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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that 45% of Nigerian timber exports are rosewood, a highly prized wood used for the production of luxurious furniture we need to ban its export immediately

[2] By 2025, Nigeria must match Brazil’s production of 11bn kg of timber production

[3] In each of our 36 states, there must be at least five pulp, laminated wood, sawmill, plywood, furniture or paper mill factories

NIGERIAN Afrobeat musician David Adeleke popularly known as Davido appears to have become the subject of a war of words between his side chicks after his French girlfriend Ivana Bay told off her American rival Anita Brown for defaming the singer.

SUPER Eagles leftback Jamilu Collins has returned to training with English Championship side Cardiff City ahead of the forthcoming 2023/24 season after a nine-month absence due to a knee injury.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With oil theft now the debate in the Niger Delta, we appear to have forgotten that we still have polluted creaks to clean up. I once suggested releasing oil-eating algae into the environment to get rid of some of the oil slicks

CATHOLIC Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) officials have rejected plans for a proposed  bill to establish the National Council of Christian Education arguing that the suggestion violates sections 10 and 42(3) of Nigeria’s constitution.

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has added his voice to the condemnation of the recent show of vanity that saw President Bola Tinubu drive through Lagos with a 124-car motorcade.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Arsenal and Nigerian teenage fullback Camron Ismail have just signed a scholarship making him the third potential Super Eagle to become one of their scholars for the 2023/24 season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of Nigeria’s most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

FIRST Bank of Nigeria has launched a humanoid robot at its Lagos Digital Experience Centre (DXC) in what is the country's first digitised banking operation that cuts out the need for human input.

Located on Adetokunbo Ademola Street in Victoria Island, the DXC branch is at the forefront of the bank's high tech drive. First Bank spokeswoman Folake Ani-Mumuney, said the robot was among the phased configuration of the bank’s state-of-the-art digitally led self-service branch.

FORMER President Muhammadu Buhari had flown out of Nigeria and located to London in the UK saying he needed to get out of his home town Daura because the large number of visitors he was receiving did not allow him to rest.