Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria was founded on the basis of the fact that she could supply Europe with commodities she needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced plans to review the operations of some of its embassies as part of a rationalisation programme made necessary as a result of the need to cut the cost of governance in response to the coronavirus economic crisis.

NIGERIAN bank customers are having problems withdrawing money from cashpoint machines in the new post Covid-19 era because several banks have installed face detection features which do not work when customers use them wearing facemasks.

SENATOR Rochas Okorocha has suffered a setback in his bid to halt a probe into the monetary affairs of Imo State while he was governor after failing to get federal a high court to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating him.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will have another formidable opponent to face in her quest to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after the UK nominated its former international trade secretary Liam Fox for the post.

SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen looks more set than ever to come to the English Premier League next season after he rejected the recent offer from Italian side Napoli to join them in Sera A.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria is the world’s number two okra producer with an annual crop of 2m tonnes, behind India, the undisputed number one origin with 6m tonnes. Between them, the two countries dominate global production accounting for over 50% of world supplies

(2) By 2023, it is estimated that the global okra market will be worth about $353m, as the world has begun to appreciate its medicinal and nutritional value

MUSLIM clerics and traditional worshippers have clashed in Ogun State over the corpse of a 32-year-old man who committed suicide with both sides wanting to participate in the funeral of the deceased.

RESEARCHES at the University College London (UCL) have published a new study revealing that infection from Covid-19 can lead to brain damage and cause afflictions including delirium and nerve damage

SYNAGOGUE Church of All Nations (Scoan) general overseer Pastor Temitope Joshua has offered to pray electronically for all Covid-19 patients in isolation centres around the world in the belief that he can cure them of the virus.