PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is due to arrive in London later this week for a medical check-up and period of recuperation that is expected to last two weeks amid concerns that he mart be facing another minor health scare.

LAWMAKERS in both chambers of Nigeria's National Assembly voted to reject diaspora voting tonight as they refused to support a constitutional amendment that would have allowed Nigerians living outside the country to participate in the 2023 elections.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United have been told by Italian side Napoli that they will; have to find at least £100m if they want to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in the summer.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] With hundreds of airlines cancelling their flights to Russian cities, this planned new Nigerian carrier set to launch next month should try and fill the vacuum

[2] Both Russia and Ukraine are major wheat producers. War would affect their production significantly, so Nigeria should look to expand output and fill the gap in the market

NIGERIA has finally put in place a plan to airlift its citizens stranded in Ukraine after the House of Representatives and foreign ministry officials agreed to start an evacuation on Wednesday following a meeting in Abuja today.

PROPOSED national airline Nigeria Air is now planned to get going in April this year after the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) said all the building blocks required to launch the project are now in place.

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First of all, Nato should agree to a meeting chaired by Nigeria involving Africa’s top 10 island states. This meeting will agree a continental tourist package which Nato must sign up to, guaranteeing at least 10m visitors a year:

[1] Madagascar 
[2] Seychelles 
[3] Cape Verde 
[4] St Helena 
[5] Sao Tome & Principe 
[6] Comoros 
[7] Mauritius 
[8] Reunion 
[9] Canary Island 
[10] Madeira

NIGERIA'S high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Sarafa Ishola has briefed the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in Abuja's plans to deepen and  enhance Nigeria-UK relations.

NIGERIA is projected to become the second most populous nation on earth by 2100 as a recent United Nations (UN) document has estimated that the population will balloon overtaking that of China making the country number two behind India.

NIGERIAN-born Alberta justice minister Kelechi Madu has been cleared of any impropriety in relation to his violation of traffic laws last year following an investigation into the matter which found that he committed no wrongdoing.