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INTENSIVE care nurse Adekunle Enitan has become the latest Nigerian to succumb to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the UK after giving up the ghost at the William Harvey Hospital in Kent where he worked.

Mr Enitan, 55, popularly known as Ade, who was a father of two children, had worked at the hospital in Ashford for five years. He has been described by colleagues as a kind, cheery soul who went above and beyond to care for patients.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) If you ask me, what we are currently witnessing is a war. This time it is not against guns and bullets but the effects are the same and as with the case with any war, you need a reconstruction plan. Every war is always followed by a reconstruction plan and this is no different

RETIRED road safety officer Femi Adeoye has been appointed as a Covid-19 response ambassador by Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State after he came to national prominence for refusing to let his son in until he had been cleared as free of coronavirus.

MEN of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a 30-year old man named as Alasan Audu in Ringim Local Government Area of the state for raping his recently-wedded teenage wife to death.

In a tragic case of child abuse, Mr Audu raped his 17-year old wife to death after she denied him sex for 20 days following their wedding. According to the police, Mr Audu raped Hansa’u to death on April 21, at Kankarelu village in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

NIGERIA'S federal government has unveiled a six-week plan broken down into three tranches detailing how it will gradually lift all the restrictions put in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

FOUR men have sentenced to spend 14 days in isolation by an Ilorin Magistrates Court for attempting to escape with a coronavirus patient identified as Kazeem Oladayo from a quarantine centre after he was diagnosed as Covid-19 positive.

NIGERIA will be spending as much as 75% of her annual revenue on debt servicing by 2024 according to a recent grim report from the World Bank which indicates that the economy is being saddled with debts it cannot handle.

MILLIONS of women will end up with unwanted pregnancies as a result of the global economic lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigerians like to hide behind the excuse of bad leaders but they are just being dishonest. They know deep down that even if our leaders want to be honest men, we will not let them be honest men. Nigeria’s leaders are a mirror image of the rest of society

ENGLISH Premier League giants Liverpool have opened talks with Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen with a view to bringing him to Merseyside when the 2020/21 season league resumes later in the year.