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GENERAL Sani Abacha's widow Maryam has thrown fresh light on the corrupt environment that engulfed the nation following her husband's death pointing out that millions of dollars he left behind went missing immediately after his demise.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that the Gowon regime was getting an average GDP growth rate of about 20% They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Obafemi Awolowo served as its vice chairman

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that the Gowon regime was getting an average GDP growth rate of about 20% They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Obafemi Awolowo served as its vice chairman

ENGLISH Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers has offered Nigeria-eligible defender Temple Ojinnaka a professional contract after he impressed the coaches in the club's academy.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja

[2] An 830km coastal wind farm stretching from Badagry to Calabar

[3] A 5,000MW gas-fired plant in Bonny

[4] An Usman Dan Fodio Solar farm stretching across Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto states

[5] An El-Kanemi Solar Farm stretching across Borno and Yobe states

[6] A 2,000MW hydroelectric plant at Yola along the River Benue

IRELAND has deported 35 Nigerians including five children using a chartered flight from Dublin to fly them to Lagos for breaching immigration rules that made them illegal immigrants in the country.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that Michael Okpara dedicated 45% of his annual budget to education when he was the premier of the old Eastern Region? MI Power as he was called had one mission and that was to catch up and overtake the Western region in terms of education

SUPER Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo is looking to leave his current club Southampton and return to Glasgow Rangers in Scotland following the Saints' relegation to the second tier of English football in the just-concluded campaign.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Private jets - A Gulfstream costs about $65m. Only the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has that kind of foreign exchange. If we want to progress, every penny needs to be saved for the purchase of much-needed industrial equipment. If we deplete the CBN’s reserves on things like private jets, then we have no moral right to complain when it has no dollars to buy refinery equipment or electricity turbines

NIGERIAN authorities have seized about 60 private jets across the country and sealed hangers at the Lagos and Abuja airports as part of a major clampdown on owners who are refusing to pay import duties on their aircraft.