Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 13:44
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Coconuts are one agricultural crop that should easily be a big money spinner for Nigeria. If well harnessed, the sector could match the $50bn or so we generate from crude oil sales
[2] Nigeria is currently the world’s number 18 coconut producer with a disappointing output of 288,615 tonnes. Badagry Local Government Area alone could easily double that figure within four years if it wanted to
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 19:44
YORUBA Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo and Tayo Ayinde the chief of staff to Governor Babajide Sanwoolu have both threatened to drag the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Otunba Gani Adams to court for accusing them of plotting an assassination.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 19:06
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the creation of a Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to generate capital to bridge Nigeria's $25bn per annual infrastructure funding gap.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 08:27
BRENTFORD midfielder Frank Onyeka has become the latest Super Eagle to leave the national team training camp in Morocco and return to his club for treatment on an injury after he pulled out of tonight's game against Mali and returned to London.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:53
Ayo Akinfe
I am awaiting policy pronouncements that sound something like this:
[1] Between now and the end of the year, the government will be beefing up security big time
[2] We will ban the export of primary commodities that have no value added to them
[3] This government will reach an agreement among the numerous ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria to to ensure peace
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 20:00
NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Callum Olusesi has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur which came into effect on his 17th birthday on March 17.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 18:26
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?
[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for Muslims that competes with the Kaaba
[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity
[4] Badagry’s slave castle. It needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 19:00
FULHAM centreback Calvin Bassey will miss out on Nigeria's next friendly game against Mali taking place on Tuesday at the Grand Stade de Marrakech as he returned to his club today after picking up a knock in training.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 17:37
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Cocoa - We need to boost our annual harvest to 1m tonnes from the current 330,000 tonnes
[2] Rice - We need to boost our national harvest to 10m tonnes from the current 8.5m tonnes
[3] Sugarcane - We need a 10m tonne crop, up from the current 1.5m tonnes
[4] Palm oil - We need to boost output to 20m tonnes from the current 1.4m tonnes
[5] Wheat - We desperately need to boost production to about 10m tonnes from the current 200,000 tonnes
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 03/23/2024 - 17:06
RICHARD Taylor the father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has died aged 75 after losing a long term fight against cancer giving up the ghost at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich earlier today.
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