This is the order in which I will rate Nigeria's top 10 security challenges at the moment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Restoring normality to the northeast. Iswap have even declared one of their commanders as the Borno State governor

[2] Ending the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen killing innocent people across the country

[3] Confronting these so-called armed bandits in the northwest who now attack schools and abduct pupils on a daily basis

[4] Nigeria's large army of kidnappers who have developed a lucrative ransom industry

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Federal government gave 48 domestic companies tax relief during the course of 2020

NIGERIA'S federal government granted a total of 48 domestic companies a tax holiday in 2020 as part of a programme to give the economy a much-needed boost according to the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC).

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo asks for the same efficiency used to pursue Kanu and Igboho to be used against herdsmen

PAN-Igbo cultural body Ohanaeze Ndigbo has challenged Nigeria's federal government to apply the same amount of zeal and efficacy with which it arrested Nnamdi Kanu and  Sunday Igboho to deal with Fulani cattle herdsmen and killer bandits.

 

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Air Peace deploys three brand new Embraer aircraft as part of its ongoing expansion

DOMESTIC airline Air Peace has officially deployed its three brand new Embraer 195-E2 airplanes for scheduled flight operations as part of its ongoing expansion programme aimed at expanding its presence in the Nigerian market.

 

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Sunday Igboho applies for British political asylum as his legal team fight extradition

YORUBA Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo has applied for political asylum in Britain as part of his ongoing campaign to avoid being extradited to Nigeria following his arrest at Cotonou airport in Benin Republic earlier this week.

 

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Frank Onyeka signs five year contract with Brentford as Everton chase Chukwueze

NIGERIA'S contingent of players on the English Premier League is on the rise as midfielder Frank Onyeka just signed a five year contract with newcomers Brentford while Everton are looking to sign Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze.

 

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Rather than pursuing dissidents like Kanu and Igboho I would rather the government focus on matters like this

Ayo Akinfe

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

[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its GDP on education

[3] Free uniforms in all public schools

[4] 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

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Nigeria asks Opec to increase its crude oil production quota as prices fall below $70 a barrel

NIGERIA has asked the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to increase her production quota of 1.77m barrels a day in response to falling global prices after Brent crude tumbled to below $70 a barrel yesterday.

 

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Awka high court reinstates Charles Soludo as Apga's gubernatorial candidate in Anambra elections

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has been reinstated as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State after securing a favourable ruling in an Awka high court today.

 

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Germany's Bayer Leverkusen hope to purchase Sheyi Ojo from Liverpool this summer

GERMAN Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen are hoping to complete the signing of Liverpool winger Sheyi Ojo during the ongoing summer transfer window as a replacement for Demarai Gray who is on his way to Everton.

 

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