NIGERIA'S main seaport at Apapa in Lagos State has been offered respite from the terrible gridlock that has characterised its operations for the last 20 or so years after the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) revealed it has connected it by rail.
CCECC is the contractor building thee Lagos to Ibadan...
ENUGU'S Akanu Ibiam International Airport has been another big boost in its quest to become a major travel hub after the United Nigeria Airlines became the seventh career to start flying to the facility.
Nigeria's aviation industry is struggling to keep up with the rise in passenger volumes and several states are upgrading...
Ayo Akinfe
As the whole world moves away from crude oil Nigeria needs to set herself and ambitious target of making her railway network the new mode of transportation across the country.
Just look at how far we are behind other developing nations when it comes to kilometre of railway lines. In the 21st century,...
TRAGEDY was recently avoided in Calabar when one of the magistrates currently protesting outside the governor's office of the non-payment of their two year salary arrears by the Cross River State slumped but was immediately resuscitated by colleagues and state house staff.
Over the last few days, Cross River State...
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(1) If China comes up with a Covid-19 vaccine, Nigeria’s government wants a commitment that a pharmaceutical plant to manufacture the drug will be built in Nigeria. In addition, Nigeria wants sole distribution rights of the vaccine across Africa
(2) Nigeria wants a platoon of an elite division of China’s special...
POPE Francis I has intervened in the ongoing crisis in Nigeria by calling for prayers over the current violence and widespread looting that has spread nationwide across the country asking that peace be returned.
Last Tuesday, Nigerian Army troops opened fire on unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, killing several of...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) It is crystal clear to the whole world now that the gulf between the haves and the have-nots in Nigeria is now totally unsustainable. No matter what anyone says, social convulsions are inevitable
(2) We are the poverty capital of the world with about 87m people living in extreme poverty. When nearly 90m of your...
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(1) Over the last 24 hours, the social convulsions in Nigeria have taken on a new dimension with people attacking the homes of rich politicians in search of food and basic consumer items
(2) In Ibadan, the home of a senator was attacked and 200 motorcycles carted away by the dispossessed
(3) In Calabar, a...
MEMBERS of the Hausa community in Cross River State have promised Ohaneze Ndigbo that they will be backing the southeast geo-political zone in its quest to produce Nigeria's next president come 2023.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between...
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(1) A a Yaoundé-Douala-Calabar-Ikom line that will transport Cameroonian cocoa to the processing plant at Ikom in Cross River State
(2) A Lomé-Cotonou-Badagry-Apapa-Warri-Port Harcourt line that will link up West Africa’s coastal ports
(3) An Abuja-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Bamako-Conakry-Dakar line that will open up the...
