Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) operatives have got involved in a bitter war of words with each other on a social media following an altercation at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.

FORMER presidential spokesman Doyin Okupe has declared that he will bow out of the 2023 race for president if his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reaches a national consensus that the position should be zoned to the southeast.

POPULAR gospel singer Sammie Okposo has tendered a public apology to his wife Ozioma and his fans and suspended himself from all church activities for the time being after having being exposed for engaging in an act of infidelity last year.

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it will suspend the planned removal of the existing petroleum subsidy by 18 months to enable it consult with stakeholders across the sector as it introduces a phased withdrawal.

TRANSPARENCY International has released its 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) placing Nigeria 154 out of 180 countries studied globally scoring the nation 24 out of 100 points in the survey.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will be made up of 42 states, with seven per each of her constituent geo-political zone

[2] Each state will be responsible for creating and funding its local governments as it deems fit. Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a state grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure

NIGER Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF) leader Alhaji Asari Dokubo has lashed out at the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) Nnamdi Kanu saying the constant sit-at-home protests he calls across the southeast geo-political zone are impoverishing Ndigbo.

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has landed in more trouble today after a federal high court in Abuja issued an arrest warrant against her in response to an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

OVER 25,000 people have signed a petition to stop foreign institutions from demanding an English proficiency test from Nigerians seeking to school in the UK as it is not necessary given that Nigeria is an Anglophone country.