Ayo Akinfe

[1] Lagos State
The Lagos State governor arguably has the toughest task of any politician in Nigeria today. He has to run a state of 22m people and a metropolis of 12m souls. Mass transit remains a nightmare, so he needs to build an underground metro and construct an overground heavy goods network that will among other things allow goods to be moved from Apapa by rail. 

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a legal team made up of 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria led by Prince Lateef Fagbemi to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

NIGERIA'S Labour Party has dissolved the executive committee of its Rivers State chapter for anti-party activities and corruption in response to an earlier announcement today that the party would be fielding a joint candidate with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

MAJORITY leader in Nigeria's House of Representatives Hon Alhassan Doguwa is facing additional woes on top of his recent arrest after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) voided his recent election in Kano State.

OPPOSITION parties the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have decided to join forces in Rivers State and present one governorship candidate in Saturday's forthcoming gubernatorial elections.

GERMAN Bundesliga sides Borussia Monchengladbach and Werder Bremen have joined the ranks of clubs inquiring after former Arsenal academy product Chuba Akpom in light of his sterling performance in the English Championship this season.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] If Bola Tinubu is serious about his new assignment, he will realise that he cannot achieve anything unless he can make the Nigerian economy more competitive. That he cannot do without a significant technology transfer 

[2] It is naive of us to think that the industrialised world will take pity on us and suddenly transfer the needed technology to us. They are well aware of the fact that it will convert us into a competitor from a dumping ground 

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked claims that its leaders were in talks with the Labour Party over creating an alliance in Lagos State ahead of Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections.

NIGERIA'S two main political parties the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remain at loggerheads over last Saturday's presidential elections even as China's President Xi Jinping congratulates Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his victory.

NIGERIA-eligible right fullback Dominic Iorfa looks set to leave League One side Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the season as a combination of recent good form and the fact that his contract is about to come to an end.