Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 20:00
NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Callum Olusesi has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur which came into effect on his 17th birthday on March 17.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 18:26
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 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. It needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 19:00
FULHAM centreback Calvin Bassey will miss out on Nigeria's next friendly game against Mali taking place on Tuesday at the Grand Stade de Marrakech as he returned to his club today after picking up a knock in training.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 17:37
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Cocoa - We need to boost our annual harvest to 1m tonnes from the current 330,000 tonnes
[2] Rice - We need to boost our national harvest to 10m tonnes from the current 8.5m tonnes
[3] Sugarcane - We need a 10m tonne crop, up from the current 1.5m tonnes
[4] Palm oil - We need to boost output to 20m tonnes from the current 1.4m tonnes
[5] Wheat - We desperately need to boost production to about 10m tonnes from the current 200,000 tonnes
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 03/23/2024 - 17:06
RICHARD Taylor the father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has died aged 75 after losing a long term fight against cancer giving up the ghost at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich earlier today.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 03/23/2024 - 16:47
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is expected to announce a new national minimum wage on May 1 in commemoration of the International Labour Day and backdate its implementation to April when he delivers his nationwide address.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 03/23/2024 - 14:15
Ayo Akinfe
They need to all be active in the following sectors:
[1] Boat and ship making
[2] Aircraft parts manufacturing
[3] Armament production
[4] Agricultural equipment like tractors
[5] Medical equipment like ventilators
[6] Electrical equipment like transformers
[7] Motorcycles and bicycles
[8] Consumer electronic goods like fridges, freezers and washing machines
[9] Railway carriages and engines
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:39
NIGER Republic has opened its land border at Birnin-Konni that links the country with Sokoto State in a sure sign that the recent frosty relationship between both nations brought about by a coup d'etat in Niamey last year is starting to thaw.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 03/22/2024 - 13:18
Ayo Akinfe
[1] According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria has an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn, yet our annual budget is a meagre $$30bn. Basically, what this means is that the government needs to quadruple its budget to address our infrastructure crisis
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 15:07
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has placed a three month ban on government officials going publicly-funded foreign trips in response to the growing economic crisis gripping the country that has pushed the price of basic foodstuffs.
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