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By Ayo Akinfe

(1) As we celebrate the end of World War Two that came about today 75 years ago with the formal German surrender in Berlin in 1945, I cannot but keep drawing parallels between then and now. With this coronavirus pandemic, we are faced with similar economic challenges

NIGERIA'S poultry farmers have warned that the nation is facing the prospect of starvation come 2021 as a result of the lockdown introduced by the government in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

AFRICAN diaspora youths have launched an international black contemporary arts platform named ISE-DA created to link them up and serve as a cultural hub through which they can exchange ideas and develop the sector.

NIGERIA'S international airports are to remain closed for another four weeks at least after the federal government decided to extend the ban on flights into and out of the country for another four weeks.

READING midfielder Ovie Ejaria has indicated that he is willing to commit his international future to Nigeria's Super Eagles at senior level despite sinning the U20 World Cup with England in 2017.

FORMER Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has had his 12 year conviction for corruption and money laundering quashed by the Nigerian Supreme Court today on a technicality that he was convicted by the wrong type of court.

BRITISH authorities have agreed to allow National Health Service (NHS) staff from black Asian and minority ethnic (Bame) backgrounds to operate away from the frontline after recent research showed that they are more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last few days, Europe and the US have stepped up the return of looted Abacha funds to Nigeria to help with the Covid-19 crisis. The British island of Jersey just returned $311m, with the UK and France promising to return another $319m in due course

SEAFARERS and maritime workers have expressed frustration that they are having to live aboard their ships during the current crisis as the lack of crew changes and their inability to discharge their cargoes has made them virtual prisoners aboard their vessels.

BOTH the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 have expressed frustration at the nonchalant attitude of public towards the coronavirus pandemic following the recent lifting of some of the restrictions by the government.