Nigeria actually has about seven of the key requirements to become a major industrial economy

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(1) Crude oil - This is vital if you want to power your economy. We have crude oil in abundance, so thankfully do not need to spend billions importing petroleum products

(2) Cash crops - To process goods, you need a cheap supply of cash crops like rubber, timber, livestock, cocoa, palm oil, neem, cassava, etc. Again, we have more of this than we need

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Nigerian pharmacists threaten to go on strike over poor remuneration and no Covid-19 protection

MEMBERS of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike action over the federal government’s unwillingness meet their demands over the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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Ekiti to open religious centres on July 17 and schools in the 20th as it eases lockdown

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi has announced that all worship centres across Ekiti State will open on July 17 while schools are to partially resume on July 20 as part of a gradual plan to ease the Covid-19 restrictions.

 

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Lagos to open international infectious disease research centre in response to Covid-19

LAGOS State government intends to open an international infectious disease research centre at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba as part of an ambitious plan to establish a post-pandemic health regime.

 

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APC to test all its secretariat staff in Ondo State for Covid-19 after Governor Akeredolu tests positive

PANIC has gripped members of the Ondo State government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state after  Rotimi Akeredolu has been diagnosed as coronavirus positive yesterday morning.

 

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Caf moves 2021 African Nations Cup to 2022 as Covid-19 has made it impossible to hold next year

CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf) officials have postponed the 2021 African Cup of Nations until 2022 in response to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic that has led to the suspension of qualifiers.

 

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Were I in President Buhari’s shoes I would agree to the demands of the general overseers and open their churches in exchange for a religious finance deal

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(1) Our general overseers have all made it crystal clear that they are feeling the pinch of this lockdown and want their churches opened. Were I in President Buhari’s shoes, I would bow to their demands, striking a deal with them that in exchange for lifting the suspension on their operations, they must flood the Nigerian economy with religious finance

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Virologist warns that Nigeria runs the risk of being infected with a mutated strain of Covid-19

LEADING virologist Professor Oyewale Tomori has warned that there is a high chance that a new strain of the Covid-19 virus could mutate and spread across Nigeria because of the high incidences of community infection.

 

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EU challenges Nigeria to get to grips with Covid-19 by excluding her from list of safe nations

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have challenged Nigerian health authorities to do more to combat the spread of Covid-19 by not including the country on a list of 14 nations whose nationals will be allowed to enter the community as from tomorrow.

 

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Obaseki scales another hurdle as Abuja court strikes out certificate forgery case against him

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki has won a major battle in his bid to get re-elected as Edo State governor for a second term when an Abuja high court dismissed a cause brought against him for certificate forgery.

 

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