SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has taken it upon itself to rename two roads and the Imo State Government House after the Eastern Security Network (ESN) commandant Commander Ikonso who was killed over the weekend.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has withheld funds donated to help Lagos amputee hawker Mary Daniel and handed her over to social welfare officials for investigation following revelations that her case was staged to raise money.

ALHAJI Aliko Dangote's plans to purchase English Premier League side Arsenal in the wake of the European Super League saga have suffered a major setback after current owners the Kroenke family has declared that they will not sell the club.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) By 2023 we will elect a president who will stop this division of Nigerians along ethnic lines. President Buhari is unique even by Fulani standards as neither presidents Shagari or Yar’Adua were this nepotistic 

(2) By 2025, Boko Haram would have been eliminated as what is currently lacking is the political will to take them on 

MEMBERS of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) have agreed to repeal some of the production cuts they introduced in a bid to rally prices after indications that global demand looks set to pick up later this year.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu is planning to formally award a contract for the construction of the long-awaited Fourth Mainland Bridge linking Ikorodu with Lagos Island in December as the shortlist of contractors has now been whittled down to 10.

BRITISH minister for Africa James Duddridge has expressed concern about the growing insecurity in Nigeria saying the violence unleashed by Boko Haram sect and its allied groups poses a great risk but added that  the UK is willing to help combat the menace.

NIGERIAN leaders and politically exposed persons (PEP) have been found to own as many as 800 choice properties in Dubai and London with a combined value of $400m according to a recent report by Associate Fellow of Chatham House Matthew Page.

NIGERIA has been classified as the third worst governed country in the world behind Zimbabwe and Venezuela in a recent Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) report which looked at the 104 most poorly governed nations on earth.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Toothpicks 
(2) Petrol 
(3) Mobile phones 
(4) Generator sets 
(5) Stationery 
(6) Luxury clothing 
(7) Private jets 
(8) Communication gadgets like iPads and laptops 
(9) Automobiles not manufactured by Innoson 
(10) Basic foodstuffs like sugar, milk, fish, etc