NIGERIA'S diaspora community in the UK has lost another of its prominent citizens to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic after Manchunian Greg Lebari succumbed to the virus and sadly passed away.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Yesterday, it emerged that the European Union (EU) gave Nigeria €50m towards fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. As has been the case with all the other private donations the federal government has received, we have not been told what this money will be used for

EVANGELICAL clergyman Bishop Gerald Glenn who defied the US government's coronavirus lockdown and held a packed service on March 22 has succumbed to the virus and died from contracting the virus.

NIGERIA has been offered a  €50m grant by the European Union (EU) to help her combat the global coronavirus pandemic as part of the international community's assistance package to developing nations.

ABOUT 10 Nigerian citizens in the UK waiting for evacuation back home will have to wait for at least a fortnight now before they can leave after they tested positive for coronavirus and will now need to be placed in isolation.

GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 19 northern states have warned President Muhammadu Buhari against introducing a lockdown across the region in response to the coronavirus pandemic saying that it cannot be sustained economically and will come at too high a cost.

NIGERIA'S diaspora community in the UK has just suffered another major loss after Victor Ikwuemesi the founder and chief executive of Sosoliso Airlines became the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) The government’s Covid-19 committee has put together a special emergency pack that includes 5kg of rice, gari and beans each, as well as cooking oil, tomatoes, two tubers of yam, tinned milk, water, eggs and bread. This will be distributed across all 774 local government areas immediately

TRAGEDY has struck in the US state of California after a 15-year old girl hanged herself because she was traumatised by the stay-at-home order issued by the authorities as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

FOREIGN minister Geoffrey Onyeama has warned Nigerians living abroad that if they want to return to the country on account of the global coronavirus pandemic it will not be free of charge and they will have to pay for the privilege.