AkinfeAyo's blog

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Of late, insecurity has become a serious issue in Nigeria. Things are now inching towards epidemic proportions with kidnapping, herdsmen taking over entire villages, gold miners brazenly extending their areas of operations, bandits slaughtering hundreds just for the fun of it and of course Boko Haram and Isis still very much well and alive. I suspect that crime is now among the top five sectors in the Nigerian economy today 

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been told by students from three universities to either reduce the exorbitant tuition fees his administration has levied on them or resign from office.

KATSINA State is facing a significantly reduced harvest this year after farmers in three local government areas said they will no longer farm for the rest of the season following an attack by armed bandits this week that lead to the death of 18 of their colleagues.

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo's youth wing has opposed the planned closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu by the federal government over claims that it poses a security risk.

WORKS and power minister Babatunde Fashola has thrown down the gauntlet to the governors of Nigeria's 36 states challenging them to rise to the electricity challenge facing the nation saying no law prevents them from generating and distributing power.

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State have given four local government administrators and the traditional rulers within their areas seven days to arrest the killers of 15 Fulani cattle herdsmen who were recently murdered.

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) It is the rainy season in Nigeria again and as ever, we are once more subjected to annual flooding. Can we just put things into perspective, it is not as if we suffer from Monsoon storms or La Niña, it is just that there is no drainage to carry away excess water. Our villages, towns and cities only get something like a 20% increase in water during the rainy season 

EDO State's Governor Godwin Obaseki has been warned by members of the local party chapter to desist from rubbishing the record of his predecessor and current All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman Adams Oshiomhole.

OHANEZE Ndigbo's general secretary Uche Okechukwu has agreed with transport minister Rotimi Amaechi that the southeast geo-political zone cannot produce Nigeria's next president because Igbos did not vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last elections.

NIGERIAN-born world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has moved a step closer to a unification bout with World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Deontay Wilder after his promoter Eddie Hearn indicated the fight could take place soon.