Ayo Akinfe

[1] At the moment, Nigeria is the UK’s fastest growing export market. We want to see this grow dramatically with an annual foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $1bn for British investors in Nigeria

NIGERIAN Medical Association (NMA) officials have published fresh figures showing that here are only 24,000 actively licensed medical doctors in the country reducing the physician to patient ratio to the perilously low figure of one to 10,000.

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has hinted that he may decide to back former Anambra State governor Peter Obi in next year's presidential elections pointing out that he cannot publicly support him now because they are in different parties.

PAN-Igbo cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to name the newly-completed Second Niger Bridge after  the former Ikemba of Nnewi Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

BRITAIN'S international trade secretary Kemi Badenoch is considering running for prime minister following today's sudden resignation of Liz Truss and the announcement by the Conservative Party that it will elect a new leader by September 28.

OFFICIALS representing small clubs in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) have continued their ongoing tour of UK football sides with a visit to English League One clubside Burton Albion yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would make sure that by 2027, every one of the 19 states in Northern Nigeria generates enough revenue to at least meet its running costs

[2] Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2027, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers, graduates and post-graduates

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has outlined an ambitious 10 year Nigerian industrialisation programme which he says the nation's manufacturing sector needs to adhere to if the country is to get out of its current economic rut.

AUSTRALIA'S government  has warned its citizens to avoid travelling to Nigeria as it is too dangerous a travel destination  at the moment due to a combination of the recent flooding that has ravaged large parts of the country and violent insecurity.

NIGERIA'S work and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has announced that the federal government has completed the construction of the Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State.