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JIGAWA State social critic Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo has been sentenced to six month in prison by a Dutse magistrates court after being found guilty of defaming Governor Badaru Abubakar in his Facebook page.

NIGERIA's high-flying trio of footballers at English Premiership side Fulham will not be taking to the field today  as the Premier League has postponed their match that was due to take place at Tottenham Hotspurs over coronavirus fears.

NIGERIA faces the prospect of increased incidences of coronavirus due to the growth of corruption in the fight against the pandemic as international travellers are now obtaining fake Covid-19 health certificates.

CHINA has stepped up its military cooperation with Nigeria by taking in over 70 Nigerian Air Force (Naf) personnel and training them with a view to getting them to activate an old airbase in the northeast of the country.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We insist the likes of Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline open manufacturing plants in Nigeria. If they do not, we will ban flights to Europe and the US

(2) We open up a tourist convalescence centre in Lagos, similar to the cancer recovery centres in Mexico

(3) We distribute any vaccine all across Africa and bill the World Health Organisation for it

(4) We get Innoson Motors to manufacture hand-held personal ventilators

NIGERIAN senators are considering banning flights from the UK and the US as part of new protective measures required to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by limiting travel from countries with high infection rates.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Last week, the United Nigerian Textile Mill Limited (UNTL) made 3,000 workers redundant in Kaduna. Its excuse was that there was no market for its goods. As the saying goes: “Even in the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.” How can a monopoly textile mill struggle for orders in a market of 200m people abeg?

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta promoted three Nigeria-eligible teenagers to the club's  first team ahead of their impending trip to Brighton & Hove tomorrow as the growing injury list has left him short of players.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) One of the reasons corruption thrives so much in Nigeria is because male politicians are under too much social pressure to display their wealth. Bringing more women into the political space will have a drastic effect in reducing corruption

NIGERIA'S economic woes have got significantly worse over the last week after the United Nigerian Textiles Limited (UNTL) in Kaduna made 3,000 workers redundant as the economic slowdown bites hard.