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As India prides itself on being the pharmacy of the world, Nigeria should launch an ambitious plan to make herself the food basket of the world by 2030 with set targets to make herself the number one producer of the following crops 


Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Plantain - 6m tonnes 
[2] Papaya - 7m tonnes 
[3] Cocoa - 2.5m tonnes
[4] Pineapples- 3.5m tonnes 
[5] Maize - 350m tonnes 
[6] Beef - 13m tonnes 
[7] Palm oil - 40m tonnes 
[8] Coconuts - 20 tonnes 
[9] Groundnuts - 7m tonnes 
[10] Mangoes - 25m tonnes 

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Super Eagles redeem image and revive their World Cup qualification hopes with 2-0 victory

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have revived their World Cup qualification hopes and ameliorated some of the humiliation they recently suffered in Lagos by beating Central African Republic 2-0 in Douala this afternoon.

 

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Rohr attributes yesterday's embarrassing loss to absence of midfielders Ndidi and Iwobi

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has used the excuse of midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi not playing to justify Nigeria's shocking loss to the Central African Republic in a World Cup qualifier yesterday.

 

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Nigerian Religious Responsibility Bill 2021

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Whenever a faith house builds a church or mosque, at least 20% of the construction must be dedicated to social housing

[2] All faith houses must be responsible for the roads that lead to their premises

[3] All faith houses must provide car parking on their facilities

[4] All faith houses must take it upon themselves to recover weapons from their adherents 

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Teacher commits suicide in Kogi State because she is owed salary arrears and cannot fend for her kids

NIGERIA'S ongoing economic crunch has unfortunately claimed a life in Kogi State as a teacher identified as Khadija Yusuf from Obangede in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State committed suicide over her inability to cater for her children.

 

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Governor Umahi describes calls for Biafra as madness pointing out that secession is economic suicide for Ndigbo

GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has dismissed called for the balkanisation of Nigeria as economic suicide describing the agitation for the creation of an independent nation of Biafra as sheer madness.

 

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Former pension fund task force chairman's son gets 14 years for running fictitious bank account

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutors secured a major victory today after an Abuja federal high court sentenced the son of the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force to jail for 14 years after finding him guilty of corruption.

 

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Malami threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra if the violence there persists

NIGERIA'S attorney-general and justice minister Abubakar Malami has threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State over the ongoing insecurity there saying that it threatens the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.

 

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Spurs eye Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar seeing him as the perfect replacement for Harry Kane

ENGLISH Premier League side Tottenham Hotspurs are keeping a close eye on Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq with a view to signing him up as a replacement for England skipper Harry Kane in case he leaves the club soon.

 

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