By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last week we have all seen the mayhem this lockdown is causing in parts of Nigeria as people are complaining about not having supplies of basic food items to deal with the situation

(2) In Lagos in particular, people are getting quite restless saying they cannot afford to go for 14 days without food. They blame the government for not backing up the lockdown with the appropriate distribution of food items

LAGOS State government health officials have sealed off the Agege Central Mosque after it persistently violated the ban on gatherings of more than 25 people and its worshippers resorted to attacking enforcement officers who asked them to disperse.

LEICESTER City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has begun distributing essential food items to less privileged families in Lagos as part of his contribution to assisting those in need during the current coronavirus lockdown.

MINISTER of state for labour and employment Festus Keyamo has promised to pursue the case of the young man in Delta State  who was shot dead by soldiers yesterday for defying the lockdown introduced to combat the spread of coronavirus.

CHINESE health equipment manufacturer Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology has agreed to replace coronavirus test kits it recently supplied to Spain that were rejected after the Spanish authorities deemed them too inaccurate to be used to diagnose patients.

TWO more Nigerians in the UK have passed away from the dreaded coronavirus over the last 24 hours after it was revealed that Carol Jamabo and Chidinma Olajide both succumbed to the pandemic yesterday.

By Ayo Akinfe

AFRICAN finance ministers have called for debt relief from the international community as a result of the economic meltdown they are facing as a result of the shutdown enforced upon them by the coronavirus pandemic.

CROSS River State government has imposed new restrictions on residents directing that nobody will be allowed move about without a face mask as from Friday April 3 as part of its fight against the dreaded coronavirus.

CUBA has offered to send its team of specialist doctors to Nigeria to come and administer its wonder drug Alpha 2B that achieved significant success in containing the spread of the dreaded coronavirus in China's Wuhan province.