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[1] Our first priority must be to get all new industrial concerns across all 774 local government areas to generate their own power rather than rely on the national grid to supply them with electricity

THREE commercial banks have been authorised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to drive the planned $1bn diaspora reserves programme aimed at increasing the amount generated from the current $600m by 2026.

Ayo Akinfe

Take a look at how far we are behind other developing nations when it comes to kilometre of railway lines. In the 21st century, everyone is moving towards electrified trains to move goods and people around

[1] India - 67,415km

[2] Argentina - 36,966km

[3] Brazil - 29,817km

[4] Mexico - 23,389km

[5] South Africa - 22,387km

[6] Iran - 16,998km

[7] Kazakhstan - 15,530km

[8] Burma - 11,025km

[9] Pakistan - 8,100km

NIGERIA'S senate has formally rejected a request from the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that she be reinstated saying she will remain barred until the Court of Appeal rules on her case.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will establish a special anti-kidnapping division of the Nigeria Police Force headed by a deputy inspector general of police with a mandate to eliminate what has become a banditry pandemic of late. We will have zero tolerance for banditry and kidnapping

[2] We will build the world’s largest hydro-electric power plant at Lokoja with a capacity to generate 15,000MW of electricity

BENUE State is facing the prospect of a huge traditional rift as the Idoma Area Traditional Council (IATC) has threatened to suspend the paramount ruler of the Idege people Oga Ero Adirahu Ny’Igede for disrespecting the Och’Idoma.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us all assume that in say three years time, we will have six mega cattle ranches across Nigeria. When they are fully operational, we hope to dramatically increase the number of cows in the country from the current 20m to say the 189m produced in India today. This expansion in output will automatically present a new set of challenges which will need to be addressed

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have departed for South Africa where they will face Bafana Bafana in a must-win World Cup qualifier on Tuesday without star striker Victor Osimhen who has been left behind to receive treatment on an ankle injury he picked up yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Collecting handouts from politicians to vote for them knowing fully well that they will reclaim the money once in office

[2] Accepting stomach infrastructure rather than demand policies from politicians

[3] Helping to rig elections and intimidate voters

[4] Backing a criminal member of the elite simply because he or she is from your ethnic group

[5] Regarding a member of another ethnic group as an inferior being

NIGERIA'S  Super Eagles have taken a step towards qualifying for the 2026 World Cup by clinching all three points in a qualifier against Rwanda after securing a 1-0 victory against the Wasps at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo this evening.