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Nigerian Forestry Products Bill 2020

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Given that 45% of Nigerian timber exports is rosewood, a highly prized wood used for the production of luxurious furniture, it’s export is henceforth banned

(2) By 2025, Nigeria must match Brazil’s production of 11bn kg of timber production

(3) In each of our 36 states, there must be at least five pulp, laminated wood, sawmill, plywood, furniture or paper mill factory

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Championship promotion hopefuls WBA eye bringing Mikel to England next season

ENGLISH Championship side West Bromwich Albion (WBA) have joined the list of clubs looking to sign former Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi on a free transfer ahead of next season as the club pursues promotion to the Premier League.

 

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Nothing symbolises how unproductive we are in Nigeria like the fishing industry

Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is criminal laziness bordering on a crime against mother nature for a country with 853km of Atlantic coastline to be importing fish. I do not know of any other nation in the same position that does so

(2) Again, this is a another case of crude oil making us lazy. We believed we had enough money to import anything we wanted so we allowed virtually every other sector of our economy to collapse

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10 things Nigeria needs to do in 2020 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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New IATA report reveals Nigerian aviation industry loses over £2bn as a result of the coronavirus lockdown

NIGERIAN airlines lost a total of $2.09bn during the course of April and June as a result of the coronavirus lockdown according to statistics just published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

 

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Risk of coronavirus spreading across Kano State rises as 193 almajiri test positive

KANO State is facing the prospect of an accelerated spread of the coronavirus pandemic after about 193 street urchins known as almajirais tested positive for the virus just as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje eased the lockdown across the state.

 

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Nigeria's government calls for three days of fasting and prayers to end Covid-19 pandemic

NIGERIA'S federal government has entered into a partnership with the Nigerian Interreligious Council (Nirec) and declared a season of fasting and prayers across the country in a desperate attempt to find a solution to the raging coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Nigerian author Bernadine Evaristo becomes first black writer to win British Book Awards

NIGERIAN-British writer Bernadine Evaristo has been named the 2020 author of the year at this year's British Book Awards becoming the first-ever black writer to win the category since the event was launched in 1990.

 

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Newly-promoted Serie A side Benevento expresses interest in taking Mikel to Italy

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi could be on his way to Italy next season after newly promoted side Benevento expressed an interest in signing him as it prepared for life in Serie A.

 

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Like Dr Martin Luther King, we have to dream of a future that appears unthinkable at the moment if we are serious about getting the world’s largest black nation respected by the rest of the human race

Ayo Akinfe

Here are 10 things I dream of as I think about the kind of Nigeria we want to bequeath to our grand children and great grand children:

(1) Nigeria will develop supersonic aircraft that can fly at the speed of light and travel to other galaxies and solar systems

(2) Nigeria’s president will become the first world leader to sign a bilateral deal with the leader of an alien race. We will agree to share technology and sign up to annual exchange visits

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