NIGERIAN doctors on the verge of leaving the country in response to the growing demand for their services abroad as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have been warned to think again as they may be putting themselves at risk with such moves.

NIGERIA'S airspace will remain closed to international flights until October 15 despite the resumption of domestic journeys and the easing of other coronavirus restrictions after the federal government said it is not yet ready to end all embargoes.

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham has come under increasing pressure from its fans to cough up the £20m asking price Queens Park Rangers (QPR) is asking for Nigerian midfielder Ebere Eze who is considered one of the most creative talents in England.

NIGER Delta minister senator Godswill Akpabio has been given 48 hours by the Federal House of Representatives to name the members of the National Assembly who he claimed are the ones getting Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contracts.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria used to be the world’s sixth largest producer of natural rubber but now we are only number 12 with an annual output of about 150,000 tonnes. Rubber is a tropical crop that can only grow in the rain forest, so Nigeria has a competitive advantage here

AFRICAN students the Roorkee Institute of Technology in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have decried the recent maltreatment of two of their colleagues by the management of the institution who hired private commandoes to beat them up.

OGUN State government has replaced its striking doctors working at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Covid-19 Isolation Centre with volunteer staff in a desperate bid to offer emergency service to members of the public.

NIGERIA'S Ajaokuta Steel Mill has suffered a delay in its planned opening due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic which delayed the arrival of Russian engineers who were to come and upgrade the facility.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured least developed countries (LDCs) and small vulnerable economies (SVEs) that their unique circumstances will be borne in mind of she becomes the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general.

FORMER Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo has become the first Nigerian head coach to lead a European team to a league title after his FK Tirana side won the Albanian league title over the weekend.