Ayo Akinfe

(1) Popularly known as dogonyaro, neem is widely grown across northern Nigeria where it is put to several uses. It is time to tap into this potential goldmine

(2) Nigeria is the world’s second largest neem producer behind India but you can be guaranteed we are not taking advantage of the crop as they are. India has a thriving pharmaceutical industry centred around the crop generating millions in foreign exchange earnings

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has broken his silence on the ongoing epidemic of kidnappings and banditry across the country revealing that his government will not offer any amnesty to bandits and insurgents terrorising the nation.

FEDERAL government officials have begun negotiations with Nasarawa State with a view to opening Nigeria's first mega grazing reserve under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) having received €400,000 for the project from the Netherlands government.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha suffered a major setback in his ongoing battle with the incumbent administration after an Owerri high court ordered the temporary confiscation of several of his properties.

NIGERIAN-born Shola Shoretire has made history by becoming the youngest ever Manchester United player to feature in a European match for the English Premier League giants when he featured against Real Sociedad yesterday.

NIGERIA'S growing insecurity crisis got significantly worse yesterday after 300 female students of Government Secondary School Jangebe in Zamfara State were abducted by armed bandits.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Disarmament centres will be established in every one of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas where illegal weapons will be handed in without any prosecution 

(2) As from April 1 2021, it will be illegal for anyone to own an automatic weapon like an AK47. Anyone caught with one will be subject to a statutory 10 year jail sentence 

FEDERAL government officials have drawn up plans to create 30 grazing reserves across the country under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) in attempt to address the ongoing Fulani herdsmen crisis currently afflicting the country.

ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who has recently been involved in negotiations with armed bandits across northwest Nigeria has warned journalists to stop referring to them as criminals saying they are not different from the Niger Delta militants.

PRESIDENTIAL Advisory Committee Against Corruption (Pacac) chairman Professor Itse Sagay has expressed fears that attorney-general Abubakar Malami will prevent new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa from performing.