One country I hope President Tinubu visits on his travels is Norway to see how they are weening themselves off crude oil

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Norway’s Parliament recently approved plans to divest $1trn of government funding from all oil and gas exploration companies. This was part of a radical programme to signify that Norway as a country is moving away from fossil fuels and is firmly in the clean energy camp

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Dino Melaye says he will not challenge result of Kogi gubernatorial elections in court

PEOPLE'S Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent Kogi State gubernatorial election Senator Dino Melaye gas revealed that he will not challenge his loss on the polls because he does not have faith in the Nigerian judiciary.

 

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Four new members join Canuk in the run-up to next month's London gala dinner

FOUR new organisations have joined the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) in the run-up to the 2023 end-of-year gala dinner taking place in London on December 16.

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Falcons coach says Ashleigh Plumptre will rejoin squad once she recovers from injuries

SUPER Falcons interim manager Justin Madugu has revealed that former Leicester City defender Ashleigh Plumptre has been dropped from the team due to the frequent spate of injuries that have afflicted her lately.

 

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Personally, I would settle for President Tinubu making steel his major priority in 2024 as without it we cannot industrialise or expand our economy, so we need a policy that looks like this

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[1] He should set Nigeria an annual target of producing 35m tonnes of steel. This will match Brazilian output and put us on the same trajectory as sister developing nations like Mexico, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam

[2] Announce a radical scrap metal collection programme. This will involve using all the money collected from corrupt officials to buy all scrap metal. Maybe call it the Industrial Trader Metal Money Programme

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Keyamo reveals that Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian Airliner contained suspicious deals

AVIATION minister Festus Keyamo has revealed that Nigeria's federal government is reviewing a contract signed between the former administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Ethiopian Airlines regarding the launch of a national carrier.

 

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Even if we have poor state governments and bad agriculture commissioners there is nothing stopping Nigeria becoming the world’s number one producer of the following crops

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[1] Oil palm

[2] Cocoa

[3] Groundnuts

[4] Cassava

[5] Yam

[6] Rubber

[7] Coconuts

[8] Shea nuts

[9] Cashews

[10] Neem

Where is the private sector please? There is only so much we can blame the government for you know!

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Maybe it is just me but I believe getting the National Orientation Agency to change the way we think as a people has got to be one of the Tinubu administration’s top priorities

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[1] As people, if we do not accept our shortcomings, we are never going to overcome them. Our problems in Nigeria are multi-faceted but they can be narrowed down to three things - intellectual laziness, ostentation and short term greed. In 1922, Frederick Lugard spotted all this and summed us up perfectly in his book Dual Mandate

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Armed gunmen kidnap 100 Zamfara villagers over their refusal to pay a N110m harvest tax

ARMED gunmen have abducted over 100 villagers in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State over the failure to pay the taxes that were imposed on them by these bandits who effectively govern the region.

 

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Nigerians have got to imbibe the words of the We Are The World song with says - We Can’t Go On Pretending Day By Day, There’s Someone Somewhere To Make a Change

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[1] On August 10 1792, a large scale insurrection against the French monarchy occurred in Paris, following on from the original uprising in 1789. It later led to the French Revolution and that epitome of liberty, equality and fraternity known as the Paris Commune formed in 1871

[2] In 18th century France, corruption was more rife than it is in Nigeria today, the leaders were more uncaring and the life of the French peasant was sheer hell

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