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FORMER British prime minister Boris Johnson  has expressed optimism that banditry and terrorism will be defeated in Nigeria in the near future and normality will return to the country with law and order prevailing once again.

NIGERIAN philanthropist and legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola has donated a sum of £10m to the UK's Kings College in London to enable it establish the Afe Babalola African Centre for Transnational Education.

FEARS are growing that Arsenal's Nigeria-eligible striker Folarin Balogun might be set to commit his senior international future to the US after he spent the recent break with the  American team at their Orlando camp.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] I assume Bola Tinubu is aware of the fact that there are about 6m illegal firearms in Nigeria. Almost all of them came from Libya’s armoires, which were looted when the Gaddafi administration fell

[2] If Nigeria’s government wants to combat the growing insecurity across the nation, it needs to do something about its porous border. Especially the northern border with Niger Republic, which is a haven for smugglers, gun runners, terrorists and religious zealots 

CHINESE aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft has announced plans to expand its operations  into Africa with a special focus on Nigeria under an ambitious plan that will involve the opening of plants across the continent.

SOCIAL critic and  popular musician Charles Oputa popularly known as Charley Boy has promised to lead what he has termed the mother of all rallies next week when he organises a demonstration to protest against Nigeria's recent general elections.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have redeemed their battered image a bit today with a 1-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau in an African Cup of Nations qualifier thanks to a 30th minute penalty b winger Simon Moses.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Insecurity is by far Nigeria’s biggest headache at the moment. It is one area where President Buhari scored zero out of 10 and the incoming president must do something about it immediately 

[2] For me, Bola Tinubu must make an unequivocal statement on security by launching an unprecedented attack against Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) in Sambisa Forest 

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been suspended its national chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu after the ward executive committee of his Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State moved against him.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I do not need to tell anyone that West Africa remains a dependent and parasitic backwater, that supplies the rest of the world with the world with nothing by raw materials. You can never build any form of prosperity with that kind of rigged arrangement that keeps you a dependant consumer