CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have refuted claims alleging that the federal government is contemplating the conversion of $30bn currently being held in domiciliary deposits in commercial banks across the country into naira.

NIGERIA'S Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has called a meeting in Abuja today to discuss the vexed issue of President Bola Tinubu relocating several agencies to Lagos which is causing a lot of consternation among northern socio-political groups.

NIGERIA appears to have missed out on securing the services of French coach Herve Renard after it emerged that he and the Egyptian Football Association are in advanced talks about him taking over as the new manager of The Pharaohs.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Register and licence all local vigilante groups

[2] Establish 20 battalions in strategic towns across the north east and north west geo-political zones

[3] Commence the building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger

[4] Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths across the north east and north west to encourage education

[5] Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000 jobs in the northeast

WASHINGTON has sold 12 Viper attack helicopters to Nigeria for about $1bn as part of the US plan to support the country in its fight against terrorism and religious extremism that is growing across West Africa.

GOVERNMENT ministers have announced plans to kick-start operations at the light steel mill section of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant in Kogi State injecting a sum of N30bn ($25m) into the project to help get the facility up and running.

GOVERNMENT ministers have announced plans to convert all Nigeria Police Force (NPF) vehicles into ones which use clean energy as part of its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the country's carbon footprint.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nobody will admit it publicly but we are Africans are regarded as inferior beings simply because we are not productive enough. Until we start contributing our fair share to global development, we really have no moral right to complain about this treatment

[2] We are considered a burden and a bunch of parasites by industrialised countries. Make no mistake about it, this will continue for as long as we remain eternal consumers, producing nothing

NIGERIA has maintained her position as China's third largest trading partner in Africa with the volume of trade between both nations rising to $22.6bn during the course of 2023 according to data just published by the Chinese embassy in Abuja.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how much we protest about it, the reality remains that the rest of the human race refuses to recognise negroid people as fully-fledged homo sapiens. There is no evidence out there to suggest that this will change any time soon