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Ayo Akinfe

(1) If you ask me, having Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) makes it imperative that Nigeria becomes a serious player in the global economy. It is highly embarrassing that Africa accounts for 18% of the world’s population by only 3% of its trade. It now falls to Nigeria to correct this imbalance

NIGERIA'S federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enhance cashew production under an ambitious plan to diversify the nation's economy.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has asked the Lagos State police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu to institute an investigation into the harassment of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate Plaza over the weekend.

ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has revealed that during his recent interaction with bandits operating across northwest Nigeria he discovered that they were in the process of acquiring anti-aircraft missiles to enable them  fight off the military.

PRESIDENCY officials have asked the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to publish the names of all Fulani herdsmen currently undergoing trials across the country as the pressure mounts on the government to act on the deteriorating security situation.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially assumed office as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after the body's general council confirmed her appointment as a special meeting today.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Governors of the six largest states in the country - Niger, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe and Bauchi are all mandated to immediately set aside 5,000 sq kilometres to be used to construct mega ranches to accommodate Fulani herdsmen

(2) Each geo-political zone is to establish a regional security network along the lines of Amotekun to work in tandem with the police and military to combat the surge in violent crime

NIGERIA'S ongoing Fulani herdsmen problem has spread to Akwa Ibom State after pastoralists invaded a farm near Uyo belonging to an aide of Governor Udom Emmanuel and destroyed at least 400 plantain stands.

AREWA body the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has warned northerners not to travel to the south of the country at the moment as the ongoing clashes between farmers and Fulani cattle herdsmen puts them at risk.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) He should use it as an opportunity to announce to the whole world that Nigeria is open for business and in search of investors in the animal husbandry business

(2) Like the Paris Climate agreement, it should set goals for global livestock and animal feed production with the aim of ensuring every human has access to meat and a sufficient protein diet