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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s army was created by our former colonial masters along identical lines to the British Army with the primary task of protecting the country from external threats. Well, the reality is that unlike European powers such as Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, Czarist Russia, Italy, etc, 90% of Nigeria’s security challenges are internal. We will thus restructure the Nigerian Army to reflect that reality

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has adopted President Bola Tinubu as its consensus candidate for the 2027 presidential elections saying that the development was designed to end political rivalry between Igbos and Yorubas.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I will start off with Cocoa House, Ibadan, Africa’s first ever skyscraper. Despite his flaws, the more I read about Awolowo, the more I just marvel at his unique ability to envisage the future. He built Cocoa House to serve as a revenue earner that would help fund his social programmes

OPPOSITION party the  African Democratic Congress (ADC) has opposed the quest by the Nigerian government to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) saying President Bola Tinubu's should focus on addressing insecurity challenges at home.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2050, Nigeria is predicted to become the world’s third most populous nation after China and India. We owe it to humanity to also become the world’s third largest manufacturer by then. To avert a global catastrophe, Africa needs to account for at least 20% of global manufacturing by 2050

SEVERAL gold miners have been reported trapped in a tunnel in Kadauri in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State after the shaft in which they were operating collapsed cutting them off from the outside world.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] World leaders are currently meeting at the United Nations’ 80th anniversary in New York. While there, among other things, they are busy trying to find ways to reduce the global carbon footprint. One thing they always fail to ever mention, however, is that Africa has very little to do with global warming

WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers manager Vitor Pereira has told Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare to regard his debut goal against Everton in the Carabao Cup this week as the start of a long journey as the club expects a lot more from him this season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With a population of about 8m Oyo State is the sixth most populous in the Nigeria. It also has the largest landmsss of all the states in the south of the country with area of 28,454 square kilometres. It is thus no surprise that Lagos State for instance, hires land in Oyo State for agriculture. Going forward, Oyo may have to do a bit more of that, given that Lagos has no land for agricultural expansion

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United plan sending scouts to the Fifa U20 World Cup which kicks off in Chile this weekend to go and watch Nigerian goalkeeping sensation Ebenezer Harcourt with a view to signing him.