NIGERIA'S minister of steel development Prince Shuaibu Audu, has announced plans to get an Ajaokuta Industrial Park up and running over the next three years under an ambitious programme that will involve attracting foreign direct investment and creating 500,000 jobs.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians have among the most diverse array of textiles in the world. It is inexplicable that the sector is not one of the nation’s biggest sources of foreign exchange

[2] There is absolutely no reason why Nigeria’s revenue from the exports of lace, adire, guinea brocade, Atiku, ankara, etc does not match crude oil receipts. We should be mass-producing finished products and exporting them to retail outlets all over the world

NIGERIA'S Labour Party former vice president and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP0 presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to leave their presidential candidate Peter Obi out of his ongoing spat with President Bola Tinubu.

COMMUNITY socialite and former Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (CANUK) publicity secretary Princess Moradeun Adedoyin-Solarin has released further details of her planned Aso-Ebi gala night taking place later this month.

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Chizaram Ezenwata has signed a scholarship deal with English Premier League giants Chelsea after successful trials with the club and is now hoping to secure a professional contract once he turns 16.

Ayo Akinfe

[1[ Noah was the world’s first known animal conservationist. Bless the great man’s soul for his attempts to preserve as many animal species as possible. Obviously, some species did not survive his bold initiative but why should Nigeria not continue from where he left off?

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said he would only drop his fight with President Bola Tinubu if the Supreme Court rules in the president’s favour in their forthcoming case.

NIGERIA'S Supreme Court has announced that it will deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the federal government against the Court of Appeal ruling that quashed the criminal charges against the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu on December 15.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have set their sights on bringing Fiorentina's Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Michael Kayode to England during the forthcoming January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We should aim for annual double digit economic growth between 2023 and 2030. If we enjoy 10% growth every year for a decade, it will increase Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) to over $1trn