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Ayo Akinfe

(1) Build at least one silo in each of our 774 local government areas to store all our cash crops and food crops. We then need to build processsing plants around these silos with a goal of adding at least 50% value to every agricultural product we produce

(2) Get the Ajaokuta and Aladja steel mills running at full capacity. Nigeria needs to produce at least 10m tonnes of steel a year

NIGERIAN airlines lost a total of $2.09bn during the course of April and June as a result of the coronavirus lockdown according to statistics just published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KANO State is facing the prospect of an accelerated spread of the coronavirus pandemic after about 193 street urchins known as almajirais tested positive for the virus just as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje eased the lockdown across the state.

NIGERIA'S federal government has entered into a partnership with the Nigerian Interreligious Council (Nirec) and declared a season of fasting and prayers across the country in a desperate attempt to find a solution to the raging coronavirus pandemic.

NIGERIAN-British writer Bernadine Evaristo has been named the 2020 author of the year at this year's British Book Awards becoming the first-ever black writer to win the category since the event was launched in 1990.

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi could be on his way to Italy next season after newly promoted side Benevento expressed an interest in signing him as it prepared for life in Serie A.

Ayo Akinfe

Here are 10 things I dream of as I think about the kind of Nigeria we want to bequeath to our grand children and great grand children:

(1) Nigeria will develop supersonic aircraft that can fly at the speed of light and travel to other galaxies and solar systems

(2) Nigeria’s president will become the first world leader to sign a bilateral deal with the leader of an alien race. We will agree to share technology and sign up to annual exchange visits

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) officials have warned people against wearing masks while exercising saying that they may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably and as such pose a serious risk to users.

NIGERIA has been elected as the United Nations (UN) coordinator of the newly-launched poverty eradication group aimed at confronting complex and the multi-sided challenges posed by socio-economic under-development.

SEVERAL socio-cultural organisations from across southeast Nigeria have decided to join forces together and campaign for the actualisation of an Igbo president in 2023 when the country is next due to hold elections.