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Rather than the Deep Offshore Act I would have loved it if President Buhari had signed a Petroleum Moratorium Bill into law yesterday

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Deep Offshore Act into law. This basically increases our dependence on crude oil revenue and is only going to lead to a greater scramble for off-shore oil wells

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Obasanjo to create 1,000 jobs in Benue with mango plantation and juice processing plants

FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has announced plans to create 1,000 jobs in Benue State with the expansion of his mango plantation in Howe in Gwer East Local Government Area and the opening of adjoining processing plants.

 

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Spurs teenage defender Jubril Okedina pledges his international future to Nigeria

TOTTENHAM Hotspurs defender Jubril Okedina has pledged his international future to the Super Eagles telling the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) that he will honour an invitation whenever invited to camp.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu denies his father has passed on saying the rumour is designed to derail Ipob

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra's (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has denied rumours that his father the paramount ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu Kingdom in Umuahia His Royal Highness King Israel Okwu Kanu has passed away.

 

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Only goods with 30% Ecowas local content will be allowed into Nigeria when borders re-open

NIGERIA'S decision to open her borders top neighbouring countries will be predicated on all imports having at least 30% local input in line with the Economic Community for West African States (Ecowas) free trade protocol.

 

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PCW Khafi Kareem claims she has been given the all-clear to return to work with the Met

NIGERIAN-born Metropolitan Police officer Khafi Kareem has been given the go-ahead to return to work despite defying her superiors and appearing on the Big Brother Nigeria TV show in August where she struck up a relationship with a fellow house mate.

 

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Do you know that Nigeria does not have one registered or protected tropical rainforest despite 7.7% of our landmass being made up of this vegetation?

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I was just checking through some data on tropical rainforests and discovered there is not one such registered forest in Nigeria. This is despite the fact that it forms the majority of the environment in certain states like Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Abia, Cross River, Edo Oyo, Ebonyi and Ekiti

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Buhari approves extension of border closure programme until January 31 next year

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has extended Nigeria's ongoing border closure programme until January 31 next year as part of the government's plans to limit the influx of cheap imports through neighbouring ports like Cotonou in the Republic of Benin.

 

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Given that Nigeria was the only country on the planet with three slave trade export ports it is criminal that we are not a global maritime power

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) We have just finished celebrating Black History Month in the UK. Having been invited to be a speaker at several events, I delved into the history of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and from the records it is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would have been no global trade in human cargo

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Retired Bauchi teacher threatens to divorce his wives if not paid his entitlements

BAUCHI State retired primary school teacher Ahmadu Azumi has threatened to divorce all of his wives if the state government does not pay him all his retirement benefits before the end of November.

 

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