By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It was the French who gave us the culture of stripping criminals naked in public. They introduced this after the liberation of Paris in 1945. Women who collaborated with the Germans were stripped, had their hair shaved and paraded through the streets in shame

(2) It was Japan that gave the world suicide bombing with its Kamikaze pilots

LAGOS State health officials are keeping a close watch on about 1,300 people to see if they show any signs of having the dreaded coronavirus as part of a programme to ensure that the virus does not spread across the country.

ENUGU State has taken the lead in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria by approving the sum of N330m ($896,005) to fight any outbreak and relocating its isolation centre to the Enugu State University Teaching (Esut) Hospital.

SAUDI Arabia has banned the export of all medicines and medical equipment decreeing that everything must be kept internal to enable local health authorities combat domestic incidences of the coronavirus outbreak.

NIGERIA has shut down three of its international airports and directed that all arrivals from abroad must come in through either Lagos or Abuja as part of the government's measure to combat the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.

LEICESTER City's Wilfred Ndidi is officially Nigeria's most valuable player plying his trade in England after a recent valuation of all the Super Eagles by transfer specialists Transfermarkt estimated him to be worth €45m.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) The federal government will build a 1,000-bed tropical diseases hospital in Lagos. It will also contain isolation units for anyone under quarantine

(2) A sum of $1m will be given to any research institute that has made a breakthrough in its search for finding a remedy or cure for the virus

(3) All gatherings of more than 50 people including religious services, sporting events, parties and political rallies will be suspended until May 1

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's daughter Zahra has gone unto self-isolation after recently returning from the UK amid fears that she may have brought the coronavirus back to Nigeria with her.

JIGAWA State's chairman of Nigeria's main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Salisu Kuit narrowly escaped being lynched by irate members on Monday when they attacked him for meddling with local elections.

HOUSE of Representatives speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has confirmed that debate on President Muhammadu Buhari's request for a $22.79bn foreign loan was suspended because of concerns that it did not offer anything for the southeast geo-political zone.