NIGERIA'S federal government has threatened to take punitive action against any resident doctor on its payroll who fails to resume work today  June 17 in a desperate bid to break the recent strike called by the National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard).

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into a fresh crisis after the party's deputy national secretary Victor Giadom declared himself chairman following the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole and then proceeded to reverse the de-selection of Governor Godwin Obaseki as its candidate in Edo State gubernatorial elections.

ENGLISH Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers have made a £6.3m bid for Nigerian midfielder Alhassan Yusuf with a view to prising him away from Sweden's IFK Goteborg at the end of the season.

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is reeling from a severe crisis after the Court of Appeal confirmed the suspension of its chairman Adams Oshiomhole and two different factions are jostling over the party's leadership.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always maintained that the notion that poor governance is the sole cause of our problems is a total fallacy and a cop-out. Nigeria's government is a mirror image of society and the leaders are a genuine reflection of all our shortcomings as a people

PLANS by the Lagos State government to open mosques and churches this weekend have been put on hold indefinitely following a recent surge in the number of infections over the last week.

FORMER Super Eagles winger Victor Moses has been told by English Premier League giants Chelsea that he no longer has a future at the club and should start searching for another team to join as from next season.

NIGERIA may end up suspending the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp for two years after the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) put together to suggest solutions to the economic collapse brought about by Covid-19 recommended it.

SCIENTISTS in the UK believe they have found a cure for the Covid-19 virus with the steroid drug Dexamethasone which they claim could have saved as many as 5,000 lives had it been administered since the outbreak of the pandemic.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki has formally quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) opening the way for him to stand as a candidate for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Edo State September gubernatorial elections.