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AMERICAN foundation the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Ceip) has accused members of Nigeria's elites of using the British educational system as a money-laundering shield in the guise of seeking better schooling opportunities for their children.

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have their ban on Nigerian bean imports until June 2022 in response to the country’s failure to implement a food safety action plan suggested by the European Commission (EC) in 2018.

AUTHORITIES in Dubai has published fresh guidelines barring Nigerians from travelling through their airports with effect from February 1 as part of a renewed clampdown aimed at combating the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) will be regarded as a terrorist organisation. From now on, membership of the body will attract a minimum jail term of five years

(2) A new pan-Nigerian, multi-religious and all-embracing Nigerian Livestock Producers Association will be formed in its stead

NIGERIAN main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the British high commission in Nigeria that it is fearful for the future giving the way the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is destroying democratic institutions in the country.

WORLD Bank managers have set aside a sum of $12bn to fund the purchase of coronavirus vaccines for Africa as part of a global to ensure that billions of people are vaccinated worldwide before the end of the year.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) This week, we have been celebrating Holocaust Memorial Day. I chose not to write about it on the day but sit back and take stock of what has gone on. We now have this regional power in the Middle East. Alas, we need a similar one in sub-Saharan Africa. I find it perplexing that Nigerians are not embarrassed about the fact that the world’s largest black nation is not a global super power

AMERICA’S embassy in Nigeria has donated $325,000 worth of protective equipment to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as part of its commitment to assist with the fight against insecurity in the northeast.

NIGERIAN government ministers are considering introducing another total lockdown in several major cities across the country as the number of Covid-19 cases soars across the country during this second wave of the pandemic.

NIGER Delta campaigners have secured another major victory against Royal Dutch Shell after the Appeal Court at the Hague in the Netherlands asked the oil giant to pay commensurate compensation to victims of two oil-polluted communities.