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Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the federal government has asked for a safe corridor for the evacuation of Nigerian students trapped in Sudan. In an interview with BBC Africa on Monday, Dabiri-Erewa said the evacuation of the students would begin on Tuesday. She said the students would […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday to attend the third extraordinary session of the assembly of heads of state and government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission. The meeting is convened by Nana Akuffo-Ado, president of Ghana, and will be held in Accra, the capital of the west African country. […]

Allen Onyema, the chairman of Air Peace, says the airline is willing to evacuate Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan for free. Violent clashes between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, have killed over 270 people. Thousands of civilians have fled Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, with foreign nations making […]

Femi Otedola, the chairman of Geregu Power, has confirmed his acquisition of a 5.52 percent stake in Transcorp Plc. The development makes the billionaire businessman the second largest shareholder of the company. Recently, there have been reports that the acquisition was consummated between an entity owned by Otedola and the Asset Management […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has faulted the Nigerian Lightning Safety and Research Center (NLSRC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), for issuing an unauthorised thunderstorm alert.  The NLSRC had on April 15 tweeted a warning alert to Nigerians, saying thunderstorms are expected across the country in May. “Thunderstorms are expected to spread across […]

Allen Onyema, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Peace, says aviation union workers should see strikes as the last resort to getting demands met. On Monday, Onyema spoke on the rising spate of strikes by workers in the country’s aviation sector, on the Morning Show of Arise television. The aviation mogul, speaking […]

Bayo Onanuga, media director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, says President-elect Bola Tinubu will return to Nigeria today. In a tweet posted on Monday morning, Onanuga said the president-elect will touch down in Abuja later in the day. “Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after […]

Here are the seven top business stories you need to track this week — April 24 to April 28. AVIATION WORKERS THREATEN TO SHUTDOWN AIRSPACE Aviation union workers recently threatened to shut down Nigeria’s airspace, if the federal government fails to grant their requests by the end of a seven-day ultimatum issued […]