Ayo Akinfe
On November 7 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana was elected to US Congress as its first ever woman representative. Nigeria is yet to elect a female governor. We have to correct this anomally come two years time
If you want to know how far mankind has come with the gender equality matter, do you know that on in...
Ayo Akinfe
We will boost generated electricity from the current 7,000MW to South Africa’s 50,000MW
This government will increase the kilometres of tarred roads from the current 200,000km to South Africa’s 750,000km
Between now and when we leave office, we will increase the length of our railway network from the current...
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have threatened to reject cocoa produced in Nigeria as from next year due to quality issues that have got out of hand lately resulting in over0-chemicalised produce that does not meet food safety standards being shipped.
Nigeria is currently the world's fourth largest cocoa producer with an...
By Ayo Akinfe
How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey
The objectives of D-8 Organization...
By Ayo Akinfe
If you ask me, what we are currently witnessing is a war. This time it is not against guns and bullets but the effects are the same and as with the case with any war, you need a reconstruction plan. Every war is always followed by a reconstruction plan and this is no different. Does Nigeria have a post-coronavirus...
Ayo Akinfe
President Recep Erdogan of Turkey just completed a two-day visit to Nigeria during which both countries signed eight bilateral deals in areas that covered energy, defence, mining and hydrocarbons among others
Nigeria and Turkey are both members of the Mint Group of Nations that was supposed to be the...
Ayo Akinfe
First of all, he should let the whole world know that Nigeria is not Afghanistan where what happens remains local. Whenever anything happens in Nigeria, it has continental implications. If Iswap or Boko Haram seize power in Nigeria, there will be a massive domino effect across Africa. They ignore Nigeria at their peril
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By Ayo Akinfe
No matter how you look at it, large under-performing countries like Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only hope for humanity in the post-Covid-19 era. With global economic output likely to be down by about a third, they are the ones who can drag the human race out of this morass
When you look at...
INDONESIA has defended its immigration officers who recently attacked Nigerian diplomat Abdulrrahman Ibrahim saying it was the envoy who was the aggressor during the recent altercation in Jakarta.
On Saturday August 7, Mr Ibrahim was involved in a major scuffle with Indonesian immigration officials inside a vehicle. In a...
By Ayo Akinfe
How do we get Nigeria to produce 50m tonnes of steel a year?
How do we produce inter-city trains that run at 200km per hour?
How do we build five deep sea ports along our 853km Atlantic coastline
How do we generate about 260,000MW of electricity like say Indonesia and South Africa?
How do we increase our...