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POLICE operating at a checkpoint on the border or Oyo and Osun states got a rude shock on Sunday when a passenger suspected to have been a victim of the coronavirus pandemic died right in front of them.

NIGERIAN health officials have announced plans to drastically increase the number of coronavirus tests they conduct setting themselves a daily target 3,500 in a bid to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has ordered the mass production of face masks to be distributed to the citizens for free as part of his plan to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced controversial plans to suspend all immigration into the US as part of his post-coronavirus economic recovery plan saying that the measure was necessary to protect American jobs.

LAGOS State health officials have closed six private clinics including the one where the former presidency chief of staff Mallam Abba Kyari was recently treated as they pose a serious risk to the public because their staff have been exposed to coronavirus.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Everyone is in a state of panic after crude oil futures prices fell to below $0 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) yesterday. Although the market will correct itself over the coming days, we are probably looking at a price of $10 a barrel for the rest of 2020

BRITISH charities and Members of Parliament have expressed alarm that undocumented migrants have begun dying from neglect because they are too afraid to seek help from the National Health Service (NHS) and their local authorities.

OFFICIALS from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (Son) have undertaken a quality assurance inspection of the Cross River Garment Factory (CRGF) in the capital Calabar to ascertain that its goods conform with agreed guidelines.

BRITISH airline Virgin Atlantic is facing the prospect of collapse as the total loss of clientele and passengers as a result of the coronavirus shutdown has forced it to the point of bankruptcy according to its owner Richard Branson.

FEARS are growing that the dreaded coronavirus pandemic might spread rapidly across northeast Nigeria over the coming weeks after a nurse died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) from the virus over the weekend.