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FOURTEEN of Nigeria's 36 state governors have not raised one kobo in foreign direct investment (FDI) over the last three years despite spending a whopping sum of N21.04bn ($22m) on foreign trips according to recent data from the World Bank.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] For decades, the Nigerian government has shown no interest whatsoever in expanding cattle numbers, opening ranches, locating feed companies or manufacturing high nutrition grasses but due to the Fulani herdsmen saga, we have been forced to address the issue

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Many Nigerians erroneously think that corruption is their biggest problem. How wrong they are. Intellectual laziness, being under-productive and sheer incompetence are what is keeping us in a state of under-development, to use a phrase from Walter Rodney

LAGOS football fans will be able to watch the ongoing African Cup of Nations at five additional venues after the state government opted to increase the number of viewing venues to 20 from 15.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest agricultural producer but alas, up to one third of our food production goes to waste due to poor transportation and storage facilities. To stem this waste, the federal government needs to make rural roads an urgent priority

[2] In some parts of Nigeria, entire local government areas are cut off during the rainy season. Just imagine the amount of farm produce that ends up being wasted

FOREIGN trade volume passing through the two Lagos ports grew by 9% to N37.93trn ($39.74bn) during the first nine months of 2023 from N34.69trn in the previous year according to recent figures just published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

SEVERAL universities in the UK are now facing the risk of falling into financial deficit due to the massive decline in international students following the government's new policy of placing a ban on pupils bringing dependants into the country.

SOUTHAMPTON striker Paul Onuachu has been handed a last minute invitation to join the Super Eagles squad at the ongoing African Cup of Nations as a replacement for the injured Sadiq Umar who had to pull out with a knee injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) housewife Sa’adatu Ayuba has asked a Dei-Dei Grade One Area Court to nullify her marriage to her husband to Jalija because he is impotent despite the fact that they have been married for 27 years and have five kids together.