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Next week when President Muhammadu Buhari meets with Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the UK-Africa Summit in London he should present a 10-point list of demands that look like this:
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Given that Britain sold Cadbury to Kraft Foods in 2010 and no longer has a chocolate firm, she should now open a confectionery company in Nigeria to process our cocoa on site. We want a joint venture corporation...
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Bauchi's Governor Bala Mohammed hospitalised in London for undisclosed ailment
BAUCHI State's Governor Bala Mohammed has been hospitalised in London for an undisclosed ailment in what has become the latest incidence of a Nigerian public official seeking medical treatment in the UK. Traditionally, the UK has always...
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Kaduna State government refuses to bow to pressure and release El-Zakzaky as Iran tension grows
GOVERNMENT prosecutors have dismissed the prospect of withdrawing charges against the Shiite leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky saying it is up to the court to determine his fate. Since December...
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Nigeria's foreign reserves fall to two-year low but look set to rebound as Middle East crisis looms
NIGERIA'S foreign reserves have fallen to a two-year low of $39.84bn according to a recent economic report published by the Financial Derivatives Company as crude oil sales remained below government projections over the last...
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Iran threatens to unleash Hezbollah units on Israel and Dubai if US retaliates its attack
IRAN has threatened to unleash Hezbollah forces on Dubai and Israel over the coming weeks as its ongoing spat with the US intensifies following the recent killing of head of the Iranian Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani. Last Friday,...
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Are we aware of the fact that Iran and Nigeria have similar sized economies but the only difference between the two nations is one is innovative
By Ayo Akinfe (1) As the tension between Iran and the US heats up, I for one am amused by all the talk about Iran being this dominant global player using its oil wealth. The fact remains that Iran is a country with an economy almost identical in...
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Iraqi prime minister reveals that General Soleimani was on a peace mission when he was killed
IRAQ has debunked the US line that the recently-assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was planning imminent attacks against Americans pointing out that he was in Baghdad to broker a peace deal. In a development that has sparked...
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Nigeria desperately needs the discipline of the Templar Knights order to end vanity and develop her infrastructure
By Ayo Akinfe (1) I am a big fan of the Knights Templar, that Catholic military order founded in 1119. The world owes them a debt of gratitude as they spearheaded the new age of enlightenment that spread across Europe at the time,...
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