SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is all set to join Turkish giants Besiktas after his representatives and the club agreed on the details of a three-year contract following Leicester City's acceptance of a €9.5m for the anchorman.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Once a year, 500 diasporans will be invited to Abuja to rub minds with government ministers on investment, job creation and infrastructure development

[2] The presidents of the major diaspora organisations in four or five key countries worldwide will be granted observers status at Nigerian Governors' Forum meetings

FORMER Oyo State governor Rasheed Ladoja has been nominated by the kingmakers body the Olubadan-in-Council to be the next monarch of Ibadanland to replace Oba Owolabi Olakulehin who passed away on July 7.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have only recently climbed down from tree tops. We need an aggressive enlightenment strategy to get them to start viewing Nigerians as equal human beings and subsequently an investment destination

ENGLISH Championship side Leicester City have rejected a €7m bid for Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi from Turkish giants Besistas branding the offer derisory and well below their valuation of the midfielder.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A national rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I need to send this young lady a copy of Alex Hayley’s Roots to read. That book will open her eyes to a lot of things she is currently blind to

[2] For starters, that book deals extensively with the issue of Africans who act as the black faces of white supremacy

NIGERIAN Army troops have mounted raids on the military camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Delta State arresting 13 individuals in the process.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Health policy:

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria

NIGERIA'S recent victory over Morocco in the final of the Women's African Cup of Nations has led to the dismissal of the director of refereeing of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Désiré Noumandiez Doué following a complaint by the Moroccans.