MIDDLE Eastern carrier Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria blaming the decision on its inability to repatriate its revenue from the country as a result on the ongoing financial crisis.

FORMER vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said he is no longer bothered about the leadership crisis involving Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his group as they will move on without them.

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has admitted it is inevitable that he will one day be sacked because the very nature of football is that the club's flying start to the season cannot last forever and it is only matter of time before the bubble bursts.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Firs) should set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030. At the moment, Nigerians are grossly under-taxed. Our tax-to-GDP ratio of just 6% is among the lowest in the world 

[2] Firs boss Muhammad Nami, should forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Popularly known as dogonyaro, neem is widely grown across northern Nigeria where it is put to several uses. It is time to tap into this potential goldmine

[2] Nigeria is the world’s second largest neem producer behind India but you can be guaranteed we are not taking advantage of the crop as they are. India has a thriving pharmaceutical industry centred around the crop generating millions in foreign exchange earnings

ANGLICAN clergyman the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos of the Church of Nigeria Bishop Humphrey Olumakaiye has passed away at a hospital in London after battling an undisclosed illness for the last six months.

CANADA could be receiving thousands of Nigerian immigrants over the next three years as the government in Ottawa has announced its plan to receive 1.4m migrants between now and 2025 as part of a major plan to combat skills shortages.

NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials have announced that prospective members will henceforth be required to present fitness certificates from recognised public health facilities at orientation camps across the country.

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has revealed that he has not received a single pay cheque from his employers the Nigerian Football Federation in the six months that he has served as the national team manager.

SEVERAL prominent Nigerian Muslims and Islamic groups have all called upon the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to remove the Arabic inscriptions on the naira under its planned redesign programme due to take place next month.