NIGERIA spent a total of $1.32bn on the importation of petrol and other petroleum derivatives in 2020 according to recent data just published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) despite being the world's sixth largest crude oil exporter.

GOVERNOR Abubakar Bello of Nigeria State has revealed that he is no longer on control of  large swathes of territory in the state after Boko Haram terrorists recently took over the town of Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area and hoisted their flag there.

COMMUNUAL violence that recently engulfed Imo State has continued to rage unabated as the state commissioner for entrepreneurship and skills acquisition Iyke Ume has been shot by armed robbers in the capital Owerri.

NIGERIA is to receive a consignment of 29.8m doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (Covax) facility by the end of May or in early June.

NIGERIAN-born striker Folarin Balogun has committed his future to English Premier League Arsenal by signing a new long-term contract that promises to keep him at the Emirates Stadium for the foreseeable future.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) The intelligence agencies must be compelled to publish details of any politician, monarch or publicly exposed person on whom they have information that he could be a sponsor of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers or hoodlums

(2) Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and all its splinter groups must be declared terrorist organisations

WORLD Bank officials have warned that Nigeria is spending a total of $1.5bn annually to fund electricity tariff shortfalls which could increase further unless there was reform as the country now has the highest number of un-electrified people in the world.

DANGOTE Cement has announced ambitious plans to increase its Nigerian production capacity by about a third as part of a daring programme to meet the increase in demand as well as help cut retail prices.

SOLDIERS attached to the Nigerian Army's Operation Whirl Stroke campaign have recovered arms and ammunition from the palace of the Mue Ter Cha His Royal Highness Chief Utambe Adzer in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.

TRADERS at the Shasha Market in Ibadan whose property was destroyed during the recent mayhem there have been offered relief under a joint scheme involving the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) and the Oyo State government.