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Super Eagles defender Fredrick signs new four year deal with Premier League side Brentford

SUPER Eagles centreback Benjamin Fredrick has signed a new four year deal with English Premier League side Brentford that will keep him at Gtech Community Stadium until the end of the 20229/30 season.

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With elections looming, I am challenging every Nigerian to send proposals to their governors to launch plans to build a feaces-to-electricity power plant in his state over the next four years

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the open defecation capital of the world, as one in four citizens, representing about 47m people across the country relieve themselves out in the open according to the World Health Organisation

[2] Nigeria needs about $2.7bn to end open defecation. Of that, the government is expected to provide around 25%., so I say turn this into an electricity investment programme

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With elections looming, I am challenging every Nigerian to send proposals to their governors to launch plans to build a feaces-to-electricity power plant in his state over the next four years

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the open defecation capital of the world, as one in four citizens, representing about 47m people across the country relieve themselves out in the open according to the World Health Organisation

[2] Nigeria needs about $2.7bn to end open defecation. Of that, the government is expected to provide around 25%., so I say turn this into an electricity investment programme

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With elections looming, I am challenging every Nigerian to send proposals to their governors to launch plans to build a feaces-to-electricity power plant in his state over the next four years

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the open defecation capital of the world, as one in four citizens, representing about 47m people across the country relieve themselves out in the open according to the World Health Organisation

[2] Nigeria needs about $2.7bn to end open defecation. Of that, the government is expected to provide around 25%., so I say turn this into an electricity investment programme

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Huddersfield Town offer Nigeria-eligible teenage winger Onyeka his first professional contract

                                 

ENGLISH League One side Huddersfield Town have offered Nigeria-eligible teenage winger Michael Onyeka his first professional contract leading to the player signing a three year deal with the club that will keep him in West Yorkshire until 2029.

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As gubernatorial elections loom, I am waiting to see a rice cultivation masterplan from our Niger Delta governors that will make Nigeria the world’s leading producer

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Worldwide, about 80m hectares of irrigated lowland rice provide 75% of output. Our Asian friends lead the world in this regard, while we African are loyal consumers

[2] Irrigated rice is grown in bunded fields or paddies, which are surrounded by a small embankment that keeps the water in. Our Niger Delta is tailor-made for this kind of rice production but alas, our domestic production still lags behind consumption

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Newcastle offer Nigeria-eligible teenager Sam Alabi his first professional contract

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have offered Nigeria-eligible teenage midfielder Sam Alabi his first ever professional contract on his 17th birthday ahead if the forthcoming 20206/27 season.

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With Nigeria gearing up for elections next year, surely the political parties should be putting forward manifesto commitments like this national housing policy

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will submit a Nigerian Housing Bill 2026 to the National Assembly. As from January 1 2027, every state government and the FCT authority will be compelled by the new law to construct a minimum of 10,000 housing units a year

[2] Under this same law, every one of our 774 local government areas will be compelled to construct at least 1,000 housing units a year

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Newcastle offer Nigeria-eligible teenager scholarship deal as prelude to professional contract

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have offered Nigeria-eligible teenage midfielder Chukwudi Afumuzor a scholarship deal  as a prelude to offering him a full-blown professional contract when he leaves school this summer.

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We need a bill passed that will trigger automatic impeachment proceedings against any state governor or president of Nigeria who espouses any of the following ideas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Anyone who continues to espouse the dependence on the federal allocation formula which ties Nigeria’s fortunes to crude oil indefinitely

[2] Advocates further prospecting for crude oil at a time when the whole world is moving towards clean energy

[3] Seeks to keep Nigerians divided along ethnic and primordial lines

[4] Seeks to fuel religious divisions or brings matters of faith into government

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