Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 11:49
By Ayo Akinfe
[1] According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria has an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn, yet our 2021 budget is a meagre $33bn. Basically, what this means is that the government needs to quadruple its budget to address our infrastructure crisis
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 19:03
CONTROVERSIAL cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has thrown another cat among the pigeons by sending a medical outreach team to the forests of Kogi State to provide medical care to Fulani cattle herdsmen living there.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 18:10
FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has lost a court case in which she challenged the confiscation of her jewellery said to be worth about $40m that was seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 17:47
NIGERIAN law enforcement agencies may now be able to step up the apprehension and prosecution of heavily-armed bandits who have been terrorising the north of the country of late after an Abuja high court ruled that they should be regarded as terrorists.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 14:07
OHANEZE Ndigbo UK has elected its first ever female president when voted in Enugu State-born Chief Aqueen Ibeto into office to take over from Dr Nnana Igwe at its annual general meeting (AGM) over the weekend.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 12:20
NIGERIA'S high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Sarafa Ishola officially presented his letters of credence to the queen yesterday making him the formal representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria in London.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 09:44
Ayo Akinfe
[1] By 2025, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs
[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2025, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 11/25/2021 - 13:22
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have announced plans to help Nigeria establish sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) courts as part of the ongoing campaign to combat the growing menace of abuse against women.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 11/25/2021 - 11:41
AVIATION minister Senator Hadi Sirika has revealed that Nigeria's proposed national carrier will start operations in April after an arrangement has been reached under which local investors will have a 46% stake in the venture while international partners own 49%.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 11/25/2021 - 11:11
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have threatened to reject cocoa produced in Nigeria as from next year due to quality issues that have got out of hand lately resulting in over0-chemicalised produce that does not meet food safety standards being shipped.
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