NIGERIAN sprint queen Blessing Okagbare has run the second fastest time ever run by a woman in the 100 metres when she romped home in 10.63 seconds at Nigeria's national Olympics trials in Lagos yesterday.

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[1] We should aim for annual double digit economic growth between 2023 and 2030. If we enjoy 10% growth every year for a decade, it will increase Nigeria's GDP to over $1trn

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been declared wanted by the Northern Consensus Movement (NCM) who have placed a bounty of N100m ($243,000) on his head saying they will hand him over to the security agents when captured.

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[1] Nigeria currently has about 20m head of cattle. We should aim to double this to at least 40m by 2022 through an ambitious programme of industrial production, aggressive ranching, the provision of veterinary services and the provision of security for livestock

NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has praised the contribution of diasporan Nigerian artists stressing that they are operating in an industry that has been largely untapped and is a potential huge revenue source.

NIGERIANS travelling abroad for holidays can now access a maximum amount of $4,000 worth of foreign exchange from the banks following the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) recent  decision to increase the amount.

RECENTLY-published World Bank statistics reveal that Nigeria's federal government has borrowed a total of N1.3tn ($3.14bn) since 2017 to ensure that generation companies and gas suppliers received enough payments to continue generating electricity.

NIGERIA currently has a total of 415 grazing reserves of which only two are located in the south of the country according to the department of animal husbandry services in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

TRANSPORT minister Rotimi Amaechi has sought to allay fears that the current infrastructure upgrade taking place across the country will bankrupt Nigeria pointing out that $150bn of the $2bn rail loan taken from China has been repaid.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will aim for annual double-digit economic growth between 2023 and 2030. If we enjoy 10% growth every year for a decade, it will increase Nigeria's GDP to over $1trn from the current $400bn. At the moment, over 90% of government revenue comes from crude oil exports. This soft underbelly makes Nigeria highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the global oil market. By 2030, we should aim to reduce this to 50% as part of an aggressive diversification plan.