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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Today, I want us to focus on the role of the Nigerian private sector and discuss its role in getting us out of our current economic nightmare. Too often, we shout government, government, government when sometimes, the issues at stake are not really a public sector matter. It is not the government that is going to come up with innovative ideas that will double our industrial output. A lot of the time, it is some whizzkid in his 20s

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has demanded N20bn ($45.2m)  as compensation from the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami as compensation for defamatory and libellous claims made against him.

NEWLY capped Super Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel has told his Turkish clubside Fenerbahce to sanction a move to the English Premier League if they receive a suitable offer for his services.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Global sesame seed production totals about 7m tonnes, with Sudan, Myanmar and Tanzania the three leading producers 

[2] Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest producer of sesame seeds, with an annual output of 490,000 tonnes

[3] However, we are number 35 when it comes to the production of sesame seed oil, with a meagre output of 2,400 tonnes. Basically, we as a people, we are not interested in investing in crushing plants or production facilities 

NIGERIA has now fallen to seventh place in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) crude oil production list as a result of incessant falls in output brought about by a combination of theft and poor infrastructure maintenance.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On December  5 1955, the Alabama Bus Boycott began. The Monday after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. I love this lady from the very bottom of my heart as she is a symbol of that desire to want a better society

FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan's close supporters have abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and thrown their weight behind his rivals saying the rotational principle has got to be sacrosanct.

BRITAIN has pledged to support Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to ensure that next year's elections are free and fair as well as monitor the polls to help guard against any irregularities.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have passed a vote of confidence in Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro despite him leading the team to its most humiliating defeat in 28 years following last week's 0-4 loss to Portugal.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Oil rigs

[2] Mobile oil refineries

[3] Laptop computers

[4] Electric cars

[5] Mobile phones

[6] Chocolate products

[7] Anti-malaria drugs

[8] Conveyor belts

[9] Motorcycles

[10] Bicycles