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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Boris Johnson once referred to Africa as a country. He also once said Europe should recolonise Africa and this time not be made to feel guilty about it. Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have just climbed down from tree tops

NIGERIAN-born secretary general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo passed away during s brief visit to the country yesterday evening in a shock development.

Dr Barkindo, 63, who runs the affairs of the oil-producers' cartel from Geneva, had been in a brief visit to Nigeria. Earlier on yesterday, he visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja but by 11pm in the evening he had given up the ghost.

ENGLISH Premier league side Southampton have made a £6m bid for Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo beating off several other rivals for the signature of the Glasgow Rangers midfielder ahead of the forthcoming season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With crude oil now considered an unnecessary pollutant we need to phase out its use. More and more cities on the world are going car free and those that are not, are phasing out petrol and diesel cars, going for electronic automobiles

ZENITH Bank has been voted as the best commercial bank in Nigeria in the recent World Finance Banking Awards 2022 retaining the award for a second consecutive year as well as being named as the best corporate governance bank in Nigeria.

ARMED bandits have forcefully dispersed a crowd of mourners who gathered to bury Evangelical Church Winning All (Ecwa) clergyman  Reverend Adamu Buba who was killed when armed hoodlums attacked his church in Kaduna State.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has warned the former Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to desist from associating it with the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi because they do not believe in him.

OHANEZE Ndigbo has warned former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he risks missing out on Igbo votes if he bows to pressure and drops Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in favour of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

ENGLISH League One side Sheffield Wednesday are hoping that the four Nigerians on their books will help propel the club into the Championship at the end of the forthcoming season after their got their campaign going with a pre-season friendly.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we prepare for a new government, no matter dominates political discourse in Nigeria today as the growing spate of insecurity across the country. Could it just be that the Fulani have the least hope in Nigeria as they have suffered from the most irresponsible form of leadership with the most hopeless governors, making crime their only way of surviving?