Aviation industry decries the fact that Nigeria stops airlines from remitting foreign exchange

NIGERIA and 10 other African countries have stopped foreign airlines from repatriating ticket sales proceeds estimated at $700m to their various head offices overseas as part of a programme to arrest the menace of capital flight in these dire economic times.

 

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Kwankwaso accuses Ganduje of taking out needless loans and recklessly indebting Kano State

FORMER Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has accused his former deputy and the current incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of taking out unnecessary loans and recklessly indebting the state.

 

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Soyinka reveals how he was prevented from entering Nigeria over Covid-19 restrictions

NOBEL laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has revealed that he was prevented from boarding at aircraft at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a permit to travel’ to Nigeria.

 

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Young Kwaran hangs himself after discovering that he is impotent and cannot copulate

NIGERIA Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officials are investigating a recent suicide case in Kwara State that involved a young man hanging himself because he discovered that he was impotent.

 

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Ndidi resumes training with Leicester City indicating he may return for World Cup qualifiers

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has resumed training with his Leicester City team mates having been out of action since September with a hamstring injury that has seen him miss both league and national team games.

 

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It is time for a Nigerian president to start telling the rest of the world that they either invest in the country or live with the consequences of a 200m strong African Afghanistan

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Buhari was at another investment summit in Saudi Arabia this week. I am yet to hear of him signing any major Islamic finance deal while there

[2] Upon assuming office in 2015, President Buhari actually enjoyed a lot of international goodwill with Nigeria being invited to every capital in the world. However, all this has not translated into foreign direct investment (FDI)

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Buhari concedes that the Nigerian government is resigned to God coming to its assistance

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that his administration is resigned to putting its faith in God as it seeks to grapple with the plethora of security challenges facing the country and the consequently socioeconomic headaches they create.

 

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Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye appointed as the new Ford Foundation boss for West Africa

NIGERIAN Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye has been appointed as the new Ford Foundation regional director for West Africa with responsibility for overseeing all of its charitable and humanitarian work across the sub-region.

 

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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry general overseer Pastor Olukoya wins London libel case

MOUNTAIN of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) general overseer Pastor Daniel Olukoya and his wife Folashade have been awarded £100,000 as damages for libel by a London high court after winning a  malicious falsehood case.

 

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