NIGERIAN football fans who want to attend the World Cup in the US this summer will have to pay a $15,000 visa bond before they enter the country under controversial plans introduced by President Donald Trump.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Henri Mattise is a French sculptor, author and scholar. He was one of the artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the 20th century

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have won their first match in the ongoing four-nation pre-World Cup tournament currently taking place in Turkey with a 2-1 victory over Iran thanks top goals from Akor Adams and Moses Simon.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

ENGLISH Premier League giants Everton have become the latest side to express an interest in Nigerian centreback Emmanuel Fernandez currently setting Scotland alight with his scintillating performances at Glasgow Rangers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Within four years, we will raise maize output from the current 10m tonnes to match Mexico’s 28m tonnes

[2] Across Nigeria, we will increase tomato production from the current 4m tonnes to match Pakistan’s 16.6m tonnes

[3] Within the next five years, we will increase rice production from the current 6m tonnes to match Thailand’s 25m tonnes

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles' camp in the Turkish city of Antalya is bubbling with as many as 21 players now in camp ahead of the four-nation friendly tournament that will kick off with Friday's friendly match against Iran.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is a nation of very intelligent people who constantly come up with novel ideas and are superb at coming up with prototypes of machines but alas, that is like only running 50 metres in a 100 metre race. Over the decades, Nigerian inventors have come up with automobiles, aircrafts, drones, etc but as a nation, we lack the capacity to mass-produce all these items

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has warned that the current economic crisis that has led to rising Nigerian petrol prices as a result of the Middle East war could get worse if the conflict escalates.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would have loved to see both gentlemen sign an agreement committing both governments to the target of linking all of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas by rail by 2030

[2] The jewel in the crown of this network will be a high speed link connecting Abuja and Lagos, enabling travel between both cities within two hours