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ZAMFARA State government has sent 97 Muslim cleric to the lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia as part of its strategy to combat the incessant spare of kidnapping and banditry in the state in the hope that their prayers will help ameliorate the problem.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours

CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) officials have demanded the sacking of Abubakar Suleiman the Sterling Bank chief executive over the controversial Easter advert which likened the resurrection of Jesus Christ to the rising of Agege bread.

AFERNIFERE leader Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has asked presidential aspirants from the southwest geo-political zone including Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to stand down as it is the turn of the southeast to produce Nigeria's next president.

NIGERIA'S military high command has revealed the identity of the two Nigeria Air Force (Naf) pilots who lost their lives in the recent air accident in Kaduna when a Super Mushshak trainer aircraft that crashed last Wednesday.

PROMINENT members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southwest geo-political zone shunned the recent presidential declaration of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi when he launched his The National Agenda (TNA) campaign team.

PLANS by Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials to immediately engage Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro as the new Super Eagles head coach have been put on hold by the sports minister Sunday Dare who has insisted they look at other candidates too.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I wonder if any state government in Nigeria actually has statistics to show how many Almajiri beggars end up as terrorists, kidnappers and bandits

[2] According to a global survey published by Habitat for Humanity in 2015, Nigeria has 24.4m beggars. Also, according to this survey, 16.5% of Nigeria’s population is homeless. As we all know, Nigeria’s beggars are by and large made up of mentally ill and disabled citizens

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have raised their forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2022 to 3.4% as a result of a significant rise in crude oil prices brought about by the Russia-Ukraine war.

NIGERIAN state governors are up in arms with the federal government over plans to deduct funds accruing to them and all local government areas as liquidation for the alleged $418m London/Paris Club loan refund-related judgment debts.