NIGERIA'S capital market has the capacity to generate enough revenue to fund the country's infrastructure deficit and provide the government with breathing space to focus on other issues according to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) boss.

FORMER Niger Delta Affairs minister Godswill Akpabio has suffered a major setback after an Abuja high court refused his request to stop an opponent from standing as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.

GOVERNORSHIP candidates participating in the forthcoming Osun State gubernatorial election taking place on July 16 have all signed a peace accord committing their parties and supporters conducting themselves in a gentlemanly manner.

ASIWAJU Bola Tinubu's loyalists have declared that their principal will not be hounded into dropping former Borno State governor Kashim Shettima as the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate despite the harsh criticism his selection has attracted.

NORTH London English Premier League side Arsenal have joined in the race to sign Aston Villa's Nigeria-eligible midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka who is currently highly sought after following his heroics in the recent European U19 Championship.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] We talk a lot about diasporans having an impact on Africa the way say the Jewish lobby does on Israel and the way the Cuban-American community influences Washington but from what I can see so far, this is simply not happening

[2] At the moment, the US deputy secretary of the treasury Wale Adeyemo is a Nigeria. I am still waiting to see him push corporate America to make Nigeria one of their favourite investment destinations

NIGERIA'S Academic Staff Union of Universities (Asuu) has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari's offer to end their nationwide strike saying his recent comment that enough is enough is nothing but sad.

FEARS are growing within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State might defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after he met with several of their governors from the southwest geo-political zone last week.

CHRISTIAN members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)  in the 19 states that make up northern states have revolted against the decision of the party's presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to pick a Muslim running mate for next year's elections.

BRITISH member of Parliament for Saffron Walden of Nigerian extraction Kemi Badenoch has thrown her hat into the ring as the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson heats up bringing the number of Conservative Party leadership contestants to 11.