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Nigeria needs a post-coronavirus economic blueprint that seeks to cash in on restrictions elsewhere by setting new annual revenue targets per sector

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Tourism - $20bn
[2] Manufacturing - $50bn
[3] Food processing - $20bn
[4] Animal husbandry - $10bn
[5] Aviation - $20bn
[6] Clean energy - $20bn
[7] Shipping and maritime - $20bn
[8] Information and communication technology - $20bn
[9] Clothing, textiles and fashion items - $20bn
[10] Health and pharmaceutical services - $10bn

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Soludu's name omitted from list of candidates cleared to stand in Anambra governorship elections

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo looks like he will miss out on his quest to become Anambra State governor after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) omitted his name from the list of cleared candidates.

 

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Anti-corruption group says Adeosun's victory will encourage many diasporans to return to Nigeria

ANTI-corruption group Say No Campaign has indicated that it believes the recent court ruling clearing former finance minister Kemi Adeosun of any wrongdoing with regards to her national service will encourage more diasporans to return home.

 

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Ipob blacklists several anti-Kanu Igbo leaders saying they will be held responsible if he is harmed

INDIGENOUS leaders of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have drawn up a blacklist of Igbo leaders who they claim played a satanic role in the arrest of its embattled leader Nnamdi Kanu promising that they will be held accountable of anything happens to him.

 

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Former Nigerian Army provost marshal killed by gunmen to be buried today in Abuja

FORMER provost marshal of the Nigerian Army Major General Hassan Ahmed who was killed by gunmen in Abuja yesterday is to be buried today in accordance with full Muslim rites at the Lungi Barracks Cemetery today.

 

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British high commission and London law firm ask for Nnamdi Kanu's consent to represent him

BRITAIN'S high commission in Nigeria has sought the consent of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu to take up his case with the Nigerian government in response to requests that it represents him giving his British citizenship.

 

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It is time for the Cross River State government to cash in on its unique location as the gateway to east and central Africa

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Cally Air , the state-own airline should be boosted into Nigeria's main domestic operator

[2] Cally Air's headquarters should be in Calabar, designated as the country's avviation hub but it will also have an office in Obudu, where there will be a landing strip specifically built to cater for tourists and visitors to the Obudu Cattle Ranch

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Ipob demand that Nnamdi Kanu be transferred to Kuje Prison from DSS detention centre

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer him to Kuje Correctional Centre from the Department of State Services (DSS) facility where he is currently being held.

 

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EFCC launches new whistleblowing app that enables graft to be reported anonymously

NIGERIA'S Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a new whistleblowing app named Eagle Eye which will enable those reporting cases of graft to do so anonymously.

 

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House of Reps to amend National Health Act so gunshot wound victims can get free treatment

NIGERIA's House of Representatives is working on amending the National Health Act to enable hospitals offer free treatment for gunshot wounds as part of a comprehensive healthcare programme.

 

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