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Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Here is a pie chart, which offers a breakdown of the Nigerian economy into its component sectors. As you can see, manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP). This for me is at the root of all our problems

[2] Do you know the global average with regards to manufacturing as a percentage of national GDP is 30%. When we only have about one quarter of that, you can see why we are in trouble

FORMER vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dismissed calls by the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for healing after the recent bruising elections as hypocritical.

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has formally filed a petition with the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll in which he was one of the contestants.

MERSEYSIDE giants Tranmere Rivers have welcomed Obidinma Onyeali the son of one of its first ever Nigerian Elkanah to Prenton Park as part of a partnership programme aimed at helping young black footballers.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Make your state of birth your state of origin

[2] Make it compulsory to grant indigent status to anyone who has lived in a state for up to five years

[3] Categorise the use of the word tribe as hate speech. Only animals live in tribes. Europeans never refer to themselves as coming from tribes. Using the word tribe should attract a 12 month jail sentence

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State Senator Uba Sani has emerged as the surprise winner of Saturday's governorship contest after the two main opposition parties split the vote between them.

MUSICIAN and lawyer Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has dismissed the recent re-election if Governor Babajide Sanwoolu in Lagos State as not representing the will of the people but the elite merely selecting themselves.

NIGERIA'S deputy senate president Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has become the latest high profile casualty of this year's elections after he was soundly beaten in his quest to get elected as the Delta State governor.

NIGERIA'S hopes of getting her first ever female state governor have been put on hold for now as the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared the Adamawa State gubernatorial election inconclusive.

ENGLISH Premier league side Arsenal are preparing to offer their on-loan Nigeria-eligible striker Folarin Balogun to AC Milan as part of a package to attract Algerian midfielder Ismael Bennacer during the forthcoming summer transfer window.