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NIGERIA'S gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 6.1% during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic according to statistics just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

NIGERIA has foreclosed any possibility of an ambush at the forthcoming elections of African Development Bank (AfDB) president due to take place this Thursday by almost doubled its voting rights.

MALI'S new military junta has asked the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to allow it to govern the country for three years before holding elections and handing over to a civilian government.

NIGERIAN fullback Jordan Aina is hopeful of signing a contract with newly-promoted English Premier League side Fulham ahead of the forthcoming 2020/21 season after his contract with Chelsea expired.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of Nigeria’s most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised a fresh alarm over the resurgence of terrorism in the country warning that Boko Haram has now resorted to recruiting young militants from internally displaced persons (IDP) camps.

MUSLIM legal practitioners from Kaduna State have decided to boycott the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual general meeting following the withdrawal of Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s invitation to speak at the conference.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] This is a picture of the chairmen on the three major US automobile companies and their directors outside the White House, taken in December 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. They had been summoned by President Franklin Roosevelt

NIGERIAN traders operating in Ghana have threatened to leave the country and return home as a result of the ongoing harassment they are receiving from the Ghanaian authorities who feel their activities are squeezing local operators out of the market.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to sack former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman Ibrahim Magu by the commission of inquiry he set up to investigate his activities according to some sources close to the case.