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By Ayo Akinfe

(1) As we scratch our heads desperately seeking alternatives to petro dollars, nothing should be off limits. We should be prepared to think the unthinkable. Today, I want us to turn our attention to the domestic animal and pet market as it is an untapped resource which we have never even looked at

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has barred all of government officials and political leaders from visiting him over the weekend to pay him the annual Eid-el-Fitr homage at the presidential villa in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

BRITAIN revealed that it will be contributing a modest £20m to the African Union's (AU) Africa Anti-Covid-19 Fund launched to help the continent combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the globe.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has agreed a new two-year contract with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) that will see him remain in charge of the team up until the end of the 2022 World Cup.

NIGERIAN scientists could be on the verge of making a dramatic breakthrough in the attempt to manufacture locally-produced coronavirus testing kits after the National Biotechnology Development Agency reported that its prototype passed the first phase.

GOVERNOR Nasir-El Rufai has warned health workers in Kaduna State that they will be sacked from their jobs if they embark on industrial action to protest their working conditions during this pandemic even if it leads to the virus spreading uncontrollably.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nobody needs to be told that Nigeria can no longer rely on crude oil for survival, at least for the foreseeable future. I am surprised that a national debate is not raging now about how we replace our petroleum revenue. We are certainly going to have to at one stage

BRITAIN'S Aston University in Birmingham has stepped up its pursuit of Nigerian students in the post-coronavirus era by starting to accept applications for undergraduate courses as from September this year.

TWELVE Nigerians stranded in Ivory Coast have paid a whopping N7m ($18,000) for a special chartered flight to transport them from Abidjan to Abuja to enable them return home after being stranded abroad for about a week.

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) have finally agreed to pit Madagascar's acclaimed coronavirus herbal remedy Covid Organics through a clinical observation process after talks between the two sides.