UK home secretary wants new Draconian law deporting Nigerian students six months after graduation

NIGERIAN students and other immigrants studying in the United Kingdom now face a high risk of deportation after the completion of their academic programmes as a result of a new Draconian policy introduced by the British home secretary Suella Braverman.

 

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Adeleke vows to appeal against today's decision nullifying his election as governor

GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke has vowed to fight today's decision which annulled his election July 16 2022 victory at the polls electing him as Osun State governor in the Court of Appeal saying the verdict was a miscarriage of justice.

 

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Nottingham Forest send Nigerian teenager Osa Solomon out on loan for the rest of the season

ENGLISH Premier League side Nottingham Forest have loaned out promising Nigerian fullback Osa Solomon to non-league side Redditch United for the remainder of the season in the latest development in the January transfer window.

 

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Given how dependent we are on motorcycles in Nigeria, it is pathetic they we do not have a factory which manufactures machines that can carry between 10 and 12 people each 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Necessity is supposed to be the mother of invention 

[2] Nigerians use motorcycles for practically everything. Nigeria is the only country on earth where motorcycles are use to transport cows and to move other motorcycles 

[3] Lagos in particular is wholly dependent on motorcycle taxis known as Okadas because of its notorious traffics jams 

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Edo State government gives churches and mosques up to March 31 to install soundproof cladding

CHURCHES and mosques operating in Edo State that do not meet the state’s guidelines on noise pollution including a regulation that they must install soundproof cladding will be sealed by March 31 this year.

 

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Gbajabiamila threatens to order Emefiele's arrest over his failure to appear before House committee

HOUSE of Representatives speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to order the arrest of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele over his failure to appear before the National Assembly committee investigating the old naira notes withdrawal.

 

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Ohanaeze calls on Buhari to allow Nnamdi Kanu address Ndigbo before next month's elections

OHANAEZE Ndigbo's general secretary Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to allow Indigenous people of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu to address the people of the southeast ahead of next month's elections.

 

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PDP's governorship candidate in Abia State suddenly passes away after brief illness

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has to hurriedly field another gubernatorial candidate in Abia State after its governorship aspirant Professor Uchenna Ikonne suddenly died after a brief illness.

 

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Celtic's Nigeria-eligible defender Moritz Jenz plans returning to Germany before window closes

SUPER Eagles-eligible central defender Moritz Jenz has announced that he will be leaving Glasgow Celtic before the end of the current transfer window and returning to Germany because if the lack of first team opportunities in Scotland.

 

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Were we not an intellectually lazy people content to live off the proceeds of crude oil and depend on imports for all our needs, we would have patented these products

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Peugeot 404 pick-up

[2] Volkswagen Beatle

[3] Molue bus

[4] 12 seater motorcycle

[5] Double decker train carriage

[6] Specially woven head tie

[7] A special Nigerian anti-malaria drug. Maybe call it Naijaquinine

[8] Our agbada

[9] Special coats that can be worn over native attires in cold climates

[10] Mobile air conditioned bus stop booths

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