Keyamo hits back at critics saying his bought his US property before becoming a minister

NIGERIA'S minister of state for labour and productivity Festus Keyamo has hit back at critics calling him names for acquiring a house in the US saying he has not breached any government regulations and the property was not bought with public funds.

 

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Air Peace offer to airlift stranded Nigerians out of Sudan free of charge once safe passage has been agreed

NIGERIAN commercial airline Air Peace has expressed its willingness to help evacuate the country's citizens stranded in Sudan free of charge following the recent outbreak of war between the government and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

 

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Arsenal loanee Ovie Ejeheri finds his feet in Finland keeping two successive clean sheets

ARSENAL-owned goalkeeper of Nigerian extraction Ovie Ejeheri is enjoying some of his best form at the moment while out on loan to Finnish clubside Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho popularly known as SJK enjoying his second successive clean sheet in the league.

 

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I hope Tinubu realises that he needs to appoint a manufacturing czar with the same remit as Albert Speer, Germany’ World War Two minister of armaments and war production

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I must confess that I for one have very little faith in this incoming administration. Everything is pointing to more of the same old stuff but alas, let us see if Bola Tinubu can surprise us

[2] Napoleon Bonaparte once said: “A newborn government must dazzle and astonish.” If the Tinubu administration wants to do this, it needs to tackle the urgent problems of insecurity, power supply and above all our limited manufacturing capacity

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Tinubu to arrive back in Nigeria from France tomorrow evening and start preparing for May 29

PRESIDENT-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is return to Nigeria tomorrow Monday April 24 from his lengthy sojourn abroad that has seen him go on holiday in France  where he says he is planning his transition programme ahead of the May 29 handover date.

 

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Were I in Bola Tinubu’s shoes I would declare September 29 Nigerian National Futuristic Day and offer tax-free concessions to investors on this date every year

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On September 20, a lot has happened over the centuries. Men and women of unbelievable courage did the unthinkable on this day, changing our world forever. For the world's largest black nation to join the ranks of humanity's greats, we simply need to start thinking similarly.

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Nidcom initiates plans to evacuate Nigerians trapped in Sudan as civil war rages there

NIGERIANS in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairman Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has initiated plans to evacuate all the Nigerians living in Sudan following the outbreak of a civil war on the country.

 

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Sowore rejects Buhari's apology saying he made life sheer hell for Nigerians over eight years

AFRICAN Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyole Sowore has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari's apology offered to Nigerians asking that he be forgiven for any hurt he might have caused while in office.

 

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With all this constant talk about Nyesom Wike I actually hope Bola Tinubu can find a role for him that involves developing the Niger Delta

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Rivers is not just any state in Nigeria. It is our fountain of wealth and ideally should be the bellwether of the Nigerian economy. There is no reason for it not to be competing with Lagos State when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)

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Armed gunmen kill five policemen in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State

ARMED gunmen suspected to be Biafran separatists have killed five police officers in the Ulakwo community of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State in a fearful sign that the violence sweeping across the area is getting worse.

 

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