Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/05/2024 - 18:46
CONTINENTAL body the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has moved the 2025 African Cup of Nations to January 2026 in response to pressure that the tournament will clash with Club World Cup taking place in the US next year.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/05/2024 - 14:51
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Our leaders are always trying to cash in on the fact that Nigeria will forever be the primary investment destination in Africa from where everyone can reach out to the rest of the continent. What we have not done, however, is get this thinking institutionalised so we influence the foreign trade policy of industrialised nations
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 06/04/2024 - 19:25
NIGERIA'S labour movement has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike over a disagreement with the federal government on the minimum wage for a week in a last ditch attempt to reach a negotiated settlement.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:47
Ayo Akinfe
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 23:50
AS many as 30% of Nigerian adults are living with the threat of falling seriously ill from hypertension according to recent findings just published by the Nigerian Society of Hypertension (NSH).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 11:55
Ayo Akinfe
[1] In this picture is the Jebba Bridge that straddles the River Niger. It was built by the British in 1915 to speed up the amalgamation of the protectorates of northern and southern Nigeria. At the time, it was arguably the most technological advanced piece of infrastructure in the country
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 06/02/2024 - 19:40
DUCHESS of Sussex Meghan of Markle has written thank you letters to several of the Nigerian dignitaries who treated her and her husband Prince Harry during their recent trip to Nigeria promising to return to the country in the future.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 06/02/2024 - 16:53
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Set Nigeria an annual target of producing 35m tonnes of steel. This will match Brazilian output and put us on the same trajectory as sister developing nations like Mexico, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam
[2] Announce a radical scrap metal collection programme. This will involve using all the money collected from corrupt officials to buy scrap metal. Maybe call it the Industrial Trader Metal Money Programme
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 06/01/2024 - 09:02
Ayo Akinfe
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 05/31/2024 - 20:41
[1] Pass a bill to bring back the 1958 Lancaster House Agreement under which the federating units will control all the resources within their domain, remitting 50% to the centre
[2] Pass a bill compelling our states to meet their own running cost at the very minimum. In 1959 for instance, the Balewa government passed a federal budget of £50m but the Awolowo government in the old Western Region passed a budget of £55m
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