Ayo Akinfe
With Nigeria currently going through a dark hour, I believe it is time for the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to stand up and be counted. I have singled the ACF out because most of the hopelessness we are currently witnessing is in their backyard and their region offers the most potential too
One thing I love about...
Ayo Akinfe
With Nigeria currently going through a dark hour in which armed violence reigns supreme across northern Nigeria, economic growth is lagging way behind population increases, millions of youths simply have no future and there is no industrial plan on the horizon, I believe it is time for associations like the Arewa...
VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo played host to the UK's minister for Africa Vicky Ford in Abuja today as she started the Nigerian leg of her West African tour aimed at boosting trading opportunities across the sub-region.
Appointed in September last year, Ms Ford whose official portfolio is the minister for Africa,...
Ayo Akinfe
As Nigeria desperately searches around for potential sources of revenue, can someone please tell me why we have not thought about horses? A horse costs about $2,000 on the open market, so just imagine the revenue we would generate if we exported say 3m of them
Apparently there are 240,000 horses in Nigeria with the...
HUNDREDS of Muslims joined their Christian brethren in Kaduna for Christmas church services as part of a communal programme aimed at promoting peace and religious tolerance across northern Nigeria.
More than any other state in Nigeria, Kaduna is split 50:50 between Muslims and Christians but of late, has been the scene of...
Ayo Akinfe
Contrary to what most Nigerians believe, public outrages guarantee human rights and decent living conditions. In Nigeria, we erroneously believe that good governance will solve all our problems even if the public is docile
In any decent country, there is no way they would tolerate the Fulani herdsmen massacres. There...
ORGANISATION of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) finance house the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved the disbursement of $98m to Nigerian in the form of loans to the education sector to support a plan to help eradicate illiteracy.
Nigeria is currently wracked by insecurity brought about by the lack of opportunity for...
Ayo Akinfe
By 2025, every one of our 19-member states must generate enough revenue to at least meet its running costs
Every state in northern Nigeria must be twinned with a state in the south as part of our education policy. By 2025, every northern state must match its southern twin in terms of literacy, secondary school leavers,...
THIRTEEN different consortia have submitted bids for consideration to manage Nigeria's four main international airports under the new tendering programme launched last week by the Independent Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
Under the scheme, the numerous consortia, made up of both local and foreign companies,...
INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are planning to initiate investigations into the abduction of school pupils across Nigeria in response to a petition it received from the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap).
Of late, kidnapping has become a thriving business across Nigeria and increasingly,...
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