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PLANS to get proposed national carrier Nigeria Air up and running have been hampered by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation industry which has prevented the airline's management from purchasing the required aircraft.

LEADERS of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have recommended five candidates to President Muhammadu Buhari and the party ahead of today's summit where delegates will elect their flagbearer at next year's polls.

FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that he is likely to receive what he calls the MKO Abiola treatment at today's presidential primaries taking place in Abuja.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In 2020, British prime minister Boris Johnson announced that he will be spending an extra £16.5bn ($21.9bn) on defence over the next four years. Nigeria needs some of that cash to create jobs, boost productivity and reduyce our balance of payment deficit

[2] Also, if the British outsource some of the work to us, it will give us the capacity to manufacture equipment locally. Thus will enable us to equip our local security forces properly

CATHOLICS in Politics and Business chairman Patrick Okedinachi Utomi has urged government to sack officials responsible for the protection of lives and properties in the country following the recent massacres in Owo in Ondo State.

FORMER senate president Senator Ken Nnamani has become the latest candidate to withdraw from the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race saying the way the contest is going does not give him the space to outline his vision for the country.

NIGERIA'S Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is expecting to present the proposed national carrier Nigeria Air with its Air Transport Licence (ATL) later today in a development that will make the airline a legal entity.

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into turmoil after party chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu unilaterally declared that senate president Senator Ahmad Lawan was the party's consensus presidential candidate.

FORMER Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has advised his old club to sign Super eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi during the summer transfer window if they are serious about becoming title contenders again.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Start manufacturing all our armaments locally so our security forces have the required equipment

[2] Effectively police our borders to curtail the influx of ammunition from neighbouring countuies

[3) Establish a special forces commando unit similar to say the British SAS or the US Navy Seals

[4] Build more factories, leisure and sports facilities so our youth stop congregating in mosques and churches where they get indoctrinated