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New visa on arrival policy will require all foreigners entering Nigeria to have at least $200 on them
FOREIGNERS entering Nigeria under the government's new visa on arrival policy must have on them a minimum of $200 (N72,000) under the terms of the new arrangement that is due to kick into effect later this month. Last year, the...
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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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Nigerian Shiite movement warns that its leader Sheikh El-Zakzaky could be killed
SHIITE Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) officials have raised fears that the Nigerian government could kill their leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in detention as the tension between the US and Iran starts to mount. Since December...
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Nigeria should be looking to cash in on the tragedy in Australia by providing sanctuary for some of the rare animals now facing extinction there
By Ayo Akinfe With the recent Australian wildfires, about 1m animals are thought to have died. Over the next few weeks, there will be many more unfortunately Animals under threat include kangaroos, koala bears, camels, can toads,...
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Can we please set ourselves certain “Mint Goals” in Nigeria over the course of the next five years
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Our gross domestic product (GDP) must match that of Indonesia - $1.02trn from our current $375bn (2) Our annual budget must match that of Mexico - $314bn from our current $28bn (3) We must generate as much electricity as...
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As Ndigbo return to their bases after the Christmas break on planes and luxurious buses please think about how to make 2020 the year in which your industrial prowess doubles the size of Nigeria’s GDP
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Getting Innoson to purchase the rights of The Beetle from Volkswagen so it can manufacture electric cars in Nnewi (2) Establishing a massive cattle ranch in Abia State to supply the leather for a shoemaking conglomerate in...
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Nigeria's Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) should explain to us why Nigeria has not attracted even $1bn in Islamic Finance to fund infrastructural projects since the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was founded in 1969
By Ayo Akinfe Following the recent assassination of Iran's Major General Hossein Salami, religious tensions are bound to rise in Nigeria again. Our Muslim faithful will feel aggrieved that the Yanks have turned on the Islamic faithful and are...
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With Nigeria hitting 60 this year and set the become the third most populous nation on earth by 2050 it is time for us to start thinking the unthinkable
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Unlike most Nigerians, I do not believe in doing just the basic. I believe we should be looking to leapfrog the industrialised nations. I am prepared to think the unthinkable and push the boundaries of human know-how to...
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