NIGERIA's former agriculture minister Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has been sworn-in for a second term in office as the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) after recently being elected unopposed.

SEVERAL English Premier league clubs hopeful of signing Super Eagles centreback Chigozie Awaziem ahead of the forthcoming season look set to miss out as he poised to make switch to fellow Portuguese side Boavista from Porto.

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(1) A pepper grinding and corn milling machine

(2) A cocoa shelling machine

(3) A double decker molue that can rival Volvo buses in terms of quality

(4) Air conditioned bus stop booths

(5) Double decker railway carriages

(6) An egusi shelling machine

(7) A machine that removes maize from the cob

(8) A cassava and yam peeling machine

(9) An electronic yam pounding machine

LIVING Faith Church general overseer Bishop David Oyedepo has declared that he would embrace and breathe upon Copvid-19 patients without any fear of contracting the virus on a move that will cure them

NIGERIAN leftfullback Zaidu Sanusi has joined the ranks of Super Eagles playing making big money moves during the current transfer window after he signed a five year contract with Portuguese giants Porto.

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(1) Boost generated electricity from the current 7,000MW to South Africa’s 50,000MW

(2) Increase the kilometres of tarred roads from the current 200,000km to South Africa’s 750,000km

(3) Increase the length of our railway network from the current 4,000km to Pakistan’s 8,000km

(4) Increase our literacy rate from the current 60% to Brazil’s 91.7%

(5) Boost steel production from the current zero level to Egypt’s 7m tonnes

MALI'S military junta has agreed to the proposed Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) transition programme that involves them conducting elections and handing over to a democratic government within a year.

FORMER Wimbledon and Aston Villa striker John Fashanu has warned Arsenal fullback Bukayo Saka not to opt for England ahead of Nigeria because the Three Lions will only use him for a few games and dump him while the Super Eagles offers a lengthy career.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) In his 1961 inaugural address, President John Kennedy said: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

(2) In the run-up to Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi said: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

OHANEZE Ndigbo leader Chief Nnia Nwodo has predicted that Nigeria would witness a dramatic turnaround in her fortunes should a president of Igbo extraction emerge at the next elections in 2023.