Ayo Akinfe
How many Nigerians know that Pakistan is actually the most similar nation to Nigeria on earth? In terms of population, GDP, generated electricity, literacy rates, number of hospital beds, kilometres of tarred roads, level of corruption, religious fanaticism, etc, the figures obtainable in both countries are almost...
ANNUAL remittances by the Nigerian diaspora worldwide fell by about 20% over the last year as a result of the economic crisis precipitated by the global coronavirus pandemic cutting into the expected figure of $25bn.
Historically, Nigeria has always been among the top five countries in the world when it comes to remittances...
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...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind
At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with...
NIGERIAN health officials have declared 89 people persons of interest and has threatened sanctions against them for violating coronavirus protocols after they arrived in the country from abroad and refused to go into quarantine.
On May 10, the federal government announced another phase of restrictions in addition to the...
BRITISH health authorities will keep all holiday travel to Nigeria restricted when it eases restrictions on May 17 because the country remains on its list of amber alert nations not making the green list which offers the all-clear.
As the UK gradually eases its stringent coronavirus restrictions, transport secretary Grant...
Ayo Akinfe
President Joe Biden is about to embark on a $2.3trn spending spree in what is being dubbed as the modern equivalent of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. It is designed to create millions of jobs, rebuild national infrastructure and position the US to out-compete China
Many of the challenges the world currently faces,...
MEMBERS of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) have agreed to repeal some of the production cuts they introduced in a bid to rally prices after indications that global demand looks set to pick up later this year.
Following the collapse in global crude oil consumption in the wake of the coronavirus...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind. If we have a gross domestic product of say $5trn, we will not be the subjects...
KATSINA State has recorded an impressive79% vaccination rate after the first phase of the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign with an overwhelming majority of the state's residents expressing confidence in the programme.
Last month, Nigeria received her first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine with 4m doses...
