Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has distributed 260 luxury cars to traditional rulers across the state despite his recent criticism in which he blamed them for aggravating the security and humanitarian crisis in the territory.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele could be coerced into running for president next year after all as a coalition of northern groups Arewa Youths for Emefiele has announced plans to buy him a presidential nomination form.

KIDNAPPED Bank of Agriculture managing director Alwan  Ali Hassan was released by his captors yesterday after his family reportedly handed over a ransom fee of N100m ($240,258) to the kidnappers who abducted him in the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28.

NIGERIA'S federal government has been ordered by an Abuja high court to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35% of all appointments in the public sector to women in honour of its affirmative action programme.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan narrowly escaped death yesterday evening after he was involved in a car crash in Abuja that resulted in the death of two members of his security detail.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Offer free tuition right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education

[3] Provide free uniforms in all public schools

[4] Offer one free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils

[5] No primary school child should have to walk more than 1km to school

[6] Every local government must have at least one technical or vocational school

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced fresh plans to hand out loans to 98,000 persons in another phase of its empowerment programme supervised by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development.

KENYAN medical experts have designed an innovative device that helps reduce menstrual pains for women who usually experience serious unease during their monthly cycle aimed at making period pains a thing of the past.

GOVERNOR Charles Soludo of Anambra State has instituted a truth and reconciliation committee with a mandate to unravel the true cause of armed struggle across the southeast geo-political zone which has led to the current insecurity.