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Adarabioyo leads the list of Nigeria-eligible players who changed clubs on deadline day

SEVERAL Nigeria-eligible players completed moves to new clubs on the last day of the transfer window yesterday in a development which Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle will no doubt be closely monitoring.

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Were I a candidate in Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential election, this Arewa Economic Rejuvenation Programme would be one of my key manifesto pledges

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2030, every one of the 19 states across northern Nigeria must generate enough revenue to at least meet their running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2030, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

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Super Eagles winger Azeez joins Brighton from Milwall in deadline day £15m deal

SUPER Eagles winger Femi Azeez has joined English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on transfer deadline day in a dramatic £15m move that will see him team up with compatriot Zadok Yohana who also joined the Seagulls this summer.

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Whoever wins Nigeria’s next presidential election has got to make the naming of a manufacturing czar his immediate priority

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I must confess that I for one have very little faith in these forthcoming elections. Nobody is debating policies, manifestos and ideas, so it is looking like the polls are not going to be about issues

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Super Falcons fullback joins English WSL side Aston Villa from London City Lionesses

ENGLISH Women's Super League (WSL) side Aston Villa have signed Nigerian fullback Rofiat Imuran from local rivals London City Lionesses on a three year contract ahead of the forthcoming 2026/27 season due to start next weekend.

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I hope that President Tinubu’s visit to London involves a mini summit at Downing Street with new prime minister Andy Burnham where they agree something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] At the moment, Nigeria is the UK’s fastest growing export market. We want to see this grow dramatically with an annual foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $1bn for British investors in Nigeria?

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President Tinubu lands in London today as part of three-week European working holiday

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has embarked upon a three-week holiday abroad in a surprise move that will see him arrive in London later on today as part of a tour expected to involve him to several European countries.

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As part of next year’s presidential election campaign, I would like to see our candidates come up with foreign policy pronouncements that offer the following

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue. We have seen the rest of the world offer this to Ukraine, so there is no excuse for OECD industrialised nations not to do the same in Nigeria

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Kelechi leaves Barnsley for Cypriot side Pac Omonia where he will team up with Uzoho

FORMER Golden Eaglets captain Kelechi Nwakali has left English League One side Barnsley and joined Cypriot First Division club Omonia 29is Maiou popularly known as Pac Omonia where he will team up with compatriot Francis Uzoho.

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With the 2027 elections looming, I am surprised that the South East Governors Forum have not put together an ambitious retail-to-manufacturing conversation programme like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of Nigeria’s most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

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