SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has agreed a new two-year contract with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) that will see him remain in charge of the team up until the end of the 2022 World Cup.

NIGERIAN scientists could be on the verge of making a dramatic breakthrough in the attempt to manufacture locally-produced coronavirus testing kits after the National Biotechnology Development Agency reported that its prototype passed the first phase.

GOVERNOR Nasir-El Rufai has warned health workers in Kaduna State that they will be sacked from their jobs if they embark on industrial action to protest their working conditions during this pandemic even if it leads to the virus spreading uncontrollably.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nobody needs to be told that Nigeria can no longer rely on crude oil for survival, at least for the foreseeable future. I am surprised that a national debate is not raging now about how we replace our petroleum revenue. We are certainly going to have to at one stage

BRITAIN'S Aston University in Birmingham has stepped up its pursuit of Nigerian students in the post-coronavirus era by starting to accept applications for undergraduate courses as from September this year.

TWELVE Nigerians stranded in Ivory Coast have paid a whopping N7m ($18,000) for a special chartered flight to transport them from Abidjan to Abuja to enable them return home after being stranded abroad for about a week.

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) have finally agreed to pit Madagascar's acclaimed coronavirus herbal remedy Covid Organics through a clinical observation process after talks between the two sides.

GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 19 northern states have lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari for nor coming to their assistance during this coronavirus pandemic claiming that 54% of cases are in their territories and they are getting little or no federal assistance.

BRITAIN has relaxed its Draconian anti-immigration laws for the relatives of all healthcare workers who lost their lives while fighting the pandemic allowing families of such staff to remain in the country permanently.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Imported cars. From henceforth any company wanting to sell vehicles into the Nigerian market must open a local assembly plant

(2) Private jets. This is a total waste. From henceforth, the Central Bank of Nigeria should not be allowed to release one dollar for such extravagance nonsense