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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 

NIGERIA'S new president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has expressed fears about plans by some aggrieved politicians who lost out in the last elections to truncate the transition process by disrupting his planned swearing-in on  May 29.

BRITAIN'S Home Office International Operations has trained no fewer than 35 officers of Nigeria's Marine Command and Seaports Operations of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in recent weeks as part of a global clampdown on piracy and drugs.

EVERTON playmaker Alex Iwobi has promised Nigerian football fans that the Super Eagles will make amends for their woeful performance against Guinea-Bissau yesterday when they lost 0-1 at home in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] When I look at the way Nato nations are falling over each other to supply Ukraine with battle tanks, I weep for our dear African continent. When has the West ever assisted an African nation like that in say its battle against terrorists?

[2] Battle tanks are actually quite a rare commodity at the moment. Russia is having to roll out previously decommissioned Soviet era T-55 tanks as the war with Ukraine has created a scarcity due to the high casualty rate 

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been granted permission by the Presidential Election Petition Court to serve president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his petition.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have suffered a humiliating 0-1 defeat at the hands of lowly Guinea Bissau at the MKO Abiola Stadium on their third match if the 2014 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

NIGERIA'S Court of Appeal has set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as the executive governor of Osun State reaffirming his victory in last year's polls and ordering the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pay N500,000 in costs.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nothing is as responsible for Nigeria's current socio-economic woes as the federal revenue allocation formula. It has made us dependent on one primary commodity, stifled economic growth and inhibited productivity. I am hoping that Governor Otti will initiative the process that will eventually slay this dragon. If by say 2029, Abia State has a gross domestic product (GDP) of $200bn, it has no need whatsoever for the paltry Abuja handouts