BORNO South Senatorial District's lawmaker Senator Ali Ndume has courted controversy by suggesting that Nigerian civil servants who no longer go to work due to the Covid-19 pandemic should be subject to salary reductions.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) As the world has finally come to accept that the negro is unfairly treated, I have been wracking my brains to look for a solution to the problem. No matter how you look at it, this prejudice and bias will never go away until we have an African economy that sits at the high table of humanity

MILLIONS of students in The Philippines will not be allowed back to school until a coronavirus vaccine is available according to government officials who believe that resuming classes now will be too big a risk to take.

NIGERIAN passengers who arrive in the UK as from today will have to go into two weeks of isolation under new laws that have come into effect as part of government plans to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has tested positive for coronavirus and has subsequently gone into isolation where he will remain quarantined for 14 days on line with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines.

FORMER Super Eagles winger Victor Moses may return to Chelsea at the end of the season after manager Frank Lampard revealed that he may need to recall him from his loan spell in Italy to beef up his team.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar may run for president again come 2023 after his son Adamu revealed that his father may decide to throw his hart into the ring again in three years time.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Suspend all religious pilgrimages for 10 years. You going to Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca or Medina is putting undue pressure on our foreign exchange market. With oil prices in the doldrums, Nigeria needs to save as much foreign exchange as it can

(2) Reduce your attendance at Owambes to once a quarter. Spraying is actually a very inflationary practise

(3) Instal solar panels on your roof to enable you generate some electricity

MAJEK Fashek's family have launched a fundraising campaign aimed at raising enough finance to fly the  body of the reggae artist back to Nigerian from the US where he passed away earlier this month.

NOLLYWOOD actress Foluke Daramola-Salako has revealed that about 75% of the rape cases her charity has dealt with involve religious leaders who have exploited vulnerable women and youngsters.