BRITAIN'S University of East Anglia (UEA) has announced scholarships worth £33,150 and offered to provide transportation expenses of up to £4,000 per year to Nigerians seeking to do masters programmes there as part of a plan to keep student numbers high.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigerians like to hide behind the excuse of bad leaders but they are just being dishonest. They know deep down that even if our leaders want to be honest men, we will not let them be honest men. Nigeria’s leaders are a mirror image of the rest of society

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Ola Olukoyede has vowed to resign if he fails to bring former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello to justice after revealing the impunity of his corruption that involved using state funds to pay his kids' schoolfees.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria does not need loans or grants but proper foreign direct investment (FDI) to build up her industrial capacity. Central to being a proud sovereign nation is the ability to manufacture the armaments required by our security forces

INSPECTOR-general of police Olukayode Egbetokun has dampened expectations of Nigeria moving towards the creation of state police forces soon pointing out that the country is not yet politically mature enough for such a development.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If we were a right thinking people, the humble motorcycle would radically transform the Nigerian economy. By my calculations, Nigeria is the world's fifth largest user of motorcycles behind India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China

NIGERIAN diasporans will be able to start reaping the benefits of the federal government's planned mortgage scheme within the next three months under plans being drawn up by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On August 8, 1898, a gentleman known as Will Kellogg invented a cereal known as Corn Flakes, which has gone on to become the world’s most popular breakfast cereal

[2] Today, Kellogg employs about 33,000 people and has an annual turnover of about $13bn. What does it do? Kellogg converts cereals into breakfast packages. Kellogg now has other products like Pringles, Cheez-It Crackers, Pop Tarts, etc

SEVERAL Nigerian musicians have applauded the recent move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enforce the ban on abuse of the naira by prosecuting anyone involved in spraying publicly.