Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria was founded on the basis of the fact that she could supply Europe with commodities she needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not...
Ayo Akinfe
Abula
Suya/asun/kilishi
Pepper soup
Jollof/fried rice
Moi-moi and ogi
Gari and fish
Nkwobi
Fried yam and akara
Yam porridge
Pounded yam and egusi
With foreign direct investment in sort supply, it is time to think outside the box. Ministers need to be given foreign exchange targets, which they should...
Ayo Akinfe
The Fulani Cattle Company
This subject needs no further introduction. We need all the wealthy Fulani livestock owners to pool their resources together to form a massive company that will operate ranches, dairy companies, leather tanneries, abattoirs and animal feed compounders. It should turn Nigeria into a major exporter...
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...