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Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Basically, the biggest defect of the Nigerian economy is that we import too many consumer goods. We simply do not produce what we consume 

[2] Any Year One BA Economics student will reveal that this scenario is simply not sustainable. A nation will always have balance of trade and balance of payment deficits when it consumes more than it produces 

NIGERIA'S National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has urged all state governments to step up the mass vaccination of its employees against Covid-19 as part of a nationwide programme to curtail the spread of the virus.

NIGERIAN centreback Osaze Urhoghide is likely to be sent out on loan before the close of the January transfer window as Glasgow giants Celtic have received numerous offers for him from within the Scottish Premiership and the English Championship.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) appears to have extended an olive branch to President Muhammadu Buhari by urging him to consider dropping all charges against their leader Nnamdi Kanu in exchange for an end to hostilities.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] This me, me, me attitude. Our people have to learn the value of the principle of the common good 

[2] Fair play has been a key feature of European civilisation since World War Two. Although this is not extended to other peoples, that war taught Europeans to be fair with one another 

NIGERIA'S finance minister Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government has no plans for mass redundancies or to lay off thousands of public sector workers as part of a programme to reduce expenditure.

NIGERIA'S food import bill during the first nine months of 2021 totalled $1.68bn according to data just released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as limited processing facilities led to the widespread importation of several items.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The largest black nation on earth with a population in excess of 200m

[2] Africa’s largest economy with a gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to total $514bn in 2021 by the IMF

[3] Estimated to become the third most populous country in the world by 2050 behind China and India

[4] The one nation that can rally the 1.2m people who inhabit the African continent

[5] The world’s sixth largest agricultural producer

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reiterated his call for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare all Fulani socio-cultural organisations including the , Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) as terrorists.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As part of its preparations for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar has built the world's first mobile stadium that can can be dismantled and transported anywhere

[2] I sincerely hope that the giant of Africa Nigeria is on the ground watching developments, as we will be needing this technology desperately in the future. It may be the solution to many of our continent's infrastructural woes