Can our GOs please sell all their private jets and invest the proceeds in a Lagos to Calabar 853km windmill wall 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) I will forever maintain that as the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria owes it to humanity to do unprecedented things. When you are the biggest of the negro countries, the giant of the continent that is bang in the middle of the earth, you cannot just exist like everyone else. You have a cross to bear and come what may, you simply have to shoulder that burden 

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Any society that does not dream about the future is doomed to poverty

[1] Those of you who did chemistry will be familiar with this gentleman Robert Boyle, popularly referred to as the father if modern chemistry. He died in 1641 and when his study was visited after his death, they found a wishlist of 24 things he hoped man would achieve in the future

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PDP claims that $38.6bn has been lost to corruption while Buhari has been in office

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) officials have accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of hypocrisy in its ongoing fight against corruption saying that a total of N14trn ($38.6bn) has been embezzled under its watch over the last four years.

 

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Jigawa's religious Hisbah Board says it has annulled 312 forced marriages over the last four years

JIGAWA State's religious Hisbah Board has revealed that it has annulled 312 marriages over the last four years because they either involved minors and under-aged girls or were forced whereby young females were married off against their wish.

 

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Bauchi governor-elect Bala Mohammed gets reprieve as judge is away on election tribunal duty

BAUCHI State governor-elect Senator Bala Mohammed has had a reprieve in his ongoing corruption trial as his case was adjourned this morning because the judge Justice Yusuf Haliru was unavailable because he is sitting on an elections petition tribunal.

 

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Concerned Fulani Leaders Forum distances itself from Macban president's attack on Tinubu

SEVERAL Fulani elders have distanced themselves from the leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) Alhaji Bello Bodejo for criticising the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

 

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Kogi State APC Stakeholders Forum writes Buhari asking him to stop backing Yahaya Bello

OPPOSITION to the gubernatorial aspirations of Governor Yahaya Bello is mounting with the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Forum writing to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to pressure the governor to stand down.

 

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Consolidation is the only antidote to this chronic African under-development

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Do you know that China, the European Union and the US account for about half of world trade between them? Some 50% of all goods bought and sold worldwide takes place between them despite these three trading blocks accounting for just 30% of the population

(2) This lopsided economic model is simply not sustainable. In 2017, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) totalled $23.1trn, that of the EU $19.9trn, while that of the US was $19.4trn

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Lagos State Government warns that contaminated ponmo is now on sale across local markets

LAGOS State Government officials have warned members of the public that contaminated cowhide popularly known as ponmo is being sold in markets urging them to be careful about purchasing the dangerous meat.

 

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Presidency officials start work on plans to limit gold mining to operators with official licences

PRESIDENCY officials have begun working on plans that will limit gold mining operations in Zamfara State to those with licences as part of a clampdown on illegal operators and armed bandits who have turned the state into a war zone.

 

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