Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 12:37
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) I think Ipob has missed a trick at the Seventh Tokyo African Investment Summit in Japan. It should have used the opportunity to project itself as the true voice of Ndigbo and use the opportunity to woo Japanese investors to come and invest in the southeast. This would have put the governors under pressure to conclude such deals and showed Ipob to be the genuine champion of the Igbo masses
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 16:19
SIXTY Nigerian engineers have commenced a four month training programme in China to equip them with the necessary skills required to manufacture transformers as part of a scheme to address Nigeria's chronic electricity supply problems.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 15:39
PAN-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (ONYCW) has expressed optimism that the agitation for the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will end if Nigeria has an Igbo president come 2023.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 14:27
GOVERNORS of the six states in the southwest geo-political zone have acquired patrol vehicles and the necessary equipment ahead of the launching of a regional security outfit put together to address the growing incidences of kidnapping.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 14:06
FORMER presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore has rubbished claims by the Department of State Services (DSS) that he met several times with foreign collaborators in Dubai pointing out that he has never been to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 09:27
CHAD has approached Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and asked it to assist with logistics and expertise as the nation prepares to hold parliamentary elections into its 188-seat National Assembly.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 08:11

By Ayo Akinfe
[1] As we debate this President Buhari's visit to Japan, we are once again focusing on minor issues like the Ipob protests and forgetting the major point that he is in Yokohama for an investment conference. For me, the most important aspect of this trip is the fact that he went with governors Babajide Sanwoolu, Samuel Ortom, Babagana Zulum and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Lagos, Benue, Borno and Kwara states respectively
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 19:43
NIGERIA has returned to the fold of nations producing sprinters who can compete for international sprint medals after Raymond Ekevwo won the 100 metres event at the ongoing 2019 All African games with a time of 9.96 seconds.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 19:15
KIDNAPPERS in Kaduna have taken abduction to new heights when they kidnapped two go-betweens sent to deliver a ransom for the release of two children of a bishop who they earlier abducted.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 18:53
BISHOP David Oyedepo's Covenant University has significantly increased the fees payable by new students admitted for the 2019/20 academic session pumping up the overall package some pupils have to pay to as much as N1m ($2,750).
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