Post-coronavirus African Development Doctrine 2021

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As from 2022 inwards, every African nation is compelled to produce an least half of what they consume

[2] If any African nation fails to produce 50% of all its needs, the African Union should be empowered to merge it with one of its neighbours

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BUA Group chairman laments the high cost of transporting goods within Nigeria

SUGAR mogul Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu has decried the cost of transporting goods within Nigeria saying the limited transportation facilities  add dramatically to the cost of doing business and ultimately to the price of consumer goods.

 

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Ibom Air purchases 10 Airbus A220 aircraft from Bombadier at Dubai Air Show as it expands

AKWA Ibom's state-owned airline Ibom Air has procured 10 Airbus A220 aircraft from Bombardier Aerospace as part of a comprehensive expansion plan aimed at increasing its presence in the Nigerian market.

 

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British Home Office contemplates Draconian law that allows it to strip people of their citizenship

BRITISH officials are planning to introduce a new law that could strip citizens of their citizenship without warning in a Draconian addition to the Nationality and Borders Bill currently being put together by the home secretary.

 

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DSS accused of punishing detainees in its custody who interact with Nnamdi Kanu

NIGERIAN Department of State Services (DSS) officials have been accused of meting out unfair punishment to any of its detainees who interact with Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu currently in its custody.

 

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NFF board agrees to sack Rohr his $2m severance package remains a stumbling block

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have stepped up the pressure on Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr to resign in response to the team's recent lacklustre performances that saw them limp through to the final round of World Cup qualification.

 

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If Soludo wants to etch his name into the history books like Awolowo and Okpara, he should get the four other southeast governors to agree on the imposition of a "Spare Parts Tax" that will be used to spur development

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One thing that makes my heart bleed is the fact that as a continent, Africa has very little man-made infrastructure to show the rest of the world. All we really have are the pyramids of Egypt. We have less than a dozen real national monuments in Nigeria, with National Theatre, Cocoa House, Kainji Dam, etc, being a few

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An extra 6m Nigerians to be pushed into poverty as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

AS many as 6m more Nigerians will be pushed into poverty between June 2020 and June 2021 as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report just published by the World Bank.

 

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US removes Nigeria from its special watch list of nations that violate religious freedoms

WASHINGTON has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violator nations that constantly engage in or tolerate systematic and egregious violations of religious freedoms against its citizens.

 

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Ohaneze Youth Council gives all Igbo presidential candidates 30 days to open campaign offices

OHANEZE Youth Council (OYC) members have issued a 30-day ultimatum to every presidential aspirant of southeast extraction ahead of the forthcoming the 2023 general election insisting that they open their campaign offices in the region within a month.

 

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