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THOUSANDS of Nigerian passengers face being stranded over the next few days as British Airways announced it has been forced to cancel almost all its flights from UK airports on the first day of a pilots strike.

HUNDREDS of South Africans walked out of a meeting in Johannesburg called to combat the ongoing scourge of xenophobia when Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi asked them to remember the sacrifices made by other Africans during the liberation struggle.

FORMER Abia State governor and current chief whip of the Nigerian senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has sold his shareholding in Gambian-registered First International Banking (Fib) for about $10m ending his presence the financial markets of six African companies.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that between 1960 and 1995, Nigeria spent over $61bn to fight apartheid, more than any other country in the world. This was supposed to be an investment in the future of our continent but alas, typically, we have just wasted that money. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, Nigeria has failed to come up with a coherent pan-African roadmap

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last fortnight or so we have been making a lot of noise about the fact that Toyota is locating its new assembly plant in Ghana instead of Nigeria without debating the real issue. By 2030, about one third of the world’s cars will be electric, so why are we Africans not part of this environmental revolution?

GOVERNORS of the five Igbo-speaking states in the southeast geo-political zone have said they are ready to engage in dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) to resolve their differences.

NIGERIANS in South Africa have expressed delight that Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Cyril Ramaphosa plant to hold a bilateral summit next month to address the incessant occurrences of xenophobic attacks against them.

SUPER Eagles winger Ahmed Musa has pulled out of Tuesday's friendly game against Ukraine after failing to recover from an injury he picked up in a league match for his Saudi Arabian clubside Al-Nassr.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has warned governors from the five states of Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone that they should not travel abroad if they owe workers salaries or they face being attacked.

BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson is facing the prospect of being sent to prison for breaking the law as he looks set to defy parliament and refuse to enact recent a bill which compels him to ask for delay to the UK's exit from the European Union (EU).