AkinfeAyo's blog

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) As 2020 looms and Nigeria is poised to hit 60, I for one am getting exasperated with the immaturity of our political, economic and intellectual debate. We want to live like a G7 nation with a GDP of $2trn but our thinking remains at the level of an agrarian and subsistence level country with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $10m. As a people, we have to elevate our level of thinking or we will perish like fools

NIGERIAN sex workers have won a landmark legal judgement after an Abuja high court ruled that they are involved in legitimate work as no Nigerian law forbids them from engaging in their trade.

EMIR of Kano Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi has accepted the offer of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to serve as the chairman of the Kano State Council of Emirs after a protracted delay as the ongoing dispute the two men simmered.

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron is to spend Christmas in West Africa where he will celebrate the end of the year with France's troops serving in the region as part of his government's fight against the rise of Islamic militancy.

FORMER attorney-general of the federation Mohammed Adoke is to be held in custody for 14 days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) obtained a court order today authorising it to detain him for two weeks.

ARSENAL have offered Premier League rivals Leicester City a cash sum of £40m in addition to Granit Xhaka in an audacious bid to lure the Super Eagles midfielder to the Emirates season during the forthcoming transfer window.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) We will seek to increase production from the current 1.6m tonnes to 3m tonnes by 2024

(2) Each of our major nine producing states must have a processing and canning factory. These include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Edo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Ondo

SHIPPING firm Sagwe International is to forfeit one its vessels MV Shirley to the Federal Government of Nigeria after it was found guilty if using the ship to illegally convey 145,000 litres of petroleum products.

NIGERIAN Governors Forum (NGF) has agreed to start paying the new minimum wage of N30,000 a month as from January after holding a meeting in Abuja where its members accepted that they are now legally obliged to honour the new figure.

CATFISH farmers have urged the federal government to keep Nigeria's borders closed because the current closure is a blessing to their industry as it has protected them from cheap foreign imports.