Ayo Akinfe
From henceforth, all public sector contracts must be published online
All contract bids must be made through an online portal
All government, ministries, departments and agencies must have a contract bidding online portal
All bids will be subject to review by a panel made up of civil servants, members of the...
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...
LAGOS State government is seeking private sector support to boost the revenue it generates from the coconut industry to N350bn ($850.8m) annually from the current N76bn raised primarily through the export of primary produce.
Nigeria is currently the world’s number 19 coconut producer with a disappointing output of 288,615...
NIGERIA has been listed by the World Bank as one of the three countries on the planet with the highest rate of electricity deficit alongside Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia as well as being among the top 20 countries that lacks access to clean fuel.
In what is a major impediment to its development, Nigeria only...
NIGERIA has been excluded from the list of 28 countries granted debt pardon by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) which offers an amnesty to very poor countries.
As a result of the economic fallout of coronavirus pandemic, many poor countries have been unable to...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Today is February 5 and for me it is significant in that it was on this day in 1945 that America’s General Douglas MacArthur returned to Manila after the US recaptured the Philippines from Japan. By February 1945, it was clear that the Allies were going to win the war both in Europe and Asia. Thinking ahead, they...
NIGERIANS have been barred from participating in the US visa lottery programme in 2022 as part of the ongoing imposition of restrictions on the country's citizens in what is feared may be a response to growing insecurity and other threats to life and property.
In January this year, the US said it would suspend the issuance...
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