INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasters have slightly increased Nigeria’s growth prospects to 2.6% and 2.7% for 2021 and 2022 respectively amid signs that the economy has now overcome the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

WORLD Trade organisation director-general Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that Nigeria will struggle to rebuild her economy in the post-coronavirus era as the nation is struggling to attract investment due to her high trading costs.

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on the federal government to use members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to fight the growing insecurity across the country by arming them.

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has added further spice to the ongoing Anambra State gubernatorial elections by claiming that he was one of the prominent Igbo leaders who facilitated the release of Nnamdi Kanu in 2017.

YORUBA Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo has been rushed to hospital in the Republic of Benin where he is currently being detained amid fears that he has a possible major kidney or lung illness.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unlike most Nigerians, I do not believe in doing just the basic. I believe we should be looking to leapfrog the industrialised nations. I am prepared to think the unthinkable and push the boundaries of human know-how to breaking point

WORLD Bank officials have revealed that Nigeria and some other countries refused to participate in a temporary suspension of debt service payments due to concerns about future access to finance and credit-rating downgrades.

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has distanced itself from the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in Anambra State Senator Andy Uba saying that at no stage did it members meet to endorse him.

NIGERIA'S senate has approved an amendment to the Electoral Act which now compels political parties to only use direct or indirect primaries to nominate their candidates cutting out the practise of abstract selection and appointment.

DEPARTMENT of State Services (DSS) officials have flown veteran Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu to Abuja for interrogation following his recent arrest over his support for the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) cause.