ENUGU herbalist Simon Odo has justified his decision to marry 58 wives saying that he does so because many women become widows early as their husbands die prematurely due to the pressure they get from bad spouses.

NIGERIA is facing the threat of a severe economic meltdown as the country has been hit with the double whammy of crude oil prices falling to a meagre $29.84 a barrel and buyers shunning purchases leading to about 50 barges lying unsold at export terminals.

NIGERIA has recorded her third case of coronavirus today after a 30-year old lady who recently returned to the country from the UK tested positive in Lagos and was subsequently placed in isolation.

NIGERIA'S high commission in the UK has followed the lead of the American embassy in Washington and suspended the issuance of passports until further notice in response to the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe.

AFRICA'S richest man Aliko Dangote will need to find about of €700m if he wants to purchase English Premier League side Arsenal after a recent valuation of the club costed the squad alone at of €626m.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Bitter leaf
[2] Water leaf
[3] Egusi
[4] Cocoyam
[5] Monkey yam
[6] Kolanuts
[7] Oha leaves
[8] Ugu pumpkin leaves
[9] Cassava
[10] Bitter kola

It cannot be coincidental that the coronavirus is weakest in Africa. It is either that we have some immunity in our bodies, the tropical heat kills it off, or there is something in our diet that repels the virus.

EKITI State's Governor Kayode Fayemi has become the fourth governor across the southwest geo-political zone to sign the bill creating the regional security outfit known as the Amotekun Corps into law.

NIGERIA'S embassy in Washington has suspended the conducting of passport interviews and the capturing of biometric details from applicants in definitely in response to the raging coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe.

SIX Nigerian soldiers have been killed yesterday morning after they were ambushed by Boko Haram, terrorists in the Banki area of Borno State some 130km away from the state capital Maiduguri.

ISLAMIC human rights group Muslim Rights Concern (Muric) has expressed displeasure at the suggestion by Yoruba socio-cultural group Apapo Oodua Koya (Aokoya) that the former emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi should leave Lagos and go back to northern Nigeria.