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GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has lashed out one of the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) gubernatorial aspirants in Kogi State Senator Dino Melaye saying that he is not suitable for such an exalted position.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On a daily basis, Nigeria witnesses horrific accidents on her roads, many of them involving trailers. Our transport policy has got to be based on moving freight off the road and on to rail to help cut such deaths

[2] No country anywhere on earth has ever industrialised without a modern and efficient railway service. Nigeria’s lack of a modern railway network is a mirror reflection of how unserious we are when it comes to manufacturing

FORMER Nasarawa State deputy governor Professor Onje Gye-Wado has been released by armed gunmen who kidnapped him last week after family paid the agreed ransom fee of N4m ($8,600).

DEVELOPING nations in the Brics group of countries have now overtaken the G7 in terms of having a higher combined gross domestic product (GDP) according to recently published data from Acorn Macro Consulting.

BRITAIN has placed Nigeria on the list of countries that should not be actively targeted for the recruitment by health and social care employers under a plan to discourage the active international recruitment of workers.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that the Gowon regime was getting an average GDP growth rate of about 20%? They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Awolowo served as its vice chairman

NIGERIA'S former high commissioner to the UK between 1999 and 2002 and the country's ex-justice minister Prince Bola Ajibola passed away quietly at the ripe old age of 89 last night eventually succumbing to failing health.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As we celebrate Easter, do Nigerians ever for once give a thought to cashing in on the commercial opportunities it presents? For a variety of reasons, we are uniquely placed to make millions from Easter in foreign exchange both through tourism and the sale of memorabilia but alas, we are fast asleep

LEGAL challenges to the Ekiti State gubernatorial elections that took place on June 18 last year have come to an end after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld all previous judgements on the matter recognising Governor Biodun Oyebanji as duly elected.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All Nigerian evangelical churches shall run their economic divisions as autonomous departments. They shall keep accounting records of all tithe and other collections just like any other financial house

[2] All these financial departments of churches shall pool their resources into one common pot to be known as Man of God Nigeria Limited. The federal government will take out a 25% stake in the venture