GOVERNOR Hope Uzodinma has introduced new laws that punish Imolites who flout Covid-19 restrictions with six month jail terms or a fine of N20,000 if caught by the state task force.

Although Nigeria has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, there are fears that the virus could spread given the nonchalant approach of most Nigerians to the crisis. Many Nigerians blatantly ignore the health protocols on social distancing, facemask wearing and washing their hands.

WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) manager Sam Allardyce has stepped up his bid to sign Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa before the close of the January transfer window before the end of the month.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) General Motors

(2) Ford

(3) Chrysler

(4) John Deere

(5) Dell

(6) Boeing

(7) Prizer

(8) Tyson Foods

(9) Hewlett Packard

(10) Nike

We need about $50bn in foreign direct investment in 2021 to save us from economic strangulation. If these companies come to Nigeria, it will create about 1m new jobs and maybe an extra 2m ancillary and supply jobs.

ORGANISERS of a recent party in north London are facing the prospect of a £10,000 fine after police broke up a gathering involving about 400 people in Stamford Hill who were attending a wedding in defiance of coronavirus lockdown rules.

IMO State government officials have revealed that they have found public property belonging to the state in a private warehouse located along Owerri/ Aba Road owned by former governor Senator Rochas Okorocha.

KANO State government is considering filing fresh blasphemy charges against singer Yahaya Sharif after an earlier death sentence delivered against him by an upper Sharia court was quashed on appeal due to an error in judgment.

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) officials have warned that Africa is being left behind by the rest of humanity in the battled against the Covid-19 virus because the continent is struggling to get hold of vaccination doses.

GENERAL Lloyd Austin has become the first ever black US defence secretary after the senate confirmed his appointment today after granting him a waiver for not having retired for at least seven years before taking office.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Top marks to President Biden for hitting the ground running with his economic stimulus plan on day one. It is very impressive and shows he was ready for office long before he was sworn-in

NEARLY one fifth of all Nigerians do not believe that the Covid-19 virus is real according to the findings of a recent survey conducted by research firm SBM Intel across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).