NIGERIA is poised to obtain another significant loan from after the Bank of China and Sinosure committed itself to funding 85% of the loan requirements of the proposed Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AAK) gas pipeline project.

OYO State's Ile-Tuntun Customary Court has received a petition from Ibadan housewife Toyin Bello asking that her 16-year old marriage be dissolved because her husband had not had sex with her once in the last 10 years.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have forced down a bill to amend the Nigerian constitution that will place an age limit on some elective posts including pegging the age of those willing to run for president at 70.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has reportedly abandoned the Aso Rock presidential villa and fled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates amid security concerns after claiming that she does not feel safe in Abuja.

SUPER Eagles centreback semi Ajayi faces an uncertain future over the coming weeks after his clubside West Bromwich Albion (WBA) sacked its manager Slaven Bilic and is expected to replace him with former Bolton boss Sam Allardyce.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) South Korea - $416.9bn
(2) India - $394.54bn
(3) Indonesia - $220.5bn
(4) Mexico - $217.85bn
(5) Brazil - $173.68bn
(6) Turkey - $143bn
(7) Australia - $78.66bn
(8) Malaysia - $78.28bn
(9) Vietnam - $43.17bn
(10) Nigeria - $38.32bn

As you can see, I have not looked at any Western industrialised nation. I have looked at our contemporaries and Nigeria’s basic problem is the fact that she is not productive enough.

GOVERNOR Abdulraham Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has received a United Nations (UN) backed HeforShe award for his cabinet appointments that have been adjudged to have mainstreamed gender inclusion in the state’s political structure.

HOUSE of Representatives members are poised for a showdown with the presidency after they adopted a motion today calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reinstate the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) director-general Nasir Argungu.

WORLD Bank officials have approved another $1.5bn loan for Nigeria as part of a fresh plan to help the country recover from the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic which has hit the Nigerian economy hard.

NIGERIA'S Chief Justice Tanko Muhammad has been flown to Dubai for emergency treatment after suddenly contracting coronavirus in what appears to indicate that he may be suffering from other ailments.