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Ayo Akinfe

[1] I will offer free tuition right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Under my watch, Nigeria will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education

[3] I will provide free uniforms in all public schools

[4] My government will offer one free school meal for all primary and secondary school pupils

[5] No primary school child should have to walk more than 1km to school

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has lashed out at the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the current government has divided Nigerians more than at any other time in the nation's history.

GOVERNOR Hope Uzodinma has said he will not yet reveal those behind the ongoing violence and insecurity in Imo State because he wants to allow the security services to complete their investigations without any interruptions.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has promised to attract $2trn in foreign direct investment (FDI) annually into the Nigerian economy  if elected as president next year.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has failed to get a court order barring him from running for president while still in office after an Abuja high court refused to grant his request asking he be exempt from the rule.

NIGERIA'S sports ministry has declared that it will take over the payment of the Super Eagles' manager salary as soon as a new appointment is made to avoid the embarrassing situations of the past whereby coaches were owed salary arrears.

Ayo Akinfe

 
[1] Start manufacturing all our armaments locally 

[2] Build borders that can be effectively policed 

[3] Establish a special forces commando unit similar to say the British SAS or the US Navy Seals 

[4] Build more factories, leisure and sports facilities so our youth stop congregating in mosques and churches where they get indoctrinated 

[5] Bring police remuneration up to par with that of the armed forces 

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has warned that it may call on Nigeria's Igbos to boycott the 2023 elections over the refusal of the country's two leading parties to zone the presidency to the south of the country.

NIGERIAN-born midfielder Tim Akinola has returned to his parent club Arsenal to work on his recovery after he suffered a serious ankle injury  while out on loan to Dundee United ahead of the start of pre-season training.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As the debate the future of Nigeria rages, many people are clamouring for the dissolution of states and replacing them with regions as federating units. However, that proposal is based on raw nostalgic emotion that does not stand up to scrutiny

[2] During the First Republic, our regions were too large and unwieldy. Premiers were located in their regional capitals far away from the nooks and crannies of their regions