AkinfeAyo's blog

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is a nice coincidence that President Buhari names the members of his cabinet and their portfolios on August 2 as on this same day in 1776, 55 men signed the US Declaration of Independence. Will we see 43 men and women sign a Nigerian Declaration of Economic Liberation today that will contain the following:

(2) All Nigerian states will become self-reliant by the year 2025. Generating as much as they spend at the very least

NIGERIA attracted a total of $15.5bn worth of domestic and foreign investment commitments during the first six months of 2019 according to a recent report by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) .

WOMEN'S groups in Ogun State have written to Governor Dapo Abiodun asking him to ensure that at least 35 of all the commissioners he appoints into his cabinet are ladies as part of a programme to promote gender equality.

MURTALA Mohammed International Airport taxi driver Olayinka Adeniyi has returned a sum of $2,400 and an international passport left in his car by passenger Dele Ayeni who hired a cab to take him to Ikorodu.

SUPER Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has indicated that he may rescind his recent decision to retire from international football following the hue and cry from fans over his quit the national team.

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned a recent elections petition which nullified the election of one of its lawmakers because he has UK citizenship and had sworn an allegiance to the queen of England.

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) So we enter August, the height of the summer period when tourism is at its peak. Hundreds of countries make billions during this period but alas, does Nigeria make a dime?

(2) Do we even keep records of how many tourists visit Nigeria annually?

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has blamed Nigeria's 19 northern state governments for the preponderance of the Almajiri education system that has paralysed schooling and led to 13m out-of-school-pupils roaming the streets.

FAITH umbrella group the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) has vowed to oppose federal government recommendations that places of worship must obtain licences from the Federal Ministry of Interior before conducting weddings under the Marriage Act.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's chief of staff Abba Kyari created a stir at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal yesterday when he declared that former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian.