Ayo Akinfe

(1) Convert all the federal government’s abandoned property in Lagos into police barracks to offer better accommodation

(2) Sign a maintenance contract with Julius Berger, making the company responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all police barracks across the country

(3) Get the National Assembly to pass a reform bill making one third of all police recruits female. This will go a long way to end the macho and gun-ho culture that we currently have

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has apologised to Nigerians for the failure of the government to react to incessant instances of police brutality across the country promising that the government will address all the issues raised by the ongoing nationwide protests.

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Olufemi Joshua is hopeful that fans will be allowed into the O2 Arena when he defends his belts against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev on December 12 in London.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) All the demands regarding police reform and the abolition of Sars will be implemented in full by December 31. As from January 1 2021, Nigeria will have a different security structure that is well funded, with policemen offered remuneration packages identical to say bank workers

BRITISH airline BA has been fined £20m for failing to protect data that left more than 400,000 of its customers vulnerable to cyber attack in 2018 when hackers successfully accessed the carrier's hard drive.

CONTINENTAL lender the African Development Bank (AfDB) was been selected as the best issuer in the year in an online poll for coming up with the idea of a $3bn dollar-denominated Covid-19 social bond issued on March 27.

NIGERIA'S ongoing protests against police brutality has taken a dramatic twist with protesters rejecting food and drinks sent to them by the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of the Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo.

NIGERIAN online commercial platform Paystack has been purchased by US technology giant Stripe for s staggering $200m subject to regulatory approvals in a move aimed at drastically enhancing Internet transactions across Africa.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would dissolve all paramilitary units in the police and get the National Assembly to pass a law insisting that any such units can only be re-established after they have subjected it to proper scrutiny

[2] I would make having five o'levels the very minimum qualification for joining the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). Police constables would also be put on the same pay grade as members of our state houses of assembly

NIGERIA'S National Economic Council (NEC) has succumbed to ongoing pressure from ongoing protesters demanding the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) and set up panels of enquiry to investigate all cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings.