AkinfeAyo's blog

JESUS Intervention Household Ministry clergyman Reverend Ezuma Chizemdere has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for defiling and infecting some minors with the HIV virus.

NIGERIA'S Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) has vowed to oppose moves to seize its assets following the recent court judgement which awarded some of its property to automobile manufacturer Innoson Motors as the ongoing spat between the two companies over a N2.4bn ($6.63m) debt escalates.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I have been wracking my brain endlessly since the presidential elections, trying to figure out how Nigeria addresses her $100bn annual infrastructure deficit and alas, I can only come up with one solution - Putinomics!

(2) Putinomics is basically what you could term forced local direct investment (FLDI). It involves the president telling Russia’s wealthy citizens, who we know as the oligarchs, that they must invest in the country’s infrastructure

GOVERNMENT ministers are planning to unveil a domestic automobile finance scheme that will allow consumers to buy cars from indigenous manufacturer Innoson Motors at 6% interest rates in an ambitious attempt to boost local production.

MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ndokwa region in the Delta East Senatorial District of Delta State have endorsed Senators Ahmed Lawan and Ovie Omo-Agege as their respective candidates for senate president and deputy.

BRITAIN and Nigeria have pledged to step up cooperation in assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently living in makeshift camps during a recent visit to Abuja by the director for Africa in the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) deputy publicity secretary Yekini Nabena has declared that Ndigbo have nobody but themselves to blame for not winning the race to produce the next senate president as they refused to vote in senators from across the southeast.

UMBRELLA faith group the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) has denied being under pressure to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent election victory saying it will felicitate with him as is always the tradition.

NIGERIA's Independent national Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared Alhaji Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Adamawa State governor-elect following the collation of the results yesterday after Thursday's supplementary election.

By Ayo Akinfe

With the declaration of the Adamawa result, we now know who all our governors are. All that remains is for the formality of Nyesom Wike to be declared the winner in Rivers State and the election matter is resolved. With this out of the way, the serious business of pursuing economic growth needs to start in earnest.