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INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have downgraded Nigeria’s 2020 growth projections predicting that the economy will shrink by 5.4% during the course of this year as a result of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

MANY Nigerian schools may be forced to shutdown over the coming months as a result of the new stringent conditions the federal government has introduced in response to the need to guarantee safety in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

NIGERIAN Afrobeat musician Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface has been appointed as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ambassador.

Tuface Idiba 44, is one of the most decorated and successful Afro pop artists in Africa, is also known as 2Baba. Taking to his Instagram page to announce his appointment, Idiba added that the appointment will deepen his commitment to supporting the efforts of UNHCR.

NIGERIAN student Josephine Lawal has asked the University of Wales Trinity Saint David to refund the $20,000 she paid as tuition for a PhD programme but had to abandon because she was frustrated out by the racist attitude of its lecturers.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been provided with stiff opposition in her quest to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after South Korea announced it is fielding trade minister Yoo Myung-Hee for the job.

Ayo Akinfe

As statues of slave traders and colonisers are being pulled down globally, people are erecting those of genuine heroes like this one of Crazy Horse, the Lakota chief, who fought European annihilation of his people with passion. When leading his men into battle, Crazy Horse used to say: "Hóka-héy! Today is a good day to die!"

NIGERIA has received a lifeline in her quest to resolve the nagging problem of epileptic electricity supply after the World Bank approved a $750m International Development Association (IDA) credit for the country's Power Sector Recovery Operation (PSRO).

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki has won a big reprieve in his bid to become the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in September's governorship polls after all the other candidates agreed to withdraw a suit against him and settle the matter out of court.

POLICING authorities in the UK have decided to act on the lopsided nature of their recruitment with a plan to establish some sort of equilibrium leading to the West Midlands Police announcing that it will recruit 1,000 ethnic minority officers.

HEALTH officials in Delta State have been thrown into a state of panic after about 20 of its ad-hoc staff recruited to serve on the Covid-19 taskforce suddenly died over the last few weeks after contracting illnesses.