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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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Fulham open fresh contract talks with Adarabioyo in a bid to fend off bids from rivals

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham have opened contract talks with Nigeria-eligible defender Tosin Adarabioyo to fend off interest from rival clubs amid speculation that he may be snapped up over the coming days.

 

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Our Eko Atlantic project is incomplete without the creation of an artificial island to serve as a holiday resort that will rival:


[1] Ibiza 
[2] Tasmania 
[3] Mallorca 
[4] Menorca 
[5] Crete 
[6] Lanzarote
[7] Corsica 
[8] Cape Verde 
[9] Mauritius 
[10] Corfu 

This island should be away from mainland Nigeria so will be immune from all our problems. Facilities it should have will ideally include:

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Chelsea manager considers giving Madueke his competitive debut this weekend

CHELSEA manager Graham Potter is considering handing Nigeria-eligible new signing Chukwunonso Madueke his competitive debut this weekend when the Blues lick horns with Fulham at Stanford Bridge in  London derby.

 

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Nothing has accelerated human development as much as World War Two. What that conflict also taught us is that in adversity man is at his most creative, so why is Nigeria an exception?

Ayo Akinfe

If you ask me, there is something fundamentally missing that fails to explain our intellectual laziness. Faced with the constant threat of terrorist attacks, Nigerian munitions manufacturing should be thriving in an unprecedented manner at the moment.

It is a given that during conflicts, countries exceed themselves with engineering and productive ingenuity. During World War Two for instance, all these leading edge technology aircraft were mass produced:

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