NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has rejected the recent request by the country's 18 registered political parties that it reschedule its election timetable and give them more time to conduct their primaries.
Yesterday, the political parties including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
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
Sango, the third alaafin of Oyo is regarded as Nigeria’s patron saint of electricity. His statue was erected outside the Nepa headquarters along Marina in Lagos as he is considered the embodiment of power. He and his famous axe are still mounted outside distribution companies today
Just like patron saints...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) As the debate the future of Nigeria rages, many people are clamouring for the dissolution of states and replacing them with regions as federating units. However, that proposal is based on raw nostalgic emotion that does not stand up to scrutiny
(2) During the First Republic, our regions were too large and unwieldy....
Ayo Akinfe
(1) I often wonder if there is any agency in Nigeria monitoring global product development. What I have in mind is a body of intelligent men and women who follow demand and supply fundamentals and then make sure Nigeria reacts to them accordingly
(2) For instance, the global rubber industry was valued at $40.77bn in 2019...
OVER two thirds of Nigeria's 36 states did not attract one dollar in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the course of 2020 as a new National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey shows that 26 of them were investment-free zones during the year.
A mono-economy wholly dependent on the sale of crude oil for her survival,...
NIGERIAN health officials have identified six more cases of the dreaded UK variant of the Covid-19 virus in the country known as B117 after scientists collected fresh samples from Osun and Kwara states.
Over the last few months, virus has mutated into several new strains and these are now ravaging the globe in a deadly...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Kogi - At the River Niger/Benue confluence at Lokoja
(2) Ogun - Along the Ogun River on the outskirts of Abeokuta
(3) Kaduna - At the Matsirga Waterfalls
(4) Anambra - On the Anambra River at Agulu
(5) Adamawa - Along the River Benue at Yola
(6) Delta - On the banks of the River Niger at Illah
(7) Osun - Along the...
NIGERIA'S Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been asked to investigate the activities of state governors who it is now known received Covid-19 palliatives from the federal government and stored them in private warehouses.
Over the last 24 hours, the growing unrest in Nigeria has...
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