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GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has ruled out him running for senate at the end of his tenure next year saying he does not have the patience and diligence needed to implement legislative functions.

WORLD Bank officials have projected that Nigeria's debt servicing will gulp as much as 123.4% of the federal government’s revenue in 2023 in what is looking like a scary and unsustainable economic outlook.

FORMER Golden Eaglet Malcolm Ebiowei is on the verge of joining English Championship side Swansea City on loan from Premier League club Crystal Palace during the forthcoming January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Beggars cannot be choosers. Nigeria has an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn and our yearly budget is a paltry $30bn, so we need to source foreign direct investment (FDI) from everywhere and anywhere possible 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for Washington to attend the United States Africa Leaders Summit aimed at attracting  more foreign direct investment into the continent and improving diplomatic relations.

AFROBEAT singer Kizz Daniel is on course to become the most successful Nigerian musician ever after his smash hit track Buga just recorded 100m views on YouTube making it the most downloaded song by a Nigerian ever.

CRYSTAL Palace's teenage goalkeeper of Nigerian descent Owen Olamidayo Goodman looks all set to fight for the country's number one jersey after his mother recently posted a picture of her son in Nigeria's colours with the caption Super Eagles soon.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Were I runnning for president, a new Federal Ministry of Coastal Affairs would be created. One of its major priorities would be to oversee the construction of a Lagos to Calabar railway line. This would be a high speed rail link that runs at about 250km an hour

[2] One other big task this ministry would have is that a six lane motorway should also be built along Nigeria’s 853km coastline. It should be pot hole free and tolled to cover its cost

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, large under-performing countries like Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only hope for humanity in the post-Covid-19 era. With global economic output likely to be down by about a third, they are the ones who can drag the human race out of this morass

NIGERIA and Mexico have signed an agreement to increase the export of hibiscus plants as part of a bilateral trade agreement estimated to be worth about $3bn to be overseen by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (Naqs).