AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has expressed confidence that the planned new national carrier Nigeria Air will get going before the change of administrations due to take place later this month on May 29.

NIGERIANS in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has added her voice to the growing number of people asking the UK government to show leniency towards former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

ALMOST 400 Nigerians who were living in Sudan have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja in what was the first batch of refugees safely returning back home after a scary journey from the wear-torn north African nation.

PRESIDENT-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has set the tone for his administration's stance on road maintenance by telling Governor Nyesom Wike that the Rivers State government will not be reimbursed for projects it recently undertook.

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace have taken German-born Nigerian right-back Derrick Abu on trial from London rivals Chelsea with a view to signing him as a free agent at the end of the season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Are Nigerians aware of the fact that their country is the world’s sixth largest agricultural producer

[2] We are the world’s number one producer of about 10 agricultural crops, with the main ones being yam, cassava, cocoa yam, melon seed, bitter leaf and shea nuts

[3] However, about a third of our agricultural output gets destroyed in the rural areas. Poor roads mean potholes, which in turn destroys crops, especially fruit and vegetables

GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has visited President Muhammadu Buhari to reiterate the case for the next senate president coming from the southeast geo-political zone saying it is only fair to do so.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for the UK today where he is due to join numerous other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla over the weekend.

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho could be on his way to Italy soon as Serie A giants Inter Milan and monitoring him with a view to making a summer bid to Leicester City for his services.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?

[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for African Muslims that competes with the Kaaba

[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

[4] Badagry’s slave castle. That city desperately needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc