SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been voted the English Premier League Player of the Month for March in recognition of his recent scintillating form that saw him find the back of the net five times during the month.

EFIK socio-cultural group Nka Ikemesit Mkparawa Essien Efik Duob-Eba has given the head of the local Igbo community in Calabar the Eze Ndigbo seven days to leave the city after for insulting the local traditional ruler the Obong of Calabar.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Once more the planet needs the help of the  world’s largest black nation Nigeria as we are faced with a climatic and ecological crisis. As should always be the case, the giant of Africa needs to come to the rescue of humanity 

NIGERIA'S gross domestic product (GDP) in now expected to grow by a miniscule 1.5% this year as it recovers from the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic after contracting by 3.5% during the course of 2020.

THREE police officers including a chief superintendent of police identified as Ben Ajide have been reported to have lost their lives during the recent shootout between Nigerian security forces and the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Akwa Ibom State.

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) officials have beefed up security at all airports across Nigeria in the run-up to Easter to forestall any possible terrorist attacks during the holiday period.

PASTOR Chris Oyakhilome's Christian TV channel Loveworld has been fined £125,000 by the UK's broadcasting regulator Ofcom for airing harmful claims about the Covid-19 pandemic describing it as a planned event.

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ranked as the 13th best footballer in the world during the first quarter of 2021 by the highly respected research group the International Centre for Sports Studies  (CIES) Football Observatory.

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Governors of the 19 states of northern Nigeria will make land available so the country’s cotton cultivation area is increased to at least 2m hectares 

(2) Nigeria’s Bank of Industry will make loans available to all cotton farmers at an interest rate no higher than 2%

FORMER Emir of Kano and one-time Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Alhaji Lamido Sanusi paid a courtesy call on the Mayor of the London Borough of Brent Councillor Ernest Ezeajughi earlier this week to commend him for his charitable work.