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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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Governor Ortom wants Buhari to go a step further and declare three Fulani organisations as terrorists
GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reiterated his call for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare all Fulani socio-cultural organisations including the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) as...
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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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Adesina says Buhari will not be swayed by the doomsday prophesies of pastors and marabouts
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Femi Adesina has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will not allow himself to be intimidated by clergymen and their prophecies as happened to General Sani Abacha when he was in Aso Rock. Nigerian clergymen...
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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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Nigerian Catholic nurse Mary Onuoha wins tribunal case against NHS after she was dismissed for wearing small gold cross
NIGERIAN Catholic nurse Mary Onuoha has won a landmark victory at an employment tribunal receiving a favourable ruling that she was unfairly dismissed from her job at the Croydon University Hospital for wearing a cross. Ms Onuoha, a...
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