NIGERIAN-American health policy adviser Osaremen Okolo has been appointed as a member of US president-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 Response Team with a mandate to ensure all Americans are vaccinated against the virus next year.

NIGERIANS travelling to the UK using Air France-KLM now have to obtain an airport transit visa under new rules that have come into effect following the finalisation of Britain's exit from the European Union (EU).

Ayo Akinfe

(1) As we enter a new year, it is clear that things will have to change dramatically in Nigeria. We need to diversify our economy, build up our infrastructure, create an unprecedented number of jobs and attract foreign direct investment. None of this can happen without security

Ayo Akinfe

(1) If China comes up with a Covid-19 vaccine, Nigeria’s government wants a commitment that a pharmaceutical plant to manufacture the drug will be built in Nigeria. In addition, Nigeria wants sole distribution rights of the vaccine across Africa

(2) Nigeria wants a platoon of an elite division of China’s special forces like The Leopards, The Siberian Tigers or the Night Tigers deployed to Borno State to help eliminate Boko Haram

SEVEN hunters from Borno State who went in pursuit of Boko Haram terrorists have died after their vehicle stepped on a landmine laid down by the insurgents near the village of Kayamla in Jere Local Government Area.

JIGAWA State social critic Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo has been sentenced to six month in prison by a Dutse magistrates court after being found guilty of defaming Governor Badaru Abubakar in his Facebook page.

NIGERIA's high-flying trio of footballers at English Premiership side Fulham will not be taking to the field today  as the Premier League has postponed their match that was due to take place at Tottenham Hotspurs over coronavirus fears.

NIGERIA faces the prospect of increased incidences of coronavirus due to the growth of corruption in the fight against the pandemic as international travellers are now obtaining fake Covid-19 health certificates.

CHINA has stepped up its military cooperation with Nigeria by taking in over 70 Nigerian Air Force (Naf) personnel and training them with a view to getting them to activate an old airbase in the northeast of the country.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We insist the likes of Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline open manufacturing plants in Nigeria. If they do not, we will ban flights to Europe and the US

(2) We open up a tourist convalescence centre in Lagos, similar to the cancer recovery centres in Mexico

(3) We distribute any vaccine all across Africa and bill the World Health Organisation for it

(4) We get Innoson Motors to manufacture hand-held personal ventilators