NIGERIAN health management organisation Hygeia HMO has entered into a strategic partnership with British financial services firms PiP iT Global and Sochitel that will enable Nigerians living and working in the UK to buy healthcare plans for their parents back home.

NIGERIA'S federal government has launched a committee to reassess its N10.59trn ($28.8bn) 2020 budget after the recent collapse in oil prices as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has precipitated a drop in demand.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has joined the criticism of the five governors from across the southeast geo-political zone accusing them of betraying Ndigbo by not establishing a regional security network similar to Amotekun.

LIFE of Faith Prosperity Ministry founder Pastor Veronica has asked all men suffering with infertility problems in her Asaba church to come and sleep with her and their problems will be solved through sexual anointing.

NEW Super Eagles invitee Cyriel Dessers could be on his way to England next season as his recent scintillating form that brought him to the attention of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has also caught the eye of several Premier league clubsides.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I have always regarded Sanusi Lamido as wasted in his role as the emir of Kano. Kind of similar to Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, the Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland who is one of Nigeria’s brightest economists ever. Oba Aromolaran wrote the most widely used economics textbooks in Nigeria. When we have our sharpest minds holding feudal positions created by our former colonial masters to administer indirect rule, we have a serious problem

NIGERIAN evangelical pastor Prophet Michael Oluronbi has been jailed for 34 years in the UK after he was convicted of a catalogue of rape and sexual abuse against children and adults over two decades.

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua is now not expected to fight for a unified title until probably 2022 now as he is now faced with four mandatory title defences which are likely to occupy him over the next two years.

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied being appointed as the head of the South Africa Economic Advisory Council saying that President Cyril Ramaphosa only invited her to become a member.

NIGERIA is facing a severe cash crunch as the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the glob has led to not only a collapse in crude oil demand but has also forced prices down to a six year low of $33 a barrel.