Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 01/01/2020 - 15:41
CONTROVERSIAL monarch the Oluwo of Iwo has placed a curse on anyone that blames him for recently separating from his Canadian-Jamaican queen Chanel Chin who he broke up with on December 15 last year.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 01/01/2020 - 14:43
GERMAN automobile giant Volkswagen has ended the production of its iconic vehicle the Beetle in a move that could have a significant impact on the Nigerian car market as it is the country's work horse.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 01/01/2020 - 13:03
STRUGGLING English Premier League side Arsenal have turned their attention to Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo with a view to signing him from Glasgow Rangers during the January transfer window.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 01/01/2020 - 11:52
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Happy new year everyone. Welcome to 2020, the year Nigeria turns 60. Our collective goal should be to make it a turning point for our beloved nation
(2) Let me lighten your day up with some mouth-watering data. Do you know that the global footwear industry was worth $290bn in 2019?
(3) By 2024, this is set to rise to $330bn as more shoes get sold worldwide
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 12/31/2019 - 14:35
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Originally launched by the regime of General Sani Abacha, Vision 2020 was a great concept. It sought to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world, able to consolidate its leadership role in Africa and establish itself as a significant player in the global economic and political arena
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 12/30/2019 - 11:39
By Ayo Akinfe
Can someone please explain to me why we should not meet these targets?
(1) Steel - 10m tonnes
(2) Cocoa - 1.5m tonnes
(3) Natural gas - 100m cubic metres
(4) Rice - 10m tonnes
(5) Distributed electricity - 20,000MW
(6) Tarred roads - 200,000km
(7) Assembled automobiles - 500,000 units
(8) Bitumen - 10m tonnes
(9) Palm oil - 20m tonnes
(10) Clean energy - 5,000MW
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 12/29/2019 - 11:52
By Ayo Akinfe
[1] As we all remember, in 2004, the then finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala introduced a bank consolidation exercise during which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) increased the minimum capital requirement base of banks to N25bn ($70m) from N5bn. This policy was introduced due to the challenges which plagued the banks including low capital bases, liquidity and poor asset quality. As a result, Nigerian banks were consequently forced to merge
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 12/28/2019 - 15:10
GOVERNOR Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has announced plans to build a secretariat on the piece of land in Ilorin reclaimed from one of his predecessors the former senate president Senator Bukola Saraki.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 12/28/2019 - 14:46
IGBO Presidency Project Movement 2023 officials have warned politicians of northern extraction to respect the zoning of the presidency and relinquish power to the south of the country come 2023.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 12/28/2019 - 13:17
GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has created a ministry of foreign affairs as part of an aggressive plan to attract international investment in a desperate bid to diversify the state's economy.
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