Goodluck arrives safely in Abuja claiming Guinea-Bissau elections were free and fair

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has arrived safely in Abuja after the Nigerian government evacuated him and other election observers from Guinea-Bissau following a military coup there earlier this week.

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No matter how you look at it, animal husbandry is what will provide economic growth across northern Nigeria and end the current unemployment-fuelled insecurity

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[1] For starters, we should aim to become the world’s number one producer of the following animal products by 2030:

[i] Cattle

[ii] Snails

[iii] Pigs

[iv] Poultry

[v] Mackerel

[vi] Goats

[vii] Turkeys

[viii] Ducks

[ix] Grass cutters

[x] Impala

[2] I for one would ringfence this sector and give it a minimum target of generating $20bn in foreign exchange earnings by 2030

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Court of Appeal dismisses Nnamdi Kanu's challenge to his arrest and arraignment by DSS

NIGERIA'S Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) Nnamdi Kanu disputing the right of the Nigerian authorities to detain and try him for terrorism.

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Burna Boy suffers US humiliation as fans refuse to buy tickets in protest of his recent action

NIGERIAN Grammy Award-winning musician Burna Boy has suffered an unprecedented humiliation in the US as organisers were forced to cancel a show he had planned in Minneapolis today because fans refused to buy tickets.

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Developing a modern livestock industry is the key to security and prosperity in northern Nigeria. President Tinubu should be wooing investors and getting the international community to invest in infrastructure

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[1] First of all, we must aim for six mega cattle ranches and when they are fully operational, we should aspire to dramatically increase the number of cows in Nigeria from the current 20m to say the 189m produced in India today. This expansion in output will automatically present a new set of challenges which will need to be addressed. Will the Fulani be the harbingers of Nigeria’s industrial revolution?

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Tinubu declares nationwide state of emergency on security in response to recent abductions

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu declared a nationwide security emergency ordering the security forces to immediately expand recruitment and deploy thousands of additional personnel in response to the incessant spate of kidnappings over the last few weeks.

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US congressman warns Tinubu he will be held responsible if anything happens to Plateau clergyman

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been warned by a US Congressman investigating the ongoing allegations of persecution of Christians in northern Nigeria that he will be held responsible should anything happen radical Plateau State clergyman Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo.

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Automatic impeachment proceedings should be initiated against any state governor or president who espouses any of the following ideas as they are guaranteed to keep us perpetually under-developed

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[1] Continues to espouse the dependence on the federal allocation formula which ties Nigeria’s fortunes to crude oil exports indefinitely

[2] Advocates further prospecting for crude oil at a time when the whole world is moving towards clean energy

[3] Seeks to keep Nigerians divided along ethnic and primordial lines

[4] Seeks to fuel religious divisions or brings matters of faith into government

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UK poised to get Nigerian high commissioner soon as Tinubu sends three-man list to senate

NIGERIA is all set to soon appoint a substantive high commissioner to the UK after President Bola Tinubu forwarded the names of three ambassadorial nominees to the senate for approval with one of them expected to be posted to London soon.

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Given the current insecurity in the country, Nigeria’s Northern State Governors Forum needs to meet immediately and agree a plan like this to create about 20m jobs and woo our youths away from crime and terrorism

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[1] Open a 20,000 square kilometre National Game Reserve in Taraba State. Make it the world’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Designed along similar lines to South Africa’s Kruge National Park, it should employ about 5,000 park rangers to police and fight off poachers

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