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AFROBEATs star Tems has won her second Grammy Award with her smash hit Love Me JeJe seeing off a line-up heavily dominated by Nigerian artists in the Best African Musical Performance category at the start-studded ceremony yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria owes her independence in 1960 to India and Pakistan. After World War Two the Indian people made it clear they were throwing off the yoke of British rule and immediately they did that, Britain lost interest in the rest of her empire

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[1] Nigeria is actually a very rocky country. In the northeast and north central geo-political zones in particular, we have large swathes of rocky plateaus. Have we ever thought about how to cash in on this?

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced the delivery and deployment of 23 new mini-grids across the country's six geo-political zones as part of an ambitious rural electrification programme.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] For starters, the Middle Belt needs to be protected from these murderous Fulani herdsmen. They need an Amotekun-like regional security that provides intelligence to the police and armed forces

[2] Maybe all the food wholesalers who buy the yam, maize, cassava, etc from the Middle Belt should be charged a 5% tax to fund this regional security outfit

GOVERNOR Peter Mbah of Enugu State has assured any potential investors who wants to open up shop in his domain that every step will be taken to ensure that all obstacles to smooth business are removed and guarantee they get a decent return on investment.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that jollof rice originated in Senegal? It is the traditional delicacy of the Wollof people who inhabit the country but alas, today, Nigeria has cornered the delicacy and made it her own

[2] If Nigeria was a functioning economy, by now one mega conglomerate like maybe Dangote Industries would have patented jollof rice and cornered the global market

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[1] Kudos to the Lagos State government for showing unprecedented initiative and launching a cable car transportation system estimated to cost $500m. Lagos metropolis must have the worst transport crisis of any city in the world

[2] With its population of 16.5m, Lagos has got to the only city of such size without an urban metro underground network. Chronic problems require radical solutions and I am glad to see that we appear to at least be on the way

NIGERIA'S three northern neighbours who were suspended from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) after military juntas seized power have been formally expelled from the regional body after their one year suspension periods lapsed.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We need to put together a consortium in which the federal government has say a 15% stake that will buy the rights to the Beetle from Volkswagen. Between 1945 and 2020, this was the world’s most successful automobile. This consortium led by Innoson Motors, should aim to make Nigeria the world’s largest manufacturer of electric Beetles