Ayo Akinfe 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that Michael Okpara dedicated 45% of his annual budget to education?

[2] Asika for me is the only Igbo leader to try and tap into Ndigbo's industrial spirit. I just hope that being an economist, Sioludo will do likewise.

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasters have slightly increased Nigeria’s growth prospects to 2.6% and 2.7% for 2021 and 2022 respectively amid signs that the economy has now overcome the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

WORLD Trade organisation director-general Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that Nigeria will struggle to rebuild her economy in the post-coronavirus era as the nation is struggling to attract investment due to her high trading costs.

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on the federal government to use members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to fight the growing insecurity across the country by arming them.

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has added further spice to the ongoing Anambra State gubernatorial elections by claiming that he was one of the prominent Igbo leaders who facilitated the release of Nnamdi Kanu in 2017.

YORUBA Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo has been rushed to hospital in the Republic of Benin where he is currently being detained amid fears that he has a possible major kidney or lung illness.

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 breaking point

WORLD Bank officials have revealed that Nigeria and some other countries refused to participate in a temporary suspension of debt service payments due to concerns about future access to finance and credit-rating downgrades.