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Eagles begin arriving in camp ahead of Friday's World Cup qualifier against Ghana

MEMBERS of the Super Eagles have begin arriving in camp ahead of Friday's World Cup play-off against Ghana's Black Stars with about six players having arrived this morning with the bulk of them expected later on today.

 

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10 things Nigeria needs to do if we want a repeat of the 1970 feat when we witnessed a 25% growth in GDP

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Build at least one silo in each of our 774 local government areas to store all our cash crops and food crops. We then need to build processsing plants around these silos with a goal of adding at least 50% value to every agricultural product we produce

[2] Get the Ajaokuta and Aladja steel mills running at full capacity. Nigeria needs to produce at least 10m tonnes of steel a year

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Ipob warns Soludo not to touch any of their members offering their support if he cooperates

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has warned new Anambra State governor Charles Soludo not to touch any of its members because if he does it would mark the beginning of his failure.

 

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Nigerian military commanders claim to have killed local Iswap leader in recent air strike

NIGERIAN military commanders are claiming to have killed the leader of the terrorist sect the Islamic State West African Province (Iswap) Sheikh Sani Shuwaram in a recent air strike out in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.

 

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I challenge every Nigerian 2023 presidential aspirant to pit his or her head on the block and pledge to achieve the following 10 things by 2030

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Build the world’s tallest and first solar powered Ferris wheel

[2] Win the Fifa men’s World Cup

[3 We are the world’s largest cassava, yam, shea nut and kolanut producer. Let us build the planet’s largest and first-ever ultra-modular processing plant that can process all of these crops within the same facility. We should easily be the world's largest animal feed manufacturer

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Buhari arrives back in Abuja at the end of his two week medical leave in the UK

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari slipped back into Abuja last night unnoticed after spending a two week medical vacation in the UK where he met with his doctors over an undisclosed health condition.

 

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10 taxes Nigeria will have to consider introducing this year to generate about $30bn for investment in infrastructure to create jobs and get us out of this economic rut

Ayo Akinfe

[1] An annual 30% tax of the value of every private jet in the country

[2] A 50% tithe tax compelling all clergymen to hand over half of all they receive in offerings

[3] A Dubai party tax that levies 50% of the value of any party Nigerians throw abroad

[4] An Owambe tax which attracts a flat fee of around N50,000 per party

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NYSC decides to get tough with graduates who refuse to serve after graduating

NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials have announced fresh plans to prosecute graduates who do not do their mandatory one year service or present themselves for the scheme’s mobilisation after the completion of their studies.

 

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African Development Bank announces plans to create 400,000 jobs in Nigeria

AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) officials have announced an ambitious Nigerian trade industrialisation plan centred around the creation of special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZ) that will create an unprecedented 400,000 jobs across the country.

 

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Pandemic leads to a big rise in remittances from the Nigerian diaspora according to WorldRemit

REMITTANCES by the Nigerian diaspora grew by a staggering 11.5% during the course of 2021 as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic made a lot more Nigerians dependant on their relatives living abroad.

 

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