MILLIONAIRE entrepreneur Tony Elumelu has donated six trailer loads of essential food items to several towns and cities across the Delta North Senatorial District as part of his contribution to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

NIGERIA may get approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today for a $3.4bn the government asked for as the body's executive board is due to sit and deliberate on the matter and reach a decision on the application.

MEN of the ONDO State Police Command have arrested 18 sex workers in the capital Akure for defying the dusk to dawn curfew imposed by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and placed them in isolation just in case they  may have contracted the coronavirus.

NIGERIA Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials have re-opened the Kano State testing centre which was closed last week after several members of staff there contracted the dreaded coronavirus.

By Ayo Akinfe

For me this is a very straightforward matter. Nigeria accounts for 2.5% of the world’s population, so should account for 2.5% of global industrial output. I would have loved it if President Buhari had given a solemn pledge that in the post-coronavirus era, Nigeria will account for at least 2.5% of global production of the following 10 items:

KANO State health officials have launched a manhunt for three coronavirus patients who have absconded from their isolation centre with the potential risk of spreading the virus further as the authorities struggle with a huge surge in cases.

NIGERIA is desperately searching for more coronavirus test kits to furnish the new testing stations that being opened across the country as the combination of increased global demand and the absence of local manufacturing has made them scarce.

NIGERIA'S foreign ministry has told its citizens stranded in China because they have been diagnosed as being coronavirus positive that they cannot be evacuated and will as such have to remain there to receive medical treatment.

MADAGASCAR is to receive $2.5m in funding from the US for its coronavirus herbal remedy named Covid-19 Organics which its scientists have unveiled as their contribution towards the global fight against the pandemic.

CHINA could be made to compensate Nigeria for the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic after a coalition of legal luminaries dragged the Asian giant to court demanding $200bn in compensation for the damage the virus has caused.