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NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied being appointed as the head of the South Africa Economic Advisory Council saying that President Cyril Ramaphosa only invited her to become a member.

NIGERIA is facing a severe cash crunch as the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the glob has led to not only a collapse in crude oil demand but has also forced prices down to a six year low of $33 a barrel.

GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje has finally dethroned the emir of Kano Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II bringing about an end to the year-long spat between the two leaders which began when the monarch appeared to oppose the governor's re-election.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) McDonalds
(2) Kentucky Fried Chicken
(3) Nestle
(4) Mars
(5) Cadbury
(6) Heinz
(7) Birds Eye
(8) Kelloggs
(9) Coca Cola
(10) Tate & Lyle

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Later this month, we shall be celebrating International Womens Day. In Nigeria we have been talking about the role of women for decades but alas, we have failed to tap into this hidden potential

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Canada's grand railway hotels are a series of hotels across the country. Each is a local and national landmark and are icons of Canadian history and architecture

(2) Each hotel was originally built by the Canadian railway companies, or the railways acted as a catalyst for the hotel's construction

GOVERNORS of the six states in Nigeria's south-south geo-political zone have agreed to launch a regional security outfit similar to the one their colleagues in the southwest floated named the Amotekun Corps.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) This is the screw pump, known as the Archimedes Screw. It is the oldest displacement pump in the world and records of its use dates back to Ancient Egypt before the 3rd century BC. Back then, Egyptians used it to lift water from the Nile

(2) Later introduced from Egypt to Greece, some researchers have postulated that the Archimedes Screw was the device used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

BRITAIN'S Aston University has asked Nigerian institutions of higher learning to enter into partnership with it as part of an exchange programme that will lead to the enhancement of academic programmes and research.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole has filed a suit with the Nigerian Court of Appeal asking it to set aside the injunction passed yesterday suspending him from office pending the hearing of a case against him.