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Ayo Akinfe

[1] On September 28 1785, Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the military academy in Paris. He was only 42nd in a class of 51 and no one paid any particular notice to him. However, history had other ideas

LABOUR and employment minister Senator Chris Ngige has joined the race to become Nigeria's next president throwing his hat into the ring as one of the aspirants seeking the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket.

ZAMFARA State government has been given a 14-day ultimatum to come up with a sum of N30m ($72,379) as compensation for killing the wife of a renown bandit known as Nasanda or face the prospect of seeing 900 innocent people killed.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With 23% of Nigeria's workforce unemployed, it is no surprise that violent crimes like armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and terrorism are on the rise. With no means of survival, our youths have no alternative than to take up arms

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has taken the bizarre step of pardoning 159 convicts including two former governors who were convicted for financial malpractices in what appears to be an open negation of his administration's anti-corruption policy.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have confirmed that the Super Eagles will play a second pre-World Cup friendly game in the US in June when they take on Ecuador in New Jersey on June 2.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure a lot of you get asked why Nigeria is so populated often. How come about half of the 360m people living in West Africa are Nigerian and one in five Africans is Nigerian? Even countries with more arable land like DR Congo, Angola and Tanzania are not as populated as us. How many of you have the answers?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Start manufacturing all our armaments locally

[2] Strengthen our borders and then police them effectively

[3] Establish a world class special forces commando unit similar to say the British SAS or the US Navy Seals. These guys should be able to wipe any terrorist threat within a week

[4] Build more factories, leisure and sports facilities so our youth stop congregating in mosques and churches where they get indoctrinated

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has retained his position in the Forbes annual World’s Billionaires List for the year 2022 that sees him listed as the 130th wealthiest man in the world for the 11th successive time.

Yesterday,  Forbes released its annual update, which ranks 2,668 billionaires across the world. Three Africans, all of them Nigerians, headed by Alhaji Dangote, were in the top 500 on the list.

NIGERIA has introduced a new immigration policy that will restrict the issuance of contractual visas to foreign professionals and businesses who bring along skills that are lacking in the country.