BRITISH authorities took the clampdown on those defying the coronavirus protocols to new heights this week with drastic action that involved fining nine Metropolitan Police officers for breaching the rules after they met in a cafe while on duty.

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham United have made enquiries about signing Super Eagles winger Henry Onyekuru from French side Monaco before the end of the January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) One of the most heartening things about the incoming Biden administration is that it has agreed to return to the Paris Climate Agreement abandoned by Donald Trump. This may be our last chance to save our planet

(2) As futuristic and sci-fi as it may sound, we could easily de-oxiginate our planet and make it unsuitable for human habitation. All those putting profits before the environment are being short-sighted in the extreme

NIGERIA has exported her first ever cargo of the newest grade of crude oil known as Anyala  that has just been explored from new oil fields in the Niger Delta and has been shipped to Europe this week.

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has announced that it has scheduled the Anambra State governorship elections for November 6 2021 sparking off a certain flurry of political activity.

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is desperately trying to woo former Imo State governor senator Rochas Okorocha ahead of the 2023 presidential elections after lashed out at the his own ruling party the All Progressives Congress (APC).

OUTSPOKEN Nigerian clergyman Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah has been appointed as a member of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development by the head of the Vatican Pope Francis I.

LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers has valued Super Eagles anchorman Wilfred Ndidi at £150m stating that were he and his midfield partner Belgian Youri Tielemans one player they would at least cost that much.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) 1972 – Augsburg Eiskanal in Augsburg, Germany — flow diversion

(2) 1992 – Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain — flow diversion/pumped

(3) 1996 – Ocoee Whitewater Center near Copperhill, Tennessee, USA — altered riverbed

(4) 2000 – Penrith Whitewater Stadium, near Sydney, Australia — pumped

(5) 2004 – Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre, Athens, Greece — pumped

COMPLETE Care and Aid Foundation founder Aisha Wakil has been charged with three counts of criminal conspiracy and obtaining the sum of N41.7m ($109,248) under false pretences by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).