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Ayo Akinfe  

[1] My government plans to combat the rising spate of insecurity across the country

[2] My administration intends to reduce the ratio of government revenue that accrues from crude oil exports to 20% from the current 90% through an economic diversification programme  

[3] My administration plans to add value to every single agricultural good we produce before exporting it  

WORLD Bank officials have warned that Nigeria is facing the risk of having a $3trn infrastructure gap by the year 2052 if something is now done quickly to address the current lack of social amenities.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Aston Villa are closely monitoring their Nigeria-eligible teenager Tim Iroegbunam currently on loan to Championship side Queens Park Rangers (QPR)  ahead of the January transfer window with a view to recalling him.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria is the world's largest black nation and that brings along with it a lot of responsibilities. It is totally unacceptable that small nations like Qatar can host the World Cup and this global giant cannot

[2] Also very disturbingly, how can small nations like Uruguay brag about having won the World Cup before and Nigeria cannot. As a people, these are the kind of lofty targets, goals and quotas we have to set ourselves as a nation

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has chided the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar saying he should start preparing for the 2027 elections as he will get lose next year as penance for him betraying Dr Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro could be on his way out soon as Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials have gone cold on initiating contract extension talks with him following the dismal performances of the team lately.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Personally, I have nothing against polygamy as long as it is entered into freely by consenting adults with no coercion. What I have an issue with is young girls being effectively sold by their families to older men for economic reasons

DOYIN Okupe has been expelled from the Nigerian Labour Party despite being the director-general of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and a spokesman for its presidential candidate former Anambra State governor Peter Obi.

REMITTANCES by the Nigerian diaspora during the course of 2022 is estimated to total about $21bn representing a 7.5% year-on-year increase according to statistics just published by the World Bank.

PLANS are being finalised to open the Edo Museum of West African Art in the capital Benin City to house the largest collection of Benin bronze works ever assembled as the ongoing campaign to get all artefacts looted during the colonial period gathers pace.