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How Nigeria should exploit the ongoing turmoil in the aviation industry

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We should approach aircraft manufacturers Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Bombadier telling them that the Ecowas block will sign a 10-year exclusive supply deal with any of them that opens a plant in Nigeria

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Three senior Islamic State of West Africa Province commanders executed in major purge

TERRORIST group the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) has executed three of its commanders including the son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf  in what appears to be a spat over how to proceed with the war against Nigeria.

 

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Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown backs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's quest to become WTO boss

 

FORMER British prime minister Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's bid to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) saying she has a track record of delivery.

 

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Nigerian GP Dr Stella Immanuel leads America’s Frontline Doctors campaign to get Hydroxychloroquine approved

NIGERIAN-born US medical practitioner Dr Stella Immanuel has led a team of American doctors to Washington DC to push the case for Hydroxychloroquine being accepted as an effective cure for Covid-19 saying it cured 350 of her patients.

 

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Independent investigative panel clears Akinwunmi Adesina of any wrongdoing at AfDB

 

FORMER Nigerian agriculture minister Akinwunmi Adesina has been cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent panel set up to investigate him after the US accused him of corruption in the discharge of his duties as African Development Bank (AfDB) president.

 

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Super Eagles centreback Semi Ajayi nominated for West Brom player of the year award

 

FANS of newly-promoted English clubside West Bromwich Albion (WBA) have nominated Super Eagles centreback Semi Ajayi as a candidate for the club's player of the year in recognition of the remarkable season he has just had.

 

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10 relatively new companies whose market capitalisation is greater than Nigeria’s total gross domestic product (GDP) of $375bn

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Apple - $1.6trn
(2) Microsoft - $1.54trn
(3) Amazon - $1.52trn
(4) Alphabet - $1.04trn
(5) Alibaba - $673bn
(6) Facebook - $665bn
(7) Berkshire Hathaway - $466.8bn
(8) Taiwan Semiconductor - $431bn
(9) Visa - $419.2bn
(10) Johnson & Johnson - $387bn

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Nigerian health officials ask when 250 ventilators promised by President Trump in April will arrive

NIGERIAN health officials have expressed concern that America's President Donald Trump is yet to deliver on a promise his made in March this year to deliver 250 US ventilators to the country to assist in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Five southeast governors conclude plans to launch regional security operation similar to Amotekun

GOVERNORS of the five states in Nigeria's Igbo-speaking southeast geo-political zone have concluded plans to float a regional security outfit similar to the Amotekun organisation launched in the southwest earlier this year.

 

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Glasgow Rangers look to sign third Nigerian player as it eyes Bordeaux striker Josh Maja

SCOTTISH football giants Glasgow Rangers have taken an interest in another Nigerian player with a view to signing Bordeaux striker Josh Maja ahead of the 2020/21 season as a replacement for the injured Jermain Defoe.

 

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