Ayo Akinfe

[1] Like the rest of you, I have seen the list of experts put together to form his new economic management team. On paper, the list looks very impressive but whether they will deliver is the litmus test. If they are only there for show, it is just a waste of talent

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos State and the chairman of the Dangote Group Alhaji Aliko Dangote along with the chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Otunba Femi Otedola have held a meeting to draw up plans to distribute 80,000 bags of rice across the state.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Coconuts are one agricultural crop that should easily be a big money spinner for Nigeria. If well harnessed, the sector could match the $50bn or so we generate from crude oil sales

[2] Nigeria is currently the world’s number 18 coconut producer with a disappointing output of 288,615 tonnes. Badagry Local Government Area alone could easily double that figure within four years if it wanted to

YORUBA Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo and Tayo Ayinde the chief of staff to Governor Babajide Sanwoolu have both threatened to drag the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Otunba Gani Adams to court for accusing them of plotting an assassination.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the creation of a  Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to generate capital to bridge Nigeria's $25bn per annual infrastructure funding gap.

BRENTFORD midfielder Frank Onyeka has become the latest Super Eagle to leave the national team training camp in Morocco and return to his club for treatment on an injury after he pulled out of tonight's game against Mali and returned to London.

Ayo Akinfe

I am awaiting policy pronouncements that sound something like this:

[1] Between now and the end of the year, the government will be beefing up security big time

[2] We will ban the export of primary commodities that have no value added to them

[3] This government will reach an agreement among the numerous ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria to to ensure peace

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Callum Olusesi has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur which came into effect on his 17th birthday on March 17.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?

[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for Muslims that competes with the Kaaba

[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

[4] Badagry’s slave castle. It needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc

FULHAM centreback Calvin Bassey will miss out on Nigeria's next friendly game against Mali taking place on Tuesday at the Grand Stade de Marrakech as he returned to his club today after picking up a knock in training.