LAGOS is all set to begin hosting drive-through entertainment concerts after the successful completion of a pilot project at Bay Lounge along Admiralty Way in Lekki which got the approval of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (Lasepa).

NIGERIA'S U17 goalkeeper Daniel Jinadu has signed his first professional contract with English Premier league side West Ham alongside fellow compatriot Joshua Okotcha at a recent ceremony in which the club promoted several youngsters to its first team.

ANTI-rape campaigners celebrated a significant victory earlier today when a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend who tried to rape her.

AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for punishment for all those who participated in the black-lives-matters protests across the country for ignoring coronavirus lockdown rules.

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano has shut down the Eke Awka market in the Anambra State capital in response to the growing number of coronavirus incidences brought about by the refusal of local to follow preventative guidelines.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Given the desperate need for African nations to break free of the cycle of dependency, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should reach an immediate agreement baring the export of raw commodities from Africa. Every exported product from the African continent must have at least 50% value addition

HEALTH workers at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (Dash) in the Nasarawa State capital Lafia have embarked upon a seven-day strike to press for adequate provision of personal protective equipments (PPE) and improved welfare as they combat Covid-19.

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after Egypt's objection to her nomination was rejected.

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and his main challenger Tyson Fury have reached an in-principle agreement to meet in two blockbuster fights over the next couples of years to determine who is the undisputed kingpin if the division.

NIGERIA is expected to remain home to 12% of the planet's poorest people for at least the next year as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic looks set to create the worst economic recession in 80 years according to the World Bank.