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I hope the next group to pay a visit to Aso Rock are the South East Governors Forum who present an ambitious retail-to-manufacturing conversation programme to President Tinubu

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

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First Bank introduces Nigeria's first humanoid robot at its Lagos Digital Experience Centre

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.

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Buhari flies into London to escape from the large number of visitors trooping to Daura

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.

 

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Brentford and Bournemouth both step up quests to sign Bright Osayi-Samuel from Fenerbahce

ENGLISH Premier League sides Brentford and Bournemouth have both expressed an interest in signing Super Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel from Turkish side Fenerbahce during the current transfer window.

 

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With Sallah coinciding with the arrival of new governments in Nigeria, I want to see the Northern States Governors Forum adopt this poverty alleviation template

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2027, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2028, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

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Governor Adeleke clashes with former senate spokesman over seating arrangement at prayer ground

GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was caught up in a spat at the Oshogbo prayer ground today after he and former senate spokesman Senator Ajibola Basiru had an altercation over seating arrangements.

 

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Davido courts controversy after another American woman claims she is pregnant for him

NIGERIAN Afrobeat musician David Adeleke popularly known as Davido is in the news for the wrong reasons again after an American woman who identified herself as Anita Brown has gone on social media to reveal that she is pregnant for the superstar.

 

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Italian champions Napoli eye a move for Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi this summer

ITALIAN champions Napoli are eyeing a move for Super eagles anchorman Wilfred Ndidi with a view to signing him during the current transfer window in response to Leicester City's relegation from the English Premier League.

 

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I would like Tinubu to use the occasion of Sallah to reflect on drawing up a coherent Nigerian Middle East policy

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] When one looks at Israel’s military might, the growing economic clout of the United Arab Emirates and the strides Saudi Arabia is taking to boost tourism, it is clear that the Middle East is currently on a roll

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Atiku and Wike are at loggerheads again over who becomes the next senate minority leader

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his estranged former G-5 governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are at loggerheads over who is to become the next minority leader of the Nigerian senate.

 

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