AkinfeAyo's blog

NIGERIA'S forthcoming African Cup of Nations qualifier slated for March 23 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba is facing the threat of being postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has  revealed that the new  Dangote Refinery due to begin production later this year will employ over 70,000 Nigerians when it is fully up and running.

NIGERIA'S Catholic bishops have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do something urgently to correct a growing distrust among Nigerians that his government is not interested in combating the violence against Christians by Boko Haram and other Islamic groups.

ANTHONY Joshua is likely going to have to wait until next year before he gets a heavyweight unification bout because dethroned world champion Deontay Wilder has triggered a rematch clause he has with the man who beat him Tyson Fury.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Our 2020 budget of $28bn is predicated on selling 2m barrels of oil a day at $60 a barrel. If prices collapse to $10 a barrel as they did during the Shagari and Babangida regimes, it simply means that government revenue and spending will also have to drop accordingly

FORMER Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has revealed that his recent signing for Manchester United has led to a surge in support for the club among Nigerians living in the UK with many of them now coming to watch the side.

NIGERIAN virologist Professor Maduike Ezeibe has claimed that he has found a cure for the dreaded coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the globe asking affected countries to use his therapy for clinical trial on their patients.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last week, I have read a lot about several states in northern Nigeria banning begging. On the face of it, such pronouncements may sound laudable but it is just sloganeering unless it is backed up with a plan to train, rehabilitate and get these beggars into productive endeavours

HEALTH workers at the Mainland Hospital in Lagos survived a major scare yesterday after the Italian patient sent there after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus attempted to leave in protest at the poor state of the available facilities.

CROSS River State House of Assembly has granted Governor Ben Ayade’s request for the appointment of 70 more special advisers to assist in government functions bringing the total to 140.