LAGOS State health officials have placed 67 Nigerian returnees from Togo in isolation for 14 days at the coastal city of Badagry as part of its containment plan to ensure they do not spread the coronavirus among the general population.

NIGERIA intends to borrow almost $7bn from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the coming months to fund the black hole in the country's finances that have come about as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

OHANEZE Ndigbo Youth Council (ONYC) has warned Igbo against using face masks imported from China or allow themselves to be treated by Chinese doctors saying they should instead wear made in Aba alternatives.

AUSTRALIAN scientists claim they have discovered that the anti-lice drug known as Ivermectin can kill the coronavirus within 48 hours after they conducted several trials with it in a laboratory setting.

NIGERIANS in the UK have launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for some of the recent victims of the coronavirus pandemic that has been merciless in the way it has devastated the disapora community.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Given that three quarters of the Ajaokuta Steel Mill is now lying abandoned taken over by weeds, rodents, wild animals and rust, I would convert it into a ventilator producing facility immediately

NOLLYWOOD actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdul Bello have been sentenced to do 14 days community service and fined N100,000 each after being found guilty of flouting the Lagos State Coronavirus Pandemic Prevention Law.

PAN-African credit rating agency Agusto & Co has predicted that there will be a 20% fall in remittances from Nigerians in the diaspora this year as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus global pandemic.

Last year, Nigerians remitted $25bn back home but according to Agusto & Co, that figure should drop to $20bn in 2020. It attributed the projected reduction to the Covid-19 fallout, which has caused severe disruptions in the global economy.

CRIMINALS have ransacked a government warehouse in Yenagoa and carted away bags of garri being stored by the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (Sema) that was to be distributed to members of the public as part of the Covid-19 relief effort.

CHINESE billionaire Jack Ma has revealed that he will making a second donation of medical equipment and drugs to Nigeria and 53 other African nations to help them combat the menace of the global coronavirus pandemic.