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CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf) officials have postponed the 2021 African Cup of Nations until 2022 in response to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic that has led to the suspension of qualifiers.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Our general overseers have all made it crystal clear that they are feeling the pinch of this lockdown and want their churches opened. Were I in President Buhari’s shoes, I would bow to their demands, striking a deal with them that in exchange for lifting the suspension on their operations, they must flood the Nigerian economy with religious finance

LEADING virologist Professor Oyewale Tomori has warned that there is a high chance that a new strain of the Covid-19 virus could mutate and spread across Nigeria because of the high incidences of community infection.

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have challenged Nigerian health authorities to do more to combat the spread of Covid-19 by not including the country on a list of 14 nations whose nationals will be allowed to enter the community as from tomorrow.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki has won a major battle in his bid to get re-elected as Edo State governor for a second term when an Abuja high court dismissed a cause brought against him for certificate forgery.

NIGERIA'S federal government is to lift the ban on inter-state travel as from tomorrow July 1 as it enters into the last stage of the easing of coronavirus restrictions with a wide-ranging raft of measure including the reopening of schools.

SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen's transfer price has likely gone up by a few more million dollars after he won the 2020 Marc-Vivien Foe Award yesterday with Radio France International and France 24 naming him the best African player in the country.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) On a daily basis, Nigeria witnesses horrific accidents on her roads, many of them involving trailers. Surely, our transport policy has got to be based on moving freight off the road and on to rail to help cut such deaths

(2) No country anywhere on earth has ever industrialised without a modern and efficient railway service. Nigeria’s lack of a modern railway network is a mirror reflection of how unserious we are when it comes to manufacturing

NIGERIAN aviation authorities have banned all charter services with privately-registered aircraft with effect from today as part of a drive to combat the abuse of the coronavirus lockdown and the embargo on flying.

LAWMAKERS in the US state of Mississippi have voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag in recognition of the ongoing drive towards removing all vestiges of racism from the country's history.