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Katsina youth confesses to conniving with bandits to kidnap his own 60 year old father

KATSINA State youth Hamza Isah has admitted to conniving with bandits to kidnap his own father from Rinjin Gora village in Matazu Local Government Area of the state after the two of them had a recent altercation.

 

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Arsenal reported to also be interested in signing Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu from Genk

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal are now expected to join the race to sign Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu as his recent exploits with Belgian side Genk have turned him into one of the most sought-after players in Europe.

 

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Nigeria needs to spearhead the recreation of the Non Aligned Movement this time making it an economic body with a mandate to get its fair share of direct investment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On September 1 1961, the The Non-Aligned Movement of 120 developing world states that were not formally aligned with any major power bloc was formed. With its headquarters in Belgrade, the association was supposed to represent developing nations caught up in the East-West power spat called the Cold War

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Who else would have loved to see President Buhari use the Turkish leader’s visit as an opportunity to announce an unprecedented ship building programme to manufacture giant vessels like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Recep Erdogan of Turkey just completed a two-day visit to Nigeria during which both countries signed eight bilateral deals in areas that covered energy, defence, mining and hydrocarbons among others

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If Soludu wins, let us see if he can revive some of the novel ideas of Michael Okpara and Ukpabi Asika who are the best two Igbo leaders ever for me

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that Michael Okpara dedicated 45% of his annual budget to education?

[2] Asika for me is the only Igbo leader to try and tap into Ndigbo's industrial spirit. I just hope that being an economist, Sioludo will do likewise.

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IMF forecasts that Nigeria will enjoy 2.6% GDP growth in 2021as her economy recovers from Covid-19

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasters have slightly increased Nigeria’s growth prospects to 2.6% and 2.7% for 2021 and 2022 respectively amid signs that the economy has now overcome the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Ngozi warns Nigeria that the government needs to bring down the high cost of trading

WORLD Trade organisation director-general Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that Nigeria will struggle to rebuild her economy in the post-coronavirus era as the nation is struggling to attract investment due to her high trading costs.

 

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Fayemi wants youth corpers armed in new initiative aimed at combating growing insecurity

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on the federal government to use members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to fight the growing insecurity across the country by arming them.

 

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