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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerian does not need loans or grants but proper foreign direct investment (FDI) to build up our industrial capacity. Consequently, all recent coronavirus-related loans must be written off

[2] Nigeria needs at least $100bn of FDI annually. International development agencies must agree to press industrialised countries to offer tax rebates to their private companies that invest in Nigeria

HON Alhassan Ado-Doguwa the majority leader of Nigeria's House of Representatives has given birth to his 28th child and has promised to give birth to even more with plans to hit 30 before the 2023 elections so he can have a poling unit in his home.

AFRICAN airline travel fell by a whopping 65% during the course of 2021 when compared with the pre-pandemic era as a result of the economic effect of the coronavirus virus according to statistics just published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rovers State has claimed that his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi flew a government Legacy 600 private jet to Germany and abandoned it there in a development that has so far cost over €3m.

NIGERIA'S federal government has revealed that over 14m people have so far received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine with over 5m getting two doses and less than half a million getting the third booster dose.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas has formally declared his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections by announcing that he will be seeking the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) operatives have got involved in a bitter war of words with each other on a social media following an altercation at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.

FORMER presidential spokesman Doyin Okupe has declared that he will bow out of the 2023 race for president if his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reaches a national consensus that the position should be zoned to the southeast.

POPULAR gospel singer Sammie Okposo has tendered a public apology to his wife Ozioma and his fans and suspended himself from all church activities for the time being after having being exposed for engaging in an act of infidelity last year.