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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Crude oil - This is vital if you want to power your economy. We have crude oil in abundance, so thankfully do not need to spend billions importing petroleum products now that the Dangote refinery is up and running

[2] Cash crops - To process goods, you need an abundant and cheap supply of cash crops like rubber, timber, livestock, cocoa, palm oil, neem, cassava, etc. Again, we have more of this than we need

FLIGHT landings at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos are now under threat after thieves made away with recently-installed airfield lighting systems designed to assisting night time flights.

NIGERIAN entrepreneur Tony Elumelu has arrived in London where he will participate in the Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum attended by King Charles and President Joe Biden serving as the representative of the African private sector.

ENGLISH Championship side Blackburn Rovers has decided to release Anglo-Nigerian defender Tayo Edun so he can find a new club during the current transfer window as the players was not seeing much action at Ewood Park.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria was founded on the basis of the fact that she could supply Europe with commodities she needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers

FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has revealed that he will never accept a  ministerial appointment from President Bola Tinubu should he be named for a position as he believes he is too old for it.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been unanimously elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) at the regional body's 63rd ordinary session which just held in Guinea-Bissau.

NIGERIA-eligible goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheri is planning to return to English Premier League side Arsenal at the end of the summer break following the end of his loan spell at Finnish Veikkausliiga clubside JK Seinajoki.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Steam irons

[2] Wrist watches

[3] Mobile phones

[4] Laptop computers

[5] iPads

[6] Plasma Television sets

[7] Fridge-freezers

[8] Handbags

[9] Generator sets

[10] Bicycles

[1] I do not think it is asking too much for us as a nation to produce 50m units of each of these items annually

[2] No doubt there are a lot of prototypes out there but alas, how do we get from prototype to mass production?

FEARS are growing that the 10th National Assembly may end up having more than 2,563 legislative aides as the current crop of leaders including senate president Godswill Akpabio and House of Reps speaker Tajudeen Abbas are appointing many assistants.