Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 17:44
INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have predicted that Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow to reach $1.85tn by 2029 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms from the current $1.365trn as a result of consistent economic growth.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:27
Ayo Akinfe
[1] I spent yesterday June 6 celebrating the D-Day 80th anniversary. In an unprecedented act of bravery, courage, valour, creativity, audacity and initiative, some 150,000 men were landed on an 80km stretch of land off the Normandy coast of France within 24 hours in 1944
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 21:30
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have approved a bill creating a new state in the southeast geo-political zone to be known as Orlu State that would bring the total number of federating units in the nation to 37.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 14:08
Ayo Akinfe
[1] I have been following these D-Day celebrations religiously and am moved to tears by the history being made here. There are only 23 British D-Day veterans left alive and the sad reality is that this will be the last such parade for them as the youngest among them is 98
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/05/2024 - 18:46
CONTINENTAL body the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has moved the 2025 African Cup of Nations to January 2026 in response to pressure that the tournament will clash with Club World Cup taking place in the US next year.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/05/2024 - 14:51
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Our leaders are always trying to cash in on the fact that Nigeria will forever be the primary investment destination in Africa from where everyone can reach out to the rest of the continent. What we have not done, however, is get this thinking institutionalised so we influence the foreign trade policy of industrialised nations
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 06/04/2024 - 19:25
NIGERIA'S labour movement has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike over a disagreement with the federal government on the minimum wage for a week in a last ditch attempt to reach a negotiated settlement.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:47
Ayo Akinfe
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 23:50
AS many as 30% of Nigerian adults are living with the threat of falling seriously ill from hypertension according to recent findings just published by the Nigerian Society of Hypertension (NSH).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 11:55
Ayo Akinfe
[1] In this picture is the Jebba Bridge that straddles the River Niger. It was built by the British in 1915 to speed up the amalgamation of the protectorates of northern and southern Nigeria. At the time, it was arguably the most technological advanced piece of infrastructure in the country
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