AFRICAN airline travel fell by a whopping 65% during the course of 2021 when compared with the pre-pandemic era as a result of the economic effect of the coronavirus virus according to statistics just published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rovers State has claimed that his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi flew a government Legacy 600 private jet to Germany and abandoned it there in a development that has so far cost over €3m.

NIGERIA'S federal government has revealed that over 14m people have so far received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine with over 5m getting two doses and less than half a million getting the third booster dose.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas has formally declared his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections by announcing that he will be seeking the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s seat is just waiting for us to occupy it one day

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) operatives have got involved in a bitter war of words with each other on a social media following an altercation at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.

FORMER presidential spokesman Doyin Okupe has declared that he will bow out of the 2023 race for president if his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reaches a national consensus that the position should be zoned to the southeast.

POPULAR gospel singer Sammie Okposo has tendered a public apology to his wife Ozioma and his fans and suspended himself from all church activities for the time being after having being exposed for engaging in an act of infidelity last year.

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it will suspend the planned removal of the existing petroleum subsidy by 18 months to enable it consult with stakeholders across the sector as it introduces a phased withdrawal.

TRANSPARENCY International has released its 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) placing Nigeria 154 out of 180 countries studied globally scoring the nation 24 out of 100 points in the survey.