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FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha suffered a major setback yesterday after the current government revoked the ownership of 49 plots of land linked to his elder sister Geraldine Obinali amid allegations that they were acquired illegally.

GOVERNMENT Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi abducted pupil Leah Sharibu has given birth to her second child after three years in Boko Haram captivity according to the US-Nigeria Law Group.

MEMBERS of the Plateau State caucus in the Federal House of Representatives have passed a vote of confidence in deputy speaker Hon Idris Wase despite calls for his removal after he insulted Nigerian diasporans by saying that have no business in the affairs of the country.

NIGERIANS living in the UK will be barred from travelling home as from next Monday under new stringent Covid-19 restrictions which will penalise travel outside Britain without reasonable reason with a £5,000 fine.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) and its splinter groups terrorist organisations 

(2) Send a bill to the National Assembly outlawing open grazing 

(3) Announce details of a Fulani disarmament plan under which he will pledge to recover every single AK47 in the hands of these herdsmen 

BUDDING Nigerian domestic airline Air Peace has placed a firm order for a Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the recent recertified of the plane to resume flying as part of an ambitious plan to expand its operations post-lockdown.

SOUTH Africa has stopped administering the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after doubts were raised about the efficacy of the jab against its local strain of the virus and has sold off 1m doses of its remaining consignment to 14 other African nations.

NIGERIAN diaspora remittances fell by 27% year-on-year in 2020 to $17.2bn from $23.55bn in 2019 as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic hurt Nigerians living abroad hard forcing them to reduce the amount they remit back home.

STANBIC IBTC Bank founder Atedo Peterside has urged the federal government to reconsider it plans to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt refinery pointing out that it should hold a national debate before spending a whopping $1.5bn on the project.

EXTREMIST group the Fulani Nationality Movement (Funam) has claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State over the weekend warning him that he will not be so lucky next time.