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Osimhen snubs Arsenal because he wants to play Uefa Champions League football

SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen is believed to have rebuffed an offer from English Premier League side Arsenal opting to spend at least one more season with Napoli because he wants to play in the Uefa Champions League.

 

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Bishop Kukah and presidency exchange war of words after his Easter sermon focuses on insecurity

CATHOLIC bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Kukah and the presidency have been engaged in a bitter war of words over the last few days over his constant criticism of the federal government's security failures.

 

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As 2023 looms, does Nigeria need an autocratic president like Napoleon Bonaparte to solve her plethora of socio-economic woes?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On September 28 1785, Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the military academy in Paris. He was only 42nd in a class of 51 and no one paid any particular notice to him. However, history had other ideas

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Ngige joins the race for Aso Rock saying he will re-engineer Nigeria the way he did Anambra

LABOUR and employment minister Senator Chris Ngige has joined the race to become Nigeria's next president throwing his hat into the ring as one of the aspirants seeking the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket.

 

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Notorious bandit Nasanda gives Zamfara State 14 days to pay him compensation of N30m

ZAMFARA State government has been given a 14-day ultimatum to come up with a sum of N30m ($72,379) as compensation for killing the wife of a renown bandit known as Nasanda or face the prospect of seeing 900 innocent people killed.

 

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No Nigerian government has been as successful at tax collection as Frederick Lugard

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With 23% of Nigeria's workforce unemployed, it is no surprise that violent crimes like armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and terrorism are on the rise. With no means of survival, our youths have no alternative than to take up arms

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Buhari takes surprise step of pardoning 159 convicts including two ex-governors jailed for corruption

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has taken the bizarre step of pardoning 159 convicts including two former governors who were convicted for financial malpractices in what appears to be an open negation of his administration's anti-corruption policy.

 

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Super Eagles to play Ecuador in New Jersey five days after licking horns with Mexico

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have confirmed that the Super Eagles will play a second pre-World Cup friendly game in the US in June when they take on Ecuador in New Jersey on June 2.

 

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Why is Nigeria not looking to tap into the huge commercial potential that Easter offers? We clearly do not appreciate the tourist gold mine we are sitting on

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure a lot of you get asked why Nigeria is so populated often. How come about half of the 360m people living in West Africa are Nigerian and one in five Africans is Nigerian? Even countries with more arable land like DR Congo, Angola and Tanzania are not as populated as us. How many of you have the answers?

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If we want to attract foreign direct investment in massive quantities, we need to address our security challenges by adopting the following 10 measures

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Start manufacturing all our armaments locally

[2] Strengthen our borders and then police them effectively

[3] Establish a world class special forces commando unit similar to say the British SAS or the US Navy Seals. These guys should be able to wipe any terrorist threat within a week

[4] Build more factories, leisure and sports facilities so our youth stop congregating in mosques and churches where they get indoctrinated

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