Ayo Akinfe

[1] Between 2025 and 2030 a nationwide railway network will be constructed linking all 774 local government areas together

[2] Between 2025 and 2030, Nigeria will move towards allowing each of its 36 federating units to control the resources within their domain. By 2030, they will only have to remit 50% of all monies received to the federal government

ENGLISH footballing giant Liverpool are now poised to sign Super Eagles striker Ademola Lookman at the end of the season as a replacement for Egyptian legend Mo Salah who looks set to leave Merseyside in the summer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In 1928, the Ford Motor Company build Fordlandia, the Brazilian town in the Amazon rain forest. It was a prefabricated industrial town intended to be inhabited by 10,000 people to secure a source of cultivated rubber

[2] Henry Ford, the company's founder had negotiated a deal with the Brazilian government granting him a concession of 10,000 km2 of land on the banks of the Rio Tapajós in exchange for a 9% share in the profits generated

NIGERIA has missed out on being included in the recently-published US list of eligible countries that qualify for its 2025 Visa Waiver Program (VWP) that enables citizens of those nations to travel to America without having to obtain visas.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2026 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking to woo back former senate president Senator Bukola Saraki and several other key power brokers from across the north central geo-political zone like ex-governors Gabriel Suswam and Samuel Ortom.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] China has now developed world's fast high-speed train, the CR450, which has a top test speed of 450 km per hour and an operational speed of 400 km per hour

[2] This new train, which obliterates the 200km per hour speed of average high speed trains, will undergo comprehensive testing, verification and trial assessments in 2025. Nigeria needs to tell China that we want to be part of that programme

NIGERIANS living in the UK have protested against rising cases of certificate of sponsorship (CoS) scams taking place across the country that have made it difficult for those looking for work to emigrate.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a nation of 42 states, seven in each geo-political zone, with each of them generating at least $10bn in internal wealth annually

[2] Nigeria will become a country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients

[3] Nigeria will become a country that is the world’s largest chocolate producer

NOTORIOUS bandit leader Bello Turji has thrown down the gauntlet to the Nigerian authorities by imposing a N22m ($15,000) levy on four villages in Sokoto State demanding it as compensation for the death of one of his lieutenants during a recent military operation.