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Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am sure that like me, many of you do not know where the Tinubu administration stands on economic policy. Is it a Keynesian interventionist government or one that believes in laissez-faire free market economics?

[2] If I were an investor looking at the Nigerian market, I would like to know policy direction before committing myself. How I wish I was in Turkey to bang heads with our finance minister Wale Edun on this matter

YORUBA Nation campaigner Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has returned to Nigeria after spending four-and-a-half years in exile and proceeded straight to the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Rashidi Ladoja who helped facilitate his return.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Petronas, Malaysia's national petroleum corporation accounts for 50% of the federal government’s budget

[2] Petronas subsidiary Malaysian Marine & Heavy Engineering, builds oil rigs and platforms

[3] Petronas Fertiliser Kedah manufactures urea fertiliser

[4] Petronas subsidiary KLCC Properties Berhad manages Kuala Lumpur city centre

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United are considering making a move for Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi in an audacious deal that would see him make a £12m move from Turkish side Besiktas before the closure of the January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Steam irons

[2] Wrist watches

[3] Mobile phones

[4] Laptop computers

[5] iPads

[6] Plasma Television sets

[7] Fridge-freezers

[8] Handbags

[9] Generator sets

[10] Bicycles

[1] I do not think it is asking too much for us as a nation to produce 50m units of each of these items annually

OGUN State government officials have denied reports that they have had to suspend three high-ranking Ijebu chiefs in response to the ongoing rancour surrounding the appointment on a new Awujale of Ijebuland.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As from October 1 2026, every Nigerian’s state of birth will be their state of origin

[2] As from October 1 2026, anyone who has lived in a state for three years or more and paid taxes there, automatically becomes an indigene

FORMER Nigerian ambassador to South Korea Amin Mohammed Dalhatu has been named as the new high commissioner to the UK with immediate effect and is expected to resume duty over the coming weeks.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?

[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for African Muslims that competes with the Kaaba

[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

[4] Badagry’s slave castle. That city desperately needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc

SUPER Eagles head coach Eric Chelle could be on his way to accepting one of the numerous offers being dangled before him after the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president Ibrahim Gusau revealed that his current contract will not be extended.