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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.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] During World War Two, nations had no choice but to step up the production of new industrial goods like armaments, munitions, tanks, aircraft, ships, etc. Industrial output boomed in a manner never seen before

[2] Prior to the conflict, agrarian nations like Australia, Canada, India, China, etc were nobodies but alas, the war was a huge wake-up call for them. They suddenly became industrial producers and have never looked back since

GLOBAL footballing body Fifa is expected to announce its decision on Nigeria's petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo next month after it has met to review the complaint filed by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

ALL 96 candidates who have been nominated to fill the vacant stool of the Awujale of Ijebu Ode have been asked to report to the local offices of the Department of State Services (DSS) as the race for the coveted throne appears to have heated up significantly.

NIGERIAN celebrity chef Hilda Bassey has been officially recognised as a three-time Guinness World Book of Records holder after her latest feat of cooking the largest serving of rice last September was accepted as a global benchmark.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Homo Sapien man has long be regarded as the ape that got lucky. Unlike our cousins Homo Neanderthalis, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Naledi and Homo Neanderthalis, we somehow miraculously survived the Ice Age

ENGLISH Premier League giants Leeds united have signed Nigerian teenage centreback Leonard Ngenge from local clubside Remo Stars in a two-and-a-half year deal with will keep him in Yorkshire until the end of the 2006/07 season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] For starters, I hope Tinubu is aware of the fact that Africa as a continent only accounts for 4% of world trade and 1% of global manufacturing. Yet, she accounts for 18% of humanity’s population. Clearly, this is not sustainable, so an aggressive Nigerian foreign policy is required to correct the imbalance

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Religion holds a lot of sway in Nigeria but how many of the country’s Christians know that the word Niger is contained in the bible? Had this been the case with a European nation, the missionaries would have told us that it is a sign that they are God’s ordained people