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ARMED hoodlums suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) the armed wing of the secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) have killed the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa in Imo State His Royal Highness Ignatius Asor.

NIGERIA'S track queen Tobi Amusan has been named in the list of five finalists for the 2022 Women’s Athlete of the Year putting her in contention to win the World Athletics Awards 2022.

Ayo Akinfe

FORMER Chelsea striker Ike Ugbo has been included in Canada’s 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after he reversed his decision to play for Nigeria and opted for the country of his birth instead.

 Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the world’s largest kolanut producer. Surely common sense dictates that we turn this cash crop into an important industrial raw material that acts as a cash cow, bringing in much needed foreign exchange 

[2] One thing the rest of the world has done successfully is turn all its plants into sources of raw materials for end products. Just look at the way the cactus is used to make tequila to get my point 

ARMED hoodlums operating in Kaduna State had added a particularly new inhumane aspect to their operations after requesting the sum of N10m ($22,677) from the family of a man they killed after kidnapping him before his corpse is released.

REGIONAL security network the Amotekun Corps has stepped up its operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over the last week following a spate of gruesome attacks of late that have involved hoodlums launching raids from the surrounding forests.

AJAX centreback Calvin Bassey is now a doubt for Nigeria's Friday's friendly game against Portugal after being substituted at half time yesterday during an Eredivisie league match against Emmen.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As elections loom, our debate simply has to focus on how to raise the needed capital to fund Nigeria’s infrastructural requirements. Anything else is just window dressing as our biggest headache as a country is that we do not generate enough wealth to meet our needs. Realistically, we face two simple options. We keep borrowing to fund our budget deficit or we look for alternative means to generate capital

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians are fond of blaming all their problems on poor leadership but for me, that is just a kop out. It is an intellectually lazy way of trying to explain a wider malaise that afflicts the world’s largest and most prosperous black nation. A handful of bad leaders cannot misrule 200m people for 62 years without their consent and full acquiescence