ABOUT 359 of the Nigerian pilgrims who were left stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned to Abuja today after the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) helped facilitate their return to the country.

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has revealed that there is a correlation between insurgency in the north eastern part of the country and banditry and kidnapping as it appears that ransom fees are being used to fund terrorist activities.

NIGERIAN health authorities intend to start vaccinating 2021 hajj pilgrims on Friday as the country is still planning to allow pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year despite the coronavirus pandemic and the dire state of the nation's finances.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is being expected to arrive in London any moment from now as he starts a two week medical holiday during which he will meet with his UK doctors in what is now an annual ritual.

EVERTON midfielder Alex Iwobi has been cleared to play for the Super Eagles tonight when Nigeria takes on the Crocodiles of Lesotho in an African Cup of Nations qualifier after he tested negative for coronavirus despite testing positive over the weekend.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Sell it to a steel company at a giveaway price to convert it into a manufacturing plant. Just imagine how Corus Steel would love the gift of a readymade plant 

(2) Invite oil companies to come and buy it and convert into a facility that can rival Dangote’s Lekki plant. Dangote’s facility can meet all Nigeria’s domestic needs, so the NNPC no longer has any business running refineries. All competition should now be private 

NIGERIA'S National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) will begin an indefinite strike nationwide as from Thursday April 1 following the expiration of a 60-day ultimatum to the federal government to pay their members salary arrears and Covid-19 hazard allowances.

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha and the ex-chairman of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers Eze Cletus Ilomuanya were involved in a bitter altercation at Owerri Airport over the weekend.

ABOUT 16 members of the separatists group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) including a clergyman have been arrested by the police in connection with the recent killing of security personnel across the southeast geo-political zone.

ALL Progressive Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's 69th birthday plans have been disrupted by bad weather after the elements prevented several high profile dignitaries including vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo from attending the event.