius heat afflicting the country by developing artificial rainfall using drones.

 

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New diaspora online money transfer app SympliFi aimed at empowering recipients launched

ONLINE money transfer organisation SympliFi has launched a radical new loan service facility aimed at enabling diasporans to send money back home to Nigeria in a commercial manner that not only saves them parting with cash but also empowers the recipients.

 

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Imo State Police Command arrests supplier of Indian hemp to Ipob and ESN fighters

MEN of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 51 year-old-man identified as Friday Ndimma believed to be the regular supplier of Indian hemp to Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) militants.

 

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Igboho's extradition process suffers setback after Benin officials fail to charge him to court

NIGERIA'S plans to get Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo extradited from neighbouring Benin Republic has faced a serious setback after the Beninoise authorities failed to produce him in court today to face immigration charges.

 

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West Ham's bid to sign Paul Onuachu under threat if collapsing if deal is not reached by August

ENGLISH Premier League club West Ham's bid to sign Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu from Belgian side Genk faces being derailed with the deal under threat of collapsing if the two sides cannot reach a deal by the first week in August.

 

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This is the order in which I will rate Nigeria's top 10 security challenges at the moment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Restoring normality to the northeast. Iswap have even declared one of their commanders as the Borno State governor

[2] Ending the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen killing innocent people across the country

[3] Confronting these so-called armed bandits in the northwest who now attack schools and abduct pupils on a daily basis

[4] Nigeria's large army of kidnappers who have developed a lucrative ransom industry

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Federal government gave 48 domestic companies tax relief during the course of 2020

NIGERIA'S federal government granted a total of 48 domestic companies a tax holiday in 2020 as part of a programme to give the economy a much-needed boost according to the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC).

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo asks for the same efficiency used to pursue Kanu and Igboho to be used against herdsmen

PAN-Igbo cultural body Ohanaeze Ndigbo has challenged Nigeria's federal government to apply the same amount of zeal and efficacy with which it arrested Nnamdi Kanu and  Sunday Igboho to deal with Fulani cattle herdsmen and killer bandits.

 

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