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Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today, Lagos is the only state in Nigeria that can survive without federal allocation and crude oil receipts but alas, it is nowhere near uhuru. For all its dynamism and vibrancy, Lagos is nowhere near other global financial  centres like New York, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur and Sao Paulo 

FORMER Plateau State governor Senator Joshua Dariye is to spend the next 10 years in prison after the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction for corruption in a case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

NIGERIA'S recently-replaced service chiefs have been accused of being unable to account for sums of money handed to them to purchase weapons for the armed forces by the national security adviser Retired Major General Babagana Monguno.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha has boasted that he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after the 2023 presidential elections saying he is confident of emerging victorious this time around.

NIGERIAN security forces have managed to rescue about 180 of the 210 staff and pupils abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna State yesterday following a joint operation by military and police operatives.

ENGLISH Premier League side Fulham is planning to sign Super Eagles duo Ola Aina and Josh Maja alongside compatriot Ademola Lookman permanently at the end of the season so long as the club manages to avoid relegation and remain in the elite division.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Lagos State: Our commercial capital currently accounts for about one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) and one third of non-oil GDP. However, we need to built on it and turn it into an international financial centre that matches London which generates $650bn a year or New York which generates $1.4trn a year.

NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC) officials have dubbed nine state governors anti-worker for refusing to start paying the new minimum wage and have vowed to take industrial action should it be removed from the federal exclusive list.

CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has defended his recent negotiations with armed bandits in Zamfara State saying that the government was fully aware of the talks and always had representatives present when he visited the hoodlums.

FLIGHTS between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will remain banned until March 20 as the ongoing dispute between the two countries over how best to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues.