A renowned media mogul and convener of a Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ko’ya Movement for Development, Leadership, Training and Peace Foundation, Deji Osibogun have resigned his position as the Organizing Secretary of Yoruba World Congress (YWC).

There are indications that there is ongoing rift among the pioneer executives members of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC) lead by Prof. Banji Akintoye, YWC is an umbrella body of about 100 Yoruba socio-cultural groups in Nigeria and the Diaspora. In a letter addressed to Akintoye, Deji Osibogun said he considered it worthy of quitting as the group’s Organizing Secretary to pave the way for others to contribute their quota to the development of Yoruba Land.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved a new policy structure on how elections are to be conducted during this coronavirus pandemic.  The guideline known as Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic was made public on Thursday, May 21, in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee.

A clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine as a means of treatment for COVID-19 has been temporarily suspended by the World Health Organization, WHO. The move by WHO followed new data suggesting that the drugs increase mortality among patients.

Phase1 human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine called the Ad5-nCoV shows that it is safe, well-tolerated and able to generate an immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 in participants. The trial demonstrates that a single dose of the new vaccine produces virus-specific antibodies and T cells in 14 days, making it a potential candidate for further investigation.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed additional 339 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus were recorded on Thursday pushing the toll beyond 7000 persons. The agency said Lagos state recorded 139 of the deadly infections while Kano and Oyo state recorded 28 persons each.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product, GDP rose to 1.87% in the first quarter of this year. The bureau, in a report released on Monday, May 25, 2020, said the economy reflected the earliest signs of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, sharp decline on oil prices and restrictions on international trade.

Imo state Governor Hope Uzodinma has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for ex-public Office Holders like governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers and deputy speakers. He noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates that a pensioner must have worked for at least 10 years and must be up to 45 years of age.

President MuhammaduBuhari, on Friday, signed into law an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary across the 36 states of the country. He made the announcement in a tweet on Friday, May 22.  He said, "Based on the power vested in me under Section 5 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), I, today, signed into law Executive Order 10 of 2020 for the implementation of financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) have stated that they are in "exploratory" talks with The Walt Disney Co. about a late-July restart at one of their Florida resorts.

Spanish La Liga has officially been given the green light to resume in June. The country Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said La Liga can return as early as June 8, although June 12 or June 19 will be targeted for action to officially resume, pending an announcement from La Liga president Javier Tebas.

Super Eagles German coach Gernot Rohr has agreed to a contract extension that will see him in charge of the team until after the Qatar 2022 Worldcup. The gaffer who is on the verge of becoming the longest-serving Head Coach/ Technical Adviser since the creation of the men's football team (Only Clemens Westerhof has coached for more than 4years) has agreed to a two and a half year contract extension with the Nigeria football federation.