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LOCAL residents living near former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's Abeokuta mansion have expressed opposition to his plans to open up the house as an isolation centre for anyone who has tested to coronavirus saying it puts them at risk.

ISRAEL has evacuated 274 of its citizens from Nigeria aboard an Air Peace chattered flight as the ongoing emigration by expatriates continues in response to the global pandemic coronavirus.

My heart bleeds when I read about how Nigerians are donating money to buy medical equipment from abroad to combat Covid-19. No one has any surplus to sell so it is a futile exercise.

In war time, local production is the only way to survive. Our poverty of thinking is unprecedented. Every Nigerian needs to read this:

By Ayo Akinfe

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I for one am impressed with the 200-bed isolation centre the Lagos State government has opened at the Onikan Stadium. It looks modern, well equipped, clean and is up to international standards. It even has individual fans for each patient, a personal bin and a general flatscreen TV

(2) We have heard that the Oyo State government is planning to open a 110-bed isolation centre in Ibadan. I look forward to seeing more pictures of the facility

IRATE youths have gone on the rampage and burnt down a police station in the town on Kusada in Katsina State after they were prevented from holding weekly Friday Jumat prayers as part of the lockdown to combat coronavirus.

By Ayo Akinfe

IGWE Emeka Ugwu the traditional ruler of Owerre autonomous community in Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State has called on governments at all levels to consult native doctors and soothsayers in their quest to find a cure for coronavirus.

CROSS River State government has threatened to seal off the premises of any church that has a membership of more than five people this Sunday as part of a robust drive to enforce the social isolation laws introduced to combat the spread of coronavirus.

MEDICAL bodies have reacted to attempts by the US to woo Nigerian doctors and health workers saying that the country needs all the experts and professionals it has to mount its own fightback against coronavirus.

LAGOS State government has stepped up the fight against coronavirus by planning to fumigate the entire state over the next week and handing out essential food items to residents in a bid to cushion the effects of the stay-at-home order.