Spurs consider launching audacious summer bid for Crystal Palace playmaker Ebere Eze

ENGLISH Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspurs are considering launching an audacious bid for Crystal Palace mercurial playmaker of Nigerian extraction Eberechi Eze during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

 

Share

I am surprised that despite all his foreign travels Tinubu has not held private meetings with either Kemi Badenoch or Wale Adeyemo to discuss the vexed matter of FDI

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unprecedented problems require unprecedented solutions. When you are faced with challenges that look insurmountable, that is when it is time to think outside the box sand do the unthinkable. I hope Bola Tinubu realise that this is the position in which he finds himself

Share

Nigerian Immigration Service prosecutes up to 80 of its men over passport extorting racket

ABOUT 80 officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) have gone on trial for indulging in the collection of illegal fees from members of the public for the issuance of new passports and renewal of old ones on a crackdown on fraud in the agency.

 

Share

Can the governors of Anambra and Delta states please visit Istanbul to see how the Turks are building tunnels under the Straits of Bosporus and replicate it on the River Niger

Ayo Akinfe

[1] While we are celebrating the second River Niger bridge, do my people know they Turkey is about to construct the third tunnel connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, officially named the Great Istanbul Tunnel by the government

[2] This new tunnel will be put into service in 2028. It will have the capacity to serve 1.3m passengers on a daily basis

Share

House of Reps speaker aspirants plan to field consensus candidate to challenge party imposition

AGGREIVED aspirants running for the position of House of Representatives speaker are considering to field a consensus candidate against the All Progressives Congress (APC) handpicked man Hon Tajudeen Abbas.

 

Share

With 29 governors to be sworn-in on May 29, I look forward to six of them adopting an audacious chocolate production plan

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians always look towards the federal government for redemption but this is just ignorance. It is the state government that is responsible for 80% of governance responsibilities under our federal structure, so that is where we need to place the emphasis

[2] Nigeria’s constitution allows its governors to come together and collaborate for the common good. Sadly, we see very little of that, so let us hope 2023 heralds a thunderstorm of change

Share

Kwara State's Governor Abdulrazaq looks set to declare his interest in becoming NGF chairman

GOVERNOR Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has thrown his hat into the ring as the contest for the leadership of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) looks set to commence immediately after May 29.

 

Share

Peter Obi believes he will be sworn-in as president even if it means waiting for up to three years

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has insisted that he will be sworn-in as the president of Nigeria as he believes that he won the last presidential elections but he may have to be patient to reclaim his mandate as has happened in the past.

 

Share

Imo West lawmaker insists he remains in the race to become the next senate president

IMO West Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Osita Izunaso has refused to accept the All Progressives Congress (APC) hierarchy's allocation of National Assembly leadership positions saying he is very much still in the race to become senate president.

 

Share

Ipob denies its members burnt down the home of late Ohanaeze leader George Obiozor

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has denied reports that its members burnt down the house of the late Ohanaeze Ndigbo president Professor George Obiozor over their political differences.

 

Share

Pages

Subscribe to Ayo Akinfe | Bookshop RSS