Ayo Akinfe

[1] We should set ourselves the target of linking all our 774 local government areas by rail by 2030

[2] Abuja and Lagos should be linked by a high speed network allowing travel within two hours

[3] We should build a coastal high speed rail link that connects Calabar to Lagos within two hours

[4] We should launch an Ecowas railway service linking Accra, Abidjan, Dakar, Freetown, Niamey, Bamako, Ouagadougou, Banjul, etc

COCA-Cola has announced plans to invest $1bn in Nigeria over the next five years under an ambitious programme that involve the expansion of its existing bottling plants and the creation of thousands of more jobs.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With the cost of petrol now becoming a serious issue across Nigeria, it is crystal clear that we now need to drastically reduce its use. More and more cities in the world are going car-free and those that are not, are phasing out petrol and diesel cars, going for electronic automobiles. It is time for Nigeria to join the club

NIGERIA Hydrological Services Agency (Nihsa) officials have issued a warning to states along the Benue River to increase their vigilance as the management of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon are planning to open their floodgates any moment from now.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Volkswagen Beetle

[2] AK-47 assault rifle

[3] Kenwood mixer

[4] Phillips pressing iron

[5] Samsung mobile phone

[6] Dell laptop computer

[7] Sekonda wrist watch

[8] Bosch fridge-freezer

[9] LG flatscreen television

[10] Nike trainers

GOVERNOR Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has commenced negotiations with the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham with a view to establishing an exchange programme that will facilitate the training of local government chairmen and councillors.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have concluded plans to appoint former Cameroonian manager Winfred Schafer as the new Super Eagles head coach over the coming weeks.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] When I hear Nigerians complain about petrol price rises, I feel like tearing my hair out of my head. Have they been oblivious to the whole clean energy debate? Where have they been when the rest of the human race has been screaming about the need to abandon the use of fossil fuels?

NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials have arrested Ibadan businesswoman Adewunmi Dorcas some of her accomplices for attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Nigeria via the United Kingdom.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] My government gives you a solemn pledge that it will provide security and ending the current scourge of banditry, kidnapping and criminality taking place across Nigeria

[2] We promise to boost the share of government non-oil revenue to 50% from the current 10%

[3] Our federal government promises to build at least 40,000 housing units a year to augment whatever the 36 states are building