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NIGERIA'S latest industrial venture the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State has begun operations today processing 650,000 barrels of oil a day in what is seen as the long term solution to Nigeria's chronic petroleum product crisis.

Despite being a major crude oil producer, Nigeria suffers from a domestic shortage of petroleum products and has to rely on imports. This is due to the fact that the country's three refineries are non-functional at the moment.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or the British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue

[2] We need at least $10bn invested in cattle ranches, dairy plants, animal feed compounders and leather factories to address our chronic Fulani herdsman crisis

OLUWO of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has described the inauguration of Councillor Michael Situ as the mayor of Southwark in the UK yesterday as a great source of pride for his kingdom describing him as one of the result-oriented products of Iwoland.

GOVERNMENT ministered have been ordered by an Abuja high court to account for what happened to a $460m Chinese loan acquired in 2010 to  fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If Nigeria was a country that had any shame, we would be eternally embarrassed about the fact that we do not have a single aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility. This is totally unacceptable for Africa’s largest economy

EMBATTLED Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has been crowned the general overseer of his detention centre by inmates at the Investigations and Intelligence Department of the Lagos State Police Command where he is being detained for slapping a policeman.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Egypt’s Giza Pyramid contains a bust of Pharaoh Khufu, the second monarch of the Fourth Dynasty. He built the most lasting legacy in Ancient Egypt. In Nigeria, monuments built by Tafawa Balewa have collapsed but Pharaoh Khufu’s legacy has lasted nearly 50,000 years

NIGERIA'S Labour Party is facing the prospect of not having any state governor in the forthcoming administration due to take office on May 29 after a Kano federal high court voided the election of Dr Alex Otti as the Abia State governor-elect.

ABOUT 65 world leaders have been invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu later this month on May 29 in what is expected to be a grand event with representation from around the globe.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (MFF) officials are stepping up their interest in Arsenal's FA Youth Cup winner Omotara Junaid with a view to inviting her to the Super Falcons camp to prevent England securing her services.