Ayo Akinfe
On December 22 1956, American newspapers were full of pictures of Dr Martin Luther King riding on a mixed bus with white folks after the Alabama Bus Boycott has been called off a day earlier. Dr King was the first person to ride on non-segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama on December 21 1956 to make the point that...
Ayo Akinfe
Elections are due in February and nobody has come up with a policy to address the thorny issue of power generation. It says a lot about the quality of our politics. It appears we actually believe that if we elect “good leaders” the problem will suddenly and miraculously go away
Nigeria currently has an embarrassing...
Ayo Akinfe
Dr Martin Luther King always spoke about "The fierce urgency of now" pointing out that gradualism was the killer of goals and dreams. Are we aware of that in Nigeria at all?
It is projected that by 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 400m, making her the third most populous nation in the world after India and...
Ayo Akinfe
I have always maintained that Nigeria is not just any nation. You do not become the largest black nation on earth by sheer coincidence. Equally, you do not occupy the near centre of the earth by accident. Giants do not suddenly appear out of nowhere without a purpose. Nephilim's are supposed to be super human beings
If...
Ayo Akinfe
On September 28 1785, Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the military academy in Paris. He was only 42nd in a class of 51 and no one paid any particular notice to him. However, history had other ideas
A right wing and reactionary general brought in to crush the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte ended up leaving an...
Ayo Akinfe
I ask whether Nigerians ever set themselves annual national goals. Growing up as kids, we were all told to make new year resolutions. I wonder why this does not extend to national and developmental matters
Are Nigerians aware of the fact that Unesco advised the country to spend 26% of her national budget on education?...
Ayo Akinfe
Battle tanks
Assault rifles
Multi-purpose machine guns
Rocket-propelled grenades
Attack helicopters
Fighter jets
Bombers
Aircraft carriers
Submarines
Artillery pieces
It is simply impossible to defend yourself if you have to go and buy such equipment on the international market. For starters, the...
Ayo Akinfe
When I look at the lockdown over Covid-19, I keep seeing parallels with World War Two. During that conflict, nations had to step up the production of new industrial goods like armaments, food was scarce and rationing was introduced in many countries. The US in particular, emerged as an unprecedented industrial economy from...
Ayo Akinfe
As things stand, the US has military bases all over West Africa. For now that is not a problem because we are a safe dumping ground for American goods. However if Nigeria's economy grows to the point whereby we are considered a trading threat, the policy will suddenly change
One other thing Nigerians are refusing to...
Ayo Akinfe
The largest black nation on earth with a population in excess of 200m
Africa’s largest economy with a gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to total $514bn in 2021 by the IMF
Estimated to become the third most populous country in the world by 2050 behind China and India
The one nation that can rally the 1.2m...
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