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NIGERIAN academic Professor Charles Egbu has become the first African head of a British university after being named as the vice chancellor of Leeds Trinity University with effect from November 1 this year.

LIVERPOOL'S hopes of signing Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen as a replacement for want-away Belgian Divock Origi appears to have faded after the Lille marksman moved to finalise his transfer to Italian giants Napoli today.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) When it comes to corn production, we are not doing too badly as we are the 11th largest maize producer in the world with an annual crop of about 11m tonnes

(2) However, our production costs are too high, making imports from countries like the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and India cheaper. If you are a Nigerian food processor, you will save on costs by importing cheaper maize. So, as a first step, the Nigerian government needs to reduce local production costs

LAGOS State government has pleaded with its health workers currently on strike protesting over their working conditions and the way they have been treated during the coronavirus pandemic to return to work and seek a negotiated solution to their dispute.

CARE homes within the UK have expressed concern about the government's new immigration bill as it will affect ethnic minorities hard given that one in six of all staff in the sector have immigrant backgrounds.

NIGERIAN Army troops managed to repel an audacious Boko Haram attack on their barracks in the Borno State capital Maiduguri after a bitter exchange of gunfire that lasted for about two hours.

NEWCASTLE United have made initial enquiries with Leicester City to sign Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho this summer with a view to making him the focal point of their attack during the 2020/21 season.

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has told all those attacking his personality in the hope that it will derail his presidential ambitions has declared that he has no intention of running for the presidency of Nigeria in 2023.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We have all gone over the realities of the current economic climate. In this post-coronavirus era, Nigeria and most other African countries are staring into the abyss. Our reality is that the prices and exports of our primary commodities have collapsed and as we manufacture very little, we are looking at huge debts and massive balance of trade deficits

Ayo Akinfe

[1] So the naira strengthens slightly against the dollar again, trading at around N450 as the Central Bank of Nigeria keeps releasing more foreign currency, ending the scarcity

[2] As more dollars are available, businesses can now import produce and multinational firms operating in Nigerian can change and repatriate their profits. This may be the beginning of some sort of confidence returning to the Nigerian economy