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Super Eagles drawn in relatively easy World Cup group along with Liberia, Cape Verde and Central African Republic
NIGERIA has been drawn into a relatively easy group for the second round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers have been grouped together with Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia of which only the top team will qualify for the next...
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President Buhari should have used his presence at the London UK-Africa Summit to sell Amotekun to a global audience as Nigeria’s investment protection police
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Over the last two days, about a dozen African presidents have been in London thrashing out all sorts of investment deals at the UK-Africa Summit. From what I have seen, the UK, just like Russia, Japan and the European...
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Buhari should refuse to leave London unless he secures $200bn worth of foreign investment in these 10 key areas to diversify Nigeria’s economy and upgrade the country’s infrastructure
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Clean energy- $20bn worth of investment (2) Steel plant - $20bn worth of investment (3) Electric automobile assembly plant - $20bn worth of investment (4) Agri-processing - $10bn worth of investment (5) Hydro processing...
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UK signs 11 trade deals with African nations as Brexit looms and Buhari wants visa restrictions lifted
BRITAIN has signed 11 trade agreements with African countries as part of a desperate attempt to expand her trading empire ahead of its impending exit from the European Union (EU) which is coming up on January 31. In what is the first...
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As the UK-Africa summit kicks off today I wonder if West African leaders have a regional agenda they intend putting to the rest of the world
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Today, Boris Johnson is hosting African leaders at an economic summit in London. We have seen similar summits hosted by China, Japan Russia and the European Union (EU). Despite the plethora of such conferences we have not seen a...
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To prevent Amotekun becoming another primordial ethnic militia or extorting band of political thugs a robust code of conduct like this is needed
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Any member of Amotekun involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, political thuggery, rape or acts of violence will be sacked immediately and handed over to the police for immediate prosecution (2) Amotekun members must not...
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Given that an already born child cannot be aborted we now need to adopt this technical blueprint for Operation Amotekun
By Ayo Akinfe First of all, I will remove the word "Operation" from its title once the Nigerian Regional Security Bill 2020 has been passed by the six state houses of assembly. An operation is a one-off event but this is a lasting legacy...
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Gowon says he sees no reason why he should apologise to Igbos for the Nigerian civil war
FORMER military head of state General Yakubu Gowon has turned down the offer of apologising to Nigeria's Igbos for the ordeal they went through during the civil war saying that his government did the right thing to keep the nation...
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