GLOBAL football federation Fifa has approved the application for a switch of nationality for former Arsenal goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo who has changed his nationhood to Nigeria from England making him now eligible to play for the Super Eagles.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, it should be the minister’s responsibility to build an 850km windmill wall along Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline. He should get Nigeria into the Guinness Book of Records as the nation with the world’s latest windmill farm

[2] Secondly, it is the minister’s job to turn Nigeria into a maritime power. This should lead to the location of shipyards along the Nigerian coastline, especially in the Niger Delta

SUPER Eagles fullback Ola Aina is due to make his long-awaited return to the English Premier League tomorrow when travels with his club Nottingham Forest to Birmingham for an away match against Aston Villa.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria needs to generate about $100bn annually to fund her infrastructural development. Sadly, we only have an annual budget of about $30bn. If President Tinubu wants to break the cycle, he simply has to give his ministers production quotas and revenue targets

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham have tabled a £12m bid for Nigerian striker Rafiu Durosinmi with the aim of securing his services from Czech side Viktoria Plzen during the current January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the city to Britain

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will almost certainly be without two players for the Round of 16 in the African Cup of Nations after it emerged that fullback Ryan Alebiosu and striker Cyriel Dessers are carrying injuries likely to rule them out for the rest of the tournament.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every state capital must be home to at least one waste-to-energy (WtE) plant that processes urban garbage into electricity

[2] Every state must have at least one industrial park, which must have a WtE facility where its waste is converted into power

[3] Every WtE facility will have a micro grid attached to it that can distribute the generated power within the state in which it is located

PLANS to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) through an initial public offering (IPO) have been stepped up by the federal government with the wiping off of about $5bn of its debts ahead of a proposed sale in 2028.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Road infrastructure is essential in modern economies. Economic growth and development requires mobility and accessibility, so an ambitious dualisation programme is going to be launched in 2026