Eagles advance to final stage of World Cup qualifiers after unconvincing draw with Cape Verde in Lagos

NIGERIA has qualified for the final knock stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after the Super Eagles managed to top their qualification group with a 1-1 draw with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos tonight.

 

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Panel of enquiry asks Nigeria to make Oct 20 Toll Free Day and rename Lekki Plaza Endsars Tollgate

NIGERIA'S federal government has been urged to make October 20 a public holiday every year in memory of the  youths shot at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza last year when the government brutally ended  the #EndSARS protest.

 

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Nigeria should draw up guidelines that compel D8 countries to share technology with each other

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

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Government ministers not perturbed about Nigeria's 33% GDP-to- debt ratio

GOVERNMENT ministers have said they are not panicking about the fact that Nigeria's debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has ballooned to 33% as a result of increased borrowing brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Infighting continues within Zamfara State chapter of APC as national mediation fails to bring peace

BITTER infighting among the members of the Zamfara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) intensified over the weekend when a faction of the party described the national executive committee mediating in the crisis as illegal.

 

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13 local and foreign companies put in bids to run Nigeria's four main international airports

THIRTEEN different consortia have submitted bids for consideration to  manage Nigeria's four main international airports under the new tendering programme launched last week by the Independent Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

 

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Federal government looks to resolve Vat spat by reaching out-of-court settlement with governors

NIGERIA'S finance minister Zainab Ahmed has announced plans to enter into an out-of-court settlement with Nigeria's 36 states over the vexed issue of value added tax (Vat) that is currently turning into a fierce legal battle.

 

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Newcastle aim to bring Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq to the Premier League during January transfer window

NEWLY-acquired English Premier league side Newcastle United has set its sights ion Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq with a view to prosing him away from his Spanish club Almeria during the January transfer window in a €25m deal.

 

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I hope President Buhari made the case for a trans-African railway network at the recent Durban summit

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A Yaoundé-Douala-Calabar-Ikom line that will transport Cameroonian cocoa to the processing plant at Ikom in Cross River State

[2] A Lomé-Cotonou-Badagry-Apapa-Warri-Port Harcourt line that will link up West Africa’s coastal ports

[3] An Abuja-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Bamako-Conakry-Dakar line that will open up the Ecowas region to finished Nigerian goods

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