OGUN State government has replaced its striking doctors working at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Covid-19 Isolation Centre with volunteer staff in a desperate bid to offer emergency service to members of the public.

NIGERIA'S Ajaokuta Steel Mill has suffered a delay in its planned opening due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic which delayed the arrival of Russian engineers who were to come and upgrade the facility.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured least developed countries (LDCs) and small vulnerable economies (SVEs) that their unique circumstances will be borne in mind of she becomes the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general.

FORMER Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo has become the first Nigerian head coach to lead a European team to a league title after his FK Tirana side won the Albanian league title over the weekend.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) No matter how much we wrack our brains over Nigeria’s economic crisis, we will always arrive at one inescapable conclusion. We are simply not productive enough to sustain a nation state of 200m people

NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) officials have revealed that revenue from petrol sales dropped by a whopping 47% during the month of April as a result of the coronavirus shutdown and the reduction in pump prices.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Do you know that Nigeria once used to have 25 textile mills and at one stage was Africa’s largest cotton producer with an annual crop of over 600,000 tonnes, making her the 12th largest producer in the world?

SOKOTO's Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital (Uduth) has hiked its service charges by more than 100% in response to the recent surge in demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that had put pressure on service delivery.

MANCHESTER United have joined the rat race to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen after the club submitted a last minute rival bid to secure his services and scupper a potential move to Italian giants Napoli.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Do you know that DR Congo is sitting on untapped deposits of raw minerals estimated to be worth in excess of $24trn. Just imagine what could be achieved if we had a bilateral trade deal to process all these resources in Nigeria

(2) Do you know that the River Congo accounts for one eighth of Africa’s hydro-electric capacity? If we had a bilateral power deal, both nations between them could electrify the whole of our continent