By Ayo Akinfe
How do we get Nigeria to produce 50m tonnes of steel a year?
How do we produce inter-city trains that run at 200km per hour?
How do we build five deep sea ports along our 853km Atlantic coastline
How do we generate about 260,000MW of electricity like say Indonesia and South Africa?
How do we increase our...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria is the world’s largest kolanut producer accounting for about 54% of global output. There is no justification for it not being as big a money spinner as crude oil
These days, wine distillers are increasingly using kolanuts in their red wine. We want a global monopoly of this market
Now, the global red wine...
NIGERIA is enjoying a mini boost in its trade with the rest of the African continent after recent statistics showed that the country exported primary commodities worth about $2.48bn to South Africa over the last 24 months.
Primarily a mono-economy with crude oil exports accounting for over 90% of federal government revenue,...
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...
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
(1) Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue
(2) We need at least $10bn invested in...
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...
Ayo Akinfe
Register and licence local vigilante groups
Establish 20 battalions in strategic towns in the north east
Commence building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger
Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the area to encourage education
Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000...
START-UP international airline Green Africa Airways is set to commence flight operations as from December next year with a fleet of ATR 72-600 planes that it has just recently purchased in a move expected to radically shake up the aviation industry.
In February last year, Green Africa Airways has placed an eyebrow-raising...
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...
