AkinfeAyo's blog

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] So this week, Dubai has placed restrictions on Nigerians visiting the city-state in response to an incidence of armed robbery by five Nigerians. For me, this is actually a good thing because as the saying goes - Necessity is the mother of invention. We should use the opportunity to address our chronic tourism problems

DISGRACED Nigerian-born member of the UK Parliament Fiona Onasanya has caused further controversy after revealing that she voted in favour of the motion to allow for an extension to Brexit negotiations which passed by one vote in the House of Commons.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by the National Judicial Council (NJC) to retire embattled chief judge of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen based on incontrovertible findings by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC).

YOUTHS from Kogi State have stormed the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja asking the party not to field Governor Yahaya Bello in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.

CONTROVRSIAL disc jockey Ifedayo Olarinde popularly called Daddy Freeze has hit back at Deeper Christian Life Ministry clergyman Pastor Williams Kumuyi for saying that it is an abomination for women to wear trousers.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's special adviser on corruption has said that he would like to see Governors Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun allowed to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) if they show remorse for their ant-party activities.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dedicated his recent victory in the recent gubernatorial elections to all those killed in the violence that prevailed during the polls when voters clashed with soldiers and armed hoodlums.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last 12 hours or so, my phone has been ringing non-stop as the results of the Rivers State gubernatorial elections became known. I promised all my Ijaw, Ogoni and Ikwerre friends that I will write something about it today as Rivers is not just any state in Nigeria. It is our fountain of wealth should be the bellwether of the Nigerian economy

CHELSEA have told Turkish giants Fernebahce that they need to come up with a much bigger offer if they want to purchase Super Eagles winger Victor Moses on a permanent basis as the €5m (£4.3m) they have offered for him is totally insufficient.

GOVERNMENT ministers are working on plans to grant an amnesty to public officials with assets and investments overseas who failed to declare them in a bid to evade paying taxes to the federal government.