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Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Build a third River Niger crossing between Illah in Delta State and Nzom in Anambra State. Private developers will be used who will charge tolls to recoup their costs

[2] Build an artificial lake and dam to the north of Illah that will power a hydro-electric plant to generate at least 2,000MW

[3] Build a fishing factory on the island of Mgba Ekuku Illah. This island is unique in that it is in the middle of the River Niger

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu has condemned the recent overtures by the Nigerian Army to terrorist sects Boko Haram and Islamic State in West African Province (Iswap) in which they were offered an amnesty if they laid down their arms.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa has dropped shocking statistics revealing that as much as 90% of the corruption that takes place in Nigeria is executed through the country's real estate sector.

PAN Niger Delta Forum (Pandef) leader Chief Edwin Clark has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he has no constitutional authority to impose open grazing on state governments across Nigeria.

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) governors have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set his ego aside and admit that there was no justification for banning Twitter in Nigeria and asked that he lift the indefinite suspension imposed on the platform.

NIGERIA'S Super Falcons managed to secure a draw in last night's match against Portugal in ongoing the Summer Series Invitational Tournament in the US after scoring a last minute equaliser in stoppage time to level the score at 3-3.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria shall have a gross domestic product (GDP) target of $1.5trn by the year 2030 with the aim of unveiling an annual budget of $300bn. According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria has an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn. We have to set ourselves the target of narrowing that gap significantly, maybe by half, over the next four years

DANGOTE Industries' urea fertiliser is now finally on sale nationwide across Nigeria with about 120 trucks ferrying supplies from its new Lekki plant to markets up and down the country on a daily basis.

NIGERIA is enjoying a mini boost in its trade with the rest of the African continent after recent statistics showed that the country exported primary commodities worth about $2.48bn to South Africa over the last 24 months.

FORMER Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has joined several former world leaders and the heads of other global anti-graft agencies in calling for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC).