Federal government launches new diaspora mortgage scheme in conjunction with private sector

NIGERIANS living outside the country will now be able to purchase houses back home through the federal government under the new Diaspora Housing Scheme just launched by the minister of housing Architect Ahmed Dangiwa.

 

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Dino Melaye threatens to mount international campaign against Inec chairman Prof Yakubu

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the recent gubernatorial elections Senator Dino Melaye has vowed to mount an international campaign against the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

 

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Spurs manager steps up his interest in Wilfred Ndidi with a view to signing him next summer

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs have emerged as new contenders looking to sign Super Eagles anchorman Wilfred Ndidi during the next summer transfer window alongside Catalan giants Barcelona.

 

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With Nigerian unemployment currently sitting at around 8m, President Tinubu has to come up with a public works programme using Liberty Stadium as a template

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[1] There are currently about 9m unemployed people in Nigeria. Between 4% and 5% of the population are without jobs. Most these are youths not trained or educated and lack the skills required in a modern economy

[2] Countries like Brazil and South Africa have successfully introduced public works programmes of late, soaking up millions of unemployed youths. Nigeria needs a similar sort of programme if she is to address her unemployed crisis

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NFF queries Peseiro for inviting Aribo and other inactive players to camp for World Cup qualifiers

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has been issued with a query by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for inviting inactive players to camp for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Kigali.

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I do not know how President Tinubu’s international diary is organised but I would suggest that a trip to Finland is added to his itinerary soon

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[1] I have been studying the Finnish railway industry of late and am very impressed with the way they have used it as a basis for industrialisation. If only Nigeria showed 10% of their productivity, we would have a high-speed pan-African railway network

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Nigerian senate to begin debating bill on diaspora voting next week as part of constitutional review

NIGERIA'S senate is to begin discussing a bill that will grant diasporans voting rights later this week as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 constitution according to the senate majority leader Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.

 

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APC refuses to sign election sheet in Bayelsa saying Inec colluded with PDP to rig

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the final results of the Bayelsa State governorship election released today by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) with incumbent Governor Douye Diri being declared the winner.

 

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Bruno Onyemaechi doubtful for World Cup qualifiers after he picked up injury yesterday

BOAVISTA leftback Bruno Onyemaechi is a doubt for Nigeria's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe taking place over the next week after picking up an injury in a league game over the weekend.

 

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Last weekend, Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states all held gubernatorial elections. If well run, these three states could easily match the $25bn or so that Nigeria is generating from crude oil exports

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us start with Imo State where incumbentent Governor Hope Uzodinma already been declared the winner. Imo has always had a presence in the palm oil industry and should be home to numerous processing plants making soap, cosmetics, animal feed, lubricants, etc for both domestic use and export

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