FUNDS owned by international airlines which remain in Nigeria with operators unable to repatriate them rose to $783m as of August this year exacerbating what has now become a major embarrassment for the industry.

GOVERNOR Abba Yusuf of Kano State has been removed from office by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which today declared that his opponent Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Kano State gubernatorial elections.

PLANS to impeach senate president Senator Godswill Akpabio appear to be gathering pace as about 10 former governors currently serving in the upper chamber of the National Assembly have joined the call for his removal.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has called on members of the United Nations to support his plans to re-establish constitutional order in neighbouring Niger Republic following the July coup in the country that overthrew the democratically elected government.

NIGERIA'S hopes of getting Tottenham Hotspurs fullback Destiny Udogie to feature for the Super Eagles have suffered a major setback after his agent Stefano Antonelli revealed that the players feels more Italian than Nigerian.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Freight containers are a reusable transport and storage unit for moving products and raw materials between locations or countries. There are about 17 million intermodal containers in the world

[2] About 85% of the world’s containers are manufactured in China

[3] Do you know that 90% of African imports and exports are expedited by cargo ships. Egypt’s Port Said alone handles about 3m containers a year

LAGOS State police commissioner Idowu Owohunwa has inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad.

NIGERIA'S Dangote Refinery is set to begin producing refined petrol and other petroleum products including diesel and jet fuel as from next month in a move set to end the country's dependence on imports.

ENGLISH Premier league side Crystal Palace have extended the loan deal of former Golden Eaglets leftback Kelvin Agho with Serbian side Voždovac for the duration of the 2023/24 season as part of their plan to ensure his continued development.

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[1] First of all, President Tinubu should let the whole world know that Nigeria is not Afghanistan where what happens remains local. Whenever anything happens in Nigeria, it has continental implications. President Tinubu needs to tell the rest of the world that they ignore Nigeria at their peril