NFF chairman Pinnick says Nigeria will not beg Arsenal's Saka to play for the Super Eagles

ARSENAL fullback Bukayo Saka has been told by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) that they will only consider inviting him to the Super Eagles camp if he shows a willingness to switch his nationality through Fifa.

 

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This simple cocoa shelling machine symbolises the fundamental problem with the Nigerian economy

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria is the world’s fifth largest cocoa producer with an annual crop of about 250,000 tonnes. There are plans to radically expand this to at least 500,000 tonnes soon

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Gbajabiamila describes NDDC as a failed organisation that has not delivered over the last 20 years

NIGERIA'S Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been described as a failed enterprise by the speaker of the Federal House of Representatives Hon Femi Gbajabiamila who said it does not have enough to show for its 20 years of existence.

 

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Aviation officials flay Adamawa governor for refusing to abide by Covid-19 guidelines at Port Harcourt airport

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) officials have lashed out at Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State for violating Covid-19 travel guidelines by refusing to submit himself to a mandatory temperature check at the Port Harcourt airport.

 

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Ngozi states her case before WTO general council outlining what she will do if named director-general

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has made her pitch before the general assembly of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) detailing why she should be selected as its next director-general pointing out that if appointed she would rejuvenate the body.

 

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Wike rescues former NNDC boss Joi Nunieh from house arrest after police surround her home

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rovers State has rescued the former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Joi Nunieh from house arrest after security operatives surrounded her house in Port Harcourt this morning.

 

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Spurs put in last minute bid for Osimhen hoping to snatch him away from Italian side Napoli

TOTTENHAM Hotspurs are planning a last minute raid for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in the hope that they can scupper an €81m bid by Italian side Napoli to purchase him from Lille and bring the player to White Hart Lane.

 

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Nigeria should host the world’s first ever Michael Faraday Week where the world comes together to discuss making electricity available to every human being

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Has it never bothered everyone that the United Nations and other International development bodies talk a lot about getting everyone food and abolishing poverty but no one ever talks about getting everyone access to electricity. If everyone has power, they stand a greater chance of being lifted out of poverty

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Until we eschew our love for material things Nigeria will never get off her knees

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In this picture are four of England's greatest men to have ever lived. From top left to right they are: William Shakespeare, Michael Faraday, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton

 

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Osinbajo says Nigerian government revenue will fall by 40% as a result of Covid-19 lockdown

NIGERIA'S federal government has suffered a 40% drop in revenue this year due to economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic according to vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo who warned that the nation now faces grim times.

 

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