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As 2023 looms, does Nigeria need an autocratic president like Napoleon Bonaparte to solve her plethora of socio-economic woes?

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...

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I look forward to President Buhari’s 2022 New Year’s Day speech announcing that we intend to open the largest 10 facilities in the world next year in Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe Palm oil plantation Cattle ranch Coconut plantation Solar farm Electric car assembly line Transformer manufacturing factory Cocoa plantation Oilseed crushing plant Malaria pharmaceutical plant Solar panel assembly plant When you are the world’s largest black nation, you simply have to think biggest,...

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The IMF and World Bank should come up with a radical post-coronavirus development plan for Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt by forcing them to be responsible for the debts of all other African nations

Ayo Akinfe (1) Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered debt forgiveness for 28 of the world’s poorest countries. To be honest, they had no choice as these countries will never be able to repay such debts. Most of them were African (2) Of the 55 nations in Africa, probably about 20 are viable. Most of them are too...

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As Nigeria grapples with the twin headaches of Fulani herdsmen and a coronavirus-induced economic meltdown, bear in mind that the darker the night the brighter the dawn

Ayo Akinfe (1) This year, about one third of Nigeria’s $33bn annual budget shall be funded by borrowing. We simply do not generate enough wealth as a nation to raise a paltry $33bn despite having a population of 200m (2) Sadly, Nigeria is a mono-economy with about 95% of government revenue coming from crude oil exports. With...

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If Britain could rehabilitate 5m soldiers after World War Two Nigeria can deal with the menace of herdsmen and kidnappers too

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...

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Nigeria needs a conglomerate that goes out to acquire the licence to these 10 highly successful consumer products and mass produces them

Ayo Akinfe (1) Volkswagen Beetle (2) AK-47 assault rifle (3) Kenwood mixer (4) Phillips pressing iron (5) Samsung mobile phone (6) Dell laptop computer (7) Sekonda wrist watch (8) Bosch fridge-freezer (9) LG flatscreen television (10) Nike trainers All these products are or were market leaders in their sectors as they were...

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US health secretary casts doubts over credibility of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik

AMERICAN health officials have expressed scepticism over the efficacy of the new Covid-19 vaccine Russian scientists claim to have developed saying that there is not enough available data from its clinical trials to convince them it works. Yesterday, Russia became the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval...