ENGLISH Championship side West Bromwich Albion (WBA) are considering offering Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi a one-year contract extension at the end of the season when his current deal expires.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Levelling up in the UK is generally about spreading prosperity to all parts of the country. We desperately need this kind of policy in Nigeria, especially in certain states in the northeast and northwest where the absence of any form of commerce has boosted the Almajiri phenomenon, kidnapping and terrorism

SUPER Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has declared that he would like to stay plying his trade in the English Premier League should he part ways with Nottingham Forest this summer over a lack of playing time.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Africa accounts for 18% of the world's population, yet just 4% of its trade and 1% of its manufacturing capacity. It is thus no surprise that we are the poorest continent on earth and unless something drastic is done soon, the economic gulf between Africa and the rest of the world will keep growing

[2] We need an African Development Doctrine that compels all 55 nations on the continent to produce an least half of what they consume

FORMER heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua is weighing up a potential investment in English Championship side Watford with a view to purchasing a majority stake in the club.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We declare that from this date henceforth, we shall not flee in the face of attacks from the Nigerian security forces. Whenever we are holding peaceful demonstrations and the police and/or army are sent to shoot us, we will stay put and be shot. Martyrdom is a necessary price that has to be paid for freedom

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua is to undergo elbow surgery later this month as he prepares for a possible comeback fight with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk before the end of the year.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On December 22, 1956, American newspapers were full of pictures of Dr Martin Luther King riding on a mixed bus with white folks after the Alabama Bus Boycott has been called off a day earlier. Dr King was the first person to ride on non-segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama on December 21 1956 to make the point that victory had been won

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace has revived its interest in Super Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel with a view to signing him from Fenerbahce during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let me make this crystal clear once more. About 90% of Nigeria’s problems stem from the fact that we are not productive enough as an economy. As long as things remain the way they are, corruption, brigandage, tribalism, ethnic mistrust, religious upheaval, kidnapping, terrorism, etc, will continue to thrive