Ayo Akinfe
(1) For starters, the United Nations average policemen to citizens is 300 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants. In Nigeria, the figure is a dismal 300 policemen to 350,000 citizens, so massive recruitment is needed
(2) Policemen in Nigeria are renown for bribe taking because of their poor remuneration packages. Police...
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has declared himself fit healthy after he arrived in the UK and debunked rumours that he had been afflicted by the Covid-19 virus saying he only came to London for a rest.
Over the weekend, it was reported that Asiwaju Tinubu has contracted coronavirus and...
NIGERIAN-born playmaker Michael Olise has become one of the most sought-after midfielders in the English Premier League in the run-up to the opening of the January transfer window forcing Championship side Reading to place a £40m price tag on him.
Olise, 18, is a left-footed mercurial playmaker, who started his career at...
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has applauded the resolution by the British parliament to sanction any federal government official found to be responsible human rights violations during the recent Lekki Toll Gate massacre.
On November 23, the UK House of Commons debated the Lekki Toll Gate...
NIGERIAN health officials have warned members of the public against travelling to the UK and four other countries as well as receiving visitors from there because of the high risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus.
Like most African countries, Nigeria has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the country...
WORLD Bank officials have approved a sum of $12bn to help developing countries like Nigeria and other African nations purchase Covid-19 vaccines when they become available most likely by the end of this year.
As soon as the pandemic struck in early 2020, scientists in several countries stepped up work to produce a vaccine...
NIGERIA'S federal government has directed all schools reopening on Monday next week across the country to conduct a weekly Covid-19 risk assessment tests on its pupils and staff to help prevent the spread of the virus.
Like most other nations, Nigeria shut down all her schools when the coronavirus pandemic broke out but with...
SUPER Eagles midfielder Ogene Etebo has agreed a deal to join Turkish Super Lig giants Galatasaray from English Championship side Stoke City subject to a medical and should be unveiled over the next few days.
Etebo, 24, joined Stoke City at the start of the 2018/19 season and last season was sent out on loan to Spanish La...
EGYPT and China have announced plans to sign a cooperation agreement on the production of a Covid-19 vaccine that would guarantee that the Arab giant will become the African manufacturing hub of any cure developed by the Chinese.
Across the industrialised world, there is a frantic race on to produce a coronavirus vaccine,...
NIGERIA'S health minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has revealed that the country will benefit from a proposed allocation of 2bn doses of any new Covid-19 vaccine meant for poorer countries when it becomes available.
With more than 22m confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, out of which more than 700,000 deaths have been recorded,...
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