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Gbajabiamila gives Akpabio 48 hours to name National Assembly members receiving NDDC contracts

NIGER Delta minister senator Godswill Akpabio has been given 48 hours by the Federal House of Representatives to name the members of the National Assembly who he claimed are the ones getting Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contracts.

 

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Rubber is another industry that just highlights how Nigeria has dropped the ball and failed to cash in on the global demand for our natural resources

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria used to be the world’s sixth largest producer of natural rubber but now we are only number 12 with an annual output of about 150,000 tonnes. Rubber is a tropical crop that can only grow in the rain forest, so Nigeria has a competitive advantage here

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Indian university hires 20 commandoes to beat up two African students for going out without a pass

AFRICAN students the Roorkee Institute of Technology in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have decried the recent maltreatment of two of their colleagues by the management of the institution who hired private commandoes to beat them up.

 

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Ogun replaces striking doctors with volunteer staff at its Sagamu Covid-19 isolation centre

OGUN State government has replaced its striking doctors working at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Covid-19 Isolation Centre with volunteer staff in a desperate bid to offer emergency service to members of the public.

 

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Covid-19 lockdown puts revival of Ajaokuta steel plant on hold as Russian engineers are stranded

NIGERIA'S Ajaokuta Steel Mill has suffered a delay in its planned opening due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic which delayed the arrival of Russian engineers who were to come and upgrade the facility.

 

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Ngozi promises to pay attention to least developed countries and small vulnerable economies is she becomes WTO boss

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured least developed countries (LDCs) and small vulnerable economies (SVEs) that their unique circumstances will be borne in mind of she becomes the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general.

 

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Ndubuisi Egbo becomes the first Nigerian coach to win a national league title with FK Tirana

 

FORMER Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo has become the first Nigerian head coach to lead a European team to a league title after his FK Tirana side won the Albanian league title over the weekend.

 

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If you look at the statistics, importers are technically doing far more harm to the Nigerian economy then corrupt public officials

Ayo Akinfe

(1) No matter how much we wrack our brains over Nigeria’s economic crisis, we will always arrive at one inescapable conclusion. We are simply not productive enough to sustain a nation state of 200m people

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NNPC suffers a drop in petroleum revenue of over 47% as coronavirus lockdown hits sales

NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) officials have revealed that revenue from petrol sales dropped by a whopping 47% during the month of April as a result of the coronavirus shutdown and the reduction in pump prices.

 

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No crop symbolises Nigeria’s over-reliance on oil like cotton which we have totally abandoned vandalising a whole industry

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Do you know that Nigeria once used to have 25 textile mills and at one stage was Africa’s largest cotton producer with an annual crop of over 600,000 tonnes, making her the 12th largest producer in the world?

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