NATIONAL carrier Nigeria Air is now due to commence operations in December this year after aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika revealed that all the plans put on place for the project remain valid and the project is on course.

PRINCE Harry and his wife Meghan Markel have made a significant donation to charities working in Nigeria after the Duchess of Sussex revealed she discovered she is 43% Nigerian after taking a genealogy test.

NIGERIA'S hopes of securing the services of Arsenal teenager Ethan Nwaneri have suffered a major setback after the midfielder became provisionally cap-tied after featuring for England's U17 team in a match against Lithuania on Tuesday.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Levelling up in the UK is generally about spreading prosperity to all parts of the country. We desperately need this kind of policy in Nigeria, especially in certain states in the northeast and northwest where the absence of any form of commerce has boosted the Almajiri phenomenon, kidnapping and terrorism

NIGERIA'S federal government has approved the purchase of 21 vehicles by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from indigenous motor company Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing as part of a drive to boost local manufacturers.

WASHINGTON has authorised the evacuation of its government employees and their families from the US embassy in Nigeria over the risk of a potential terrorist attacks that it believes could be imminent.

ORGANISATION of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) financial house the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved a total financing package of $1.8bn for Nigeria to be used to fund infrastructural development projects.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu won a significant legal battle against the federal government today after an Umuahia high court ruled that the way he was extradited from Kenya was illegal and breached his human rights.

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has invited Crystal Palace's teenage goalkeeper Owen Goodman to camp for Nigeria's forthcoming friendly game against Portugal due to take place on November 17.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As the UK ponders over what kind of future she is going to have in the 22nd century, it is unfortunate that African nations are fast asleep. Many Britons for instance opted to leave the European Union (EU) because they erroneously thought that by doing so they will return to the glorious Rule Britannia era when their country ruled the oceans and colonised two thirds of the world