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WORLD Bank officials have projected that the Nigerian economy will grow by 3.6% during the course of 2025 despite an expected global slowdown as a result of trade tensions and higher tariffs precipitated by the actions of US President Donald Trump.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Anywhere else you go on planet earth, a crisis leads to the introduction of measure that turn the adversity into opportunity

[2] Just look at World War Two. After suffering severe shortages during the conflict, the Europeans introduced their Common Agriculture Policy. This led to the biggest food glut ever seen

ENGLISH Premier League giants Nottingham Forest have activated the one-year extension of Super Eagles fullback  Ola Aina’s contract effectively ending any interest in Manchester City securing his services during the summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On December 22 1956, American newspapers were full of pictures of Dr Martin Luther King riding on a mixed bus with white folks after the Alabama Bus Boycott has been called off a day earlier. Dr King was the first person to ride on non-segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama on December 21 1956 to make the point that victory had been won

GENERAL Sani Abacha's widow Maryam has thrown fresh light on the corrupt environment that engulfed the nation following her husband's death pointing out that millions of dollars he left behind went missing immediately after his demise.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that the Gowon regime was getting an average GDP growth rate of about 20% They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Obafemi Awolowo served as its vice chairman

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that the Gowon regime was getting an average GDP growth rate of about 20% They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Obafemi Awolowo served as its vice chairman

ENGLISH Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers has offered Nigeria-eligible defender Temple Ojinnaka a professional contract after he impressed the coaches in the club's academy.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja

[2] An 830km coastal wind farm stretching from Badagry to Calabar

[3] A 5,000MW gas-fired plant in Bonny

[4] An Usman Dan Fodio Solar farm stretching across Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto states

[5] An El-Kanemi Solar Farm stretching across Borno and Yobe states

[6] A 2,000MW hydroelectric plant at Yola along the River Benue

IRELAND has deported 35 Nigerians including five children using a chartered flight from Dublin to fly them to Lagos for breaching immigration rules that made them illegal immigrants in the country.