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GOVERNOR Mohammed Bago of Niger State dropped the title His Excellency and controversially adopted the designation of farmer governor as part of a plan to emphasise the importance his administration pays to agriculture.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have submitted a provisional 40-man Super Eagles list to the Confederation of African Football (Caf) ahead of next month's African Cup of Nations taking place in Ivory Coast.

POPE Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples in a fundamental shift in the policy of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality and the vexed issue of  lesbian and gay rights.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Looking back at the Covid-19 lockdown, see parallels with World War Two. During that conflict, nations had to step up the production of new industrial goods like armaments. Also, food was scarce and rationing was introduced in many countries

[2] In several countries, food rationing was introduced because consumption exceeded supply. This is basically the problem with Nigeria. We consume more than we produce

FORMER US president Donald Trump has started a potentially divisive argument at the launch of his presidential campaign in New Hampshire by declaring that that immigrants are poisoning the blood of the country.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we all remember, in 2004, the then finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala introduced a bank consolidation exercise during which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) increased the minimum capital requirement base of banks to N25bn ($70m) from N5bn. This policy was introduced due to the challenges which plagued the banks including low capital bases, liquidity and poor asset quality. As a result, Nigerian banks were consequently forced to merge

MEMBERS of the Afaraukwu Ibeku community in Umuahia North Local Government Area have expressed disappointment with the recent Supreme Court ruling ordering that Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu should remain in detention.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Sometimes, we fail to appreciate how much leeway and clout Nigeria has. We are the world’s seventh most populous nation, Africa’s largest economy and the fulcrum which holds our continent together

[2] Upon assuming office in 2015, President Buhari enjoyed an unprecedented amount of international goodwill with Nigeria being invited to every capital in the world. However, all this did not translate into foreign direct investment (FDI)

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria needs to attract at least $50bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024 to avoid total economic collapse

[2] Where on earth we are going to get it from I do not know and I am surprised that nobody is even talking about it at the moment

[3] Waiting for investors to just come to Nigeria is utopian thinking

[4] We should be the ones aggressively pursuing investors, using our control of the Ecowas market as a unique selling point

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sacked the heads of the five government agencies in Nigeria's aviation sector in a major shake-up aimed at revitalising the industry and enhancing customer service.