Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 09/05/2021 - 12:11
By Ayo Akinfe
[1] Africa is in the middle of the world and Nigeria is in the middle of Africa. If you actually look at a map of Africa, the continent is shaped like a gum and Nigeria is exactly where the trigger should be
[2] In terms of landmass, Nigeria is only number 14 in Africa. Yet we have the largest population and the biggest economy. Surely, this is not just a coincidence
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 09/04/2021 - 13:20
HEALTH minister Dr Chris Ngige has dismissed the ongoing crisis in Nigeria's health sector involving the mass departure of doctors saying the United Nations (UN) target of one physician to 600 patients is unattainable for the country.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 09/04/2021 - 11:50
SAHARA Reporters' publisher and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has lost his younger brother Olajide after he was shot dead yesterday by unknown gunmen near Okada in Edo State.
Olajide, who is studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University in Edo State, was shot in the early hours of this morning by killers thought to be Fulani herdsmen. Omoyele Sowore has confirmed the incident, described his deceased brother who almost clocked 50 as an out-of-the-box thinker.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 09/04/2021 - 10:54
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Do you know that 100,000 Taliban fighters defeated 300,000 US-trained Afghan troops?
[2] While the ragtag Taliban army were on horseback and using pick-up trucks, the Afghan Army had tanks, armoured personnel carriers, drone support and all other modern military gadgets
[3] The Taliban were using Pakistani-made AK-47s, which are highly inaccurate, while the Afghan Army were using slick US-made M16 assault rifles
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 21:00
THREE Fulani cattle herdsmen have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency popularly known as the Amotekun Corps with 40 of their cows confiscated after they were found to have breached the recent anti-open grazing law.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 11:21
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr appears to have settled for a 3-5-2 formation as his team kicks off its 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Liberia in Lagos with a two-man attack made up of Kelechi Iheanacho and Victor Osimhen tasked with scoring goals.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 10:19
Ayo Akinfe
[1] This picture was taken on April 29, 1975 when the Vietcong captured Saigon. The Americans had to beat a hasty retreat and evacuate all their people immediately
[2] Is it not ironic that September 2 is actually Vietnam’s Independence Day when they celebrated freedom from the French in 1945. Fast-forward 76 years and Afghanistan is the new Vietnam
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 16:15
MINISTER of state for petroleum resources Chief Timipre Sylva has announced plans to launch an oil and gas research and development fund utilisation protocol first mooted by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Fund (NCDMB).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 14:19
LAGOS State government has successfully trained 210 wives of soldiers posted to military formations in the state in various skills to help them become financially independent and augment their family income.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 13:44
AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to mobilise $520m to co-finance the first phase of an ambitious special agricultural processing programme in Nigeria aimed at boosting farm output.
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