GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State has banned expensive funerals across the state with the passing of the new burial law which compels all local government areas to open cemeteries and limits the amount spent on laying the dead to rest.

AMERICAN scientists have given a thumbs down to the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine touted by President Donald Trump as a possible cure for coronavirus saying it does not help prevent infection in a statistically meaningful way.

KATSINA State's Governor Aminu Masari has called off all negotiations with bandits operating within his domain pointing out that they have reneged on all previous agreements to lay down their arms and cease violence.

LAWMAKERS across Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone have begun moves to pass legislation in its five houses of assembly to legalise a regional security network to be known as Operation Ogbunigwe along the same lines as Amotekun in the southwest.

NIGERIA'S Gombe State's fight against the coronavirus pandemic has suffered a major setback after a member of its task force on Covid-19 died from complications arising from contracting the virus.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria will seek to build a global superpower in the middle of the African continent that will serve as a homeland for negroid people the world over. It will be the spiritual and ancestral home of all negroes

(2) This nation will merge as many African countries as possible into one giant with an economy that has a GDP of at least $15trn and an annual budget of at least $2trn

NIGERIA is expected to take delivery of 250 US ventilators promised by President Donald Trump in April over the next two weeks as part of the ongoing battle to provide treatment for those suffering from coronavirus.

NIGERIAN aviation authorities have revealed that they will open five of the country's airports on June 21 as part of the government's gradual lifting of the restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

NIGERIAN authorities have published guidelines governing the opening of churches and mosques as the lockdown imposed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic is eased with strict conditions including no physical contact and those over the age of 55 barred from attending.

EUROPEAN footballing body Uefa has said it will not take any action against players who chose to express their support for the black American George Floyd by revealing messages demanding justice during matches.