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Malaysia has created a template for developing nations like Nigeria to learn from African News

Malaysia has created a template for developing nations like Nigeria to learn from

  Ayo Akinfe We like to blame colonialism for all our woes but after 50 years as an independent nation, that excuse was no longer tenable. On August 31 1957, Malaya gained independence from Britain. Like Nigeria, she was ruthlessly colonised by the British but had to be let go after World War Two. A gentleman named Tunku...
President Buhari's 2022 New Year's Day speech just has to be simple and modest. All he needs to do is set Nigeria the soft target of catching up with several other developing nations in a few vital areas African News

President Buhari's 2022 New Year's Day speech just has to be simple and modest. All he needs to do is set Nigeria the soft target of catching up with several other developing nations in a few vital areas

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...
Former ambassador Olufunso Olumoko says he does not see UK intervening in Nnamdi Kanu's matter African News

Former ambassador Olufunso Olumoko says he does not see UK intervening in Nnamdi Kanu's matter

NIGERIA'S former ambassador to Thailand Olufunso Olumoko has said he does not see how the UK can help Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu despite the fact that he holds a British passport.   In a dramatic development last week Tuesday, Mr Kanu was arrayed in court in Abuja the Nigerian capital with justice...
Can someone please explain to me why Nigeria is not on this top 10 shoe production list. Here are the number of pair of shoes manufactured annually by the world’s top 10 producers:  African News

Can someone please explain to me why Nigeria is not on this top 10 shoe production list. Here are the number of pair of shoes manufactured annually by the world’s top 10 producers: 

Ayo Akinfe (1) China- 12.6bn (2) India - 2.1bn (3) Brazil- 895m (4) Vietnam- 760m (5) Indonesia - 660m (6) Pakistan - 295m (7) Thailand - 245m (8) Mexico- 245m (9) Italy - 205m (10) Turkey - 175m With a population of 200m people, surely Nigeria must manufacture at least 400m shoes a year. Maybe this is just a case of poor...
Is Nigeria aware of the fact that this coronavirus pandemic has opened up unprecedented opportunities in the global rubber industry? African News

Is Nigeria aware of the fact that this coronavirus pandemic has opened up unprecedented opportunities in the global rubber industry?

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...
10 ingredients that go into animal feed compounds which Nigeria needs to step up production of as part of a radical livestock husbandry programme African News

10 ingredients that go into animal feed compounds which Nigeria needs to step up production of as part of a radical livestock husbandry programme

Ayo Akinfe (1) Maize - We currently produce about 11m tonnes. We need to up this to about 20m tonnes to have enough maize to feed livestock commercially (2) Palm kernels - We are currently producing about 1.3m tonnes a year but need to increase this to at least 5m tonnes as we consume about 2m tonnes...
As Nigeria contemplates implementing Prof Osinbajo’s public works programme here are kilometres of tarred road figures targets we should aspire to meet. Nigeria is seriously lagging behind other developing nations African News

As Nigeria contemplates implementing Prof Osinbajo’s public works programme here are kilometres of tarred road figures targets we should aspire to meet. Nigeria is seriously lagging behind other developing nations

Ayo Akinfe (1) India - 5.9m km (2) Brazil - 1.75m km (3) South Africa - 750,000 km (4) Thailand - 702,210 km (5) Indonesia - 542,310 km (6) Turkey - 445,000 km (7) Mexico - 393,473 km (8) Iran - 291,014 km (9) Pakistan - 263,942 km (10) Nigeria - 193,200 km We have our work cut out as neither our road nor...
Are the south-south governors aware of the fact that the bulk of the world’s rice is grown in delta regions? African News

Are the south-south governors aware of the fact that the bulk of the world’s rice is grown in delta regions?

Ayo Akinfe (1) Worldwide, about 80m hectares of irrigated lowland rice provide 75% of output (2) Irrigated rice is grown in bunded fields or paddies, which are surrounded by a small embankment that keeps the water in. Our Niger Delta is tailor-made for this kind of rice production (3) Rainfed lowland rice is grown in river...
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Inaugural Air Peace 11-hour non-stop flight to Jamaica leaves Lagos enroute to Montego Bay

NIGERIAN leading airline Air Peace has stepped up its expansion into the international market with the launch of an 11-hour non-stop flight between Lagos and the Jamaican city of Montego Bay this week.   Yesterday, the maiden flight left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos for Jamaica according to Stanley...
Nigeria desperately needs to float a National Seed Company with a mandate to immediately start producing hybrid seedlings of the following crops African News

Nigeria desperately needs to float a National Seed Company with a mandate to immediately start producing hybrid seedlings of the following crops

Ayo Akinfe (1) Cocoa - We need to boost our annual harvest to 1m tonnes from the current 330,000 tonnes (2) Rice - We need to boost our national harvest to 10m tonnes from the current 4m tonnes (3) Sugarcane - We need a 10m tonne crop, up from the current 38,000 tonnes (4) Palm oil - We need to boost output to 20m tonnes from...
 

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