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SENATOR Ali Ndume the chief whip of Nigeria's senate has lampooned suggestions that corruption is just a matter for the elite pointing out that it is indeed people-driven as politicians who steal state funds share it with members of the public.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We may not appreciate it but the global fashion industry is currently buzzing with Meghanmania at the moment. They are all drooling over her wearing our aso oke during her recent visit to Nigeria

[2] What is catching attention in particular is that wrap-around skirt given to her by the chair of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Surely, as a nation, we must have plans to cash in on this global popularity

ORGANISED labour has pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with Nigeria's federal government after ministers and private sector employers submitted two bids of N48,000 and N54,000 which the trade unions dismissed as ridiculous.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If Air Peace are going to survive over the long term, they simply need to be able to match the economies of scale provided by the likes of BA, Virgin, Emirates, KLM, Air France, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, etc

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have warned that Nigeria's federal government may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the new minimum wage increase for workers due to come into effect soon.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Barrack Obama

[2] Richard Branson

[3] Pep Guadiola

[4] David and Victoria Beckham

[5] Mike Tyson

[6] Lionel Messi

[7] Angela Merkel

[8] Usain Bolt

[9] Madonna

[10] Jennifer Lopez

[1] Our reality is that exporting primary commodities can no longer sustain us. We either attract investors to build processing plants to convert them into finished goods or we perish

NIGERIA'S diversification drive suffered a major setback last year as export earnings from manufactured products fell by 166% to N778.4bn ($554.84m) in 2023 from the dizzy heights of N2.1trn ($1.47bn) that were recorded in 2019.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have only recently climbed down from tree tops. We need an aggressive enlightenment strategy to get them to start viewing Nigerians as equal human beings

NIGERIAN Customs Service (NCS) officials gave signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) designed to enhance trading activities between both nations.

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has emerged as a summer transfer target for English Premier League giants Everton after he and his current club Leicester City failed to reached an agreement on renewing his contract.