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Amaechi offers maritime contract to a company indicted for corruption in DR Congo
NIGERIA'S federal government has controversially awarded a major maritime contract to Frabemar UK a company that has been indicted for high-level corruption and embezzlement in DR Congo between 2012 and 2015. Frabemar UK is the...
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Were I of Igbo extraction I would have run for Nigeria’s president next year with a promise to deliver the following pyramids by 2027
Ayo Akinfe Yam - 80m tonnes Onions - 10m tonnes Coconuts - 10m tonnes Groundnuts - 5m tonnes Cocoa - 2m tonnes Kolanuts - 300,000 tonnes Cassava - 80,000 tonnes Millet - 20,000 tonnes Sorghum - 20,000 tonnes Whether we like it...
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Finance minister says there are no plans for mass redundancies but Vat could rise soon
NIGERIA'S finance minister Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government has no plans for mass redundancies or to lay off thousands of public sector workers as part of a programme to reduce expenditure. Like many countries at...
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CBN reveals Nigeria spent about $1.7bn on food imports during the first nine months of 2021
NIGERIA'S food import bill during the first nine months of 2021 totalled $1.68bn according to data just released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as limited processing facilities led to the widespread importation of several...
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Some nations have no other options than to become world powers simply because they are too large to be carried
Ayo Akinfe The largest black nation on earth with a population in excess of 200m Africa’s largest economy with a gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to total $514bn in 2021 by the IMF Estimated to become the third most populous...
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I hope Nigeria has sent engineers to Qatar to understudy how they constructed this their new mobile stadium
Ayo Akinfe As part of its preparations for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar has built the world's first mobile stadium that can can be dismantled and transported anywhere I sincerely hope that the giant of Africa Nigeria is on the ground watching...
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Arewa Consultative Forum condemns Ipob's recent actions as a declaration of war on the north
NORTHERN pan-cultural group the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the recent actions of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) in banning the singing of the Nigerian national anthem across the southeast and restricting livestock imports...
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As part of an ambitious tourism drive, 10 Nigerian governors should each volunteer to establish wildlife parks for the following unique African animals
Ayo Akinfe Borno - Elephants Katsina - Giraffes Zamfara - Zebra Yobe - Lions Oyo - Leopards Sokoto - Cheetahs Niger - Hippopotamus Kaduna - Rhinoceros Taraba - Gorillas Adamawa - Buffalo I find it perplexing that...
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