Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the G7 table. At some stage it is inevitable Nigeria will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

NIGERAN petrol prices are expected to fall over the coming days as a result of a decision by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (Ipman) to commence the direct sale of produce from the Dangote refinery to members of the public.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Build at least one silo in each of our 774 local government areas to store all our cash crops and food crops. We then need to build processsing plants around these silos with a goal of adding at least 50% value to every agricultural product we produce

[2] Get the Ajaokuta, Oshogbo and Aladja steel mills running at full capacity. Nigeria needs to produce at least 10m tonnes of steel a year

STATE governors have been given a December 1 deadline to start paying the new national minimum wage of N70,000 ($42) per month by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) or face the prospect of industrial action.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria's capacity to produce at least 5m tonnes of steel annually

[2] A machine tool manufacturing capability

[3] A double gauge railway network that linked up all her 40 provinces and could run at a speed of 120km per hour

[4] A minimum literacy rate of at least 25%

[5] A hydro-electric power capability to generate at least 5,000MW per year

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Food processing - $20bn
[2] Railways - $15bn
[3] Power generation - $10bn
[4] Automobile assembly plants - $10bn
[5] Steel production - $5bn
[6] Solid mineral processing plants - $5bn
[7] Pharmaceuticals - $5bn
[8] Leather processing - $5bn
[9] Green energy - $5bn
[10] Cosmetics and beauty products - $5bn

NIGERIA's defence headquarters has confirmed the emergence of a new terrorist organisation in Sokoto State known as Lukarawas that is making life unbearable for residents across the northwest geo-political zone.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always maintained that the first step towards making Nigeria a better place is to elevate the level of thinking of its people. So long as our immediate priorities are the accumulation of private wealth, going to heaven, building churches and mosques in each street corner, enjoying owambes, amassing SUVs, throwing lavish parties in Dubai and celebrating our ethnic differences, we will remain an impoverished people

NIGERIA'S federal government has approved a N75bn ($44.63m) loan scheme with a 9% interest rate for 75,000 small businesses as part of an ambitious programme to  kick-start the economy and create jobs.

Ayo Akinfe

Cash crops

[1] Oil palm

[2] Cocoa

[3] Groundnuts

[4] Cotton

[5] Jute

[6] Rubber

[7] Coconuts

[8] Shea nuts

[9] Cashews

[10] Neem

Food crops

[1] Cassava

[2] Yam

[3] Vegetables

[4] Fruit

[5] Tomatoes

[6] Pepper

[7] Maize

[8] Sorghum

[9] Millet

[10] Rice