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As this petrol crisis forces us to start thinking about alternative and clean energy, our long term outlook should be Nigeria Beyond Oil. That should involve placing a moratorium on drilling

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Back in 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Deep Offshore Act into law. That law basically increased our dependence on crude oil revenue and is only going to lead to a greater scramble for off-shore oil wells going forward

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Nigeria to evacuate her citizens from Lebanon as prospect of all-out Middle East war looms

NIGERIA'S federal government has stepped up arrangements to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon following the escalation of tensions in the Middle East over the last few weeks as the prospect of a full blown war looms.

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Given the high cost of distribution and transportation associated with Nigerian food, it is time state agriculture commissioners introduced vertical farming in our urban centres

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is not short of land for farming as we have about 37m hectares of arable farmland, representing about 40% of our landmass. However, farming is not just about land alone

[2] We are the world’s sixth largest food producer but yet, we do not have bargain basement prices because of our high production costs. Storage, transportation and distribution are huge factors when it comes to the food supply chain

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Organisers of nationwide protests vow to continue with demonstrations despite police clampdown

ORGANISERS of today's nationwide protest against the hyper-inflation ravaging Nigeria have vowed to proceed with their demonstrations despite what they describe as government and police intimidation designed to make them cower.

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As we celebrate 64 years of independence today, here is a 30-step guide to how Nigeria came about. We have come long way as a nation but the best is yet to come

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On August 6 1861, the port of Lagos was seized by the British

[2] On 5 March 1862, the Crown Colony of Lagos was declared, governed directly from London

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Lagos workers resort to sleeping in their offices during the week to cut transportation costs

MANY Nigerian workers living in Lagos have resorted to sleeping in their offices during the week as a result in the incessant rise in transport fares brought about by the scrapping of the national petrol subsidy.

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Which of Nigeria's 36 state governors in going to cash in on this petrol shortage crisis with a long-term strategy of building a green industrial city

Ayo Akinfe

Among the products, whose manufacture I expect to dominate this industrial city, which will be wholly free of fossil fuels, include:

[1] Solar panels

[2] Electric cars

[3] Turbines

[4] A waste-to-power plant

[5] Biomass boilers

[6] Solar batteries

[7] A faeces-to-power plant

[8] Inverters

[9] An ethanol plant

[10] Windmills

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Chink of light appears at the end of the tunnel for Nigerians as the price of yam and tomatoes fall

NIGERIANS suffering from the impact of hyper-inflation that has seen the cost of basic food items soar beyond reach could be in for a bit of a respite after recent figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed the prices of yam and tomatoes are falling.

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Does the fact that the current petrol crisis has not sparked a national debate about electric vehicles not just prove that we have become an intellectually lazy people too dependent on the government

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Today, I want us to focus on the Nigerian private sector and discuss its role in getting us out of our current economic nightmare. Too often, we shout government, government, government when sometimes, the issues at stake are not really a public sector matter. It is not the government that is going to come up with innovative ideas that will double our industrial output. A lot of the time, it is some whizzkid in his 20s

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Nigerian flag to be raised outside numerous UK town halls in October 1 to mark independence day

AT least six different local government authorities in the UK have announced that they will be raising the Nigerian green-white-green flag on October 1 to mark the country's independence day on Tuesday next week.

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