By Ayo Akinfe

(1) This clampdown has forced us to shelve partying for now. Our people might just find that this is a good way to save money. By and large, a partying people are seldom a thinking people

(2) Everyday, our people pack churches and mosques. Now that they realise these religious gatherings cannot save them from serious calamity, our people might just start having second thoughts. The future is knowledge-based, not faith-based

NIGERIA's health minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has warned the country to brace itself for an increasing number of coronavirus cases saying the situation may eventually get as bad as the scenarios in China and Italy because affected people are not isolating themselves

NIGERIA'S lawmaker representing the Cross River North Senatorial District Senator Rose Oko passed away at a UK medical facility in London yesterday after succumbing to a long term illness.

NIGERIA'S economy is facing a severe crisis due to the disruption the spread of the dreaded coronavirus is causing after the global price of crude oil collapsed to just over $22 a barrel this morning.

MALLAM Abba Kyari the chief of staff to Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus after he fell ill upon his return from a recent foreign trip and has subsequently been placed in isolation.

This week, Mallam Kyari returned to Nigeria after visiting Germany and Egypt where it is believed to have contracted the virus. Egypt has 327 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 14 deaths while Germany has 29,056 infections and 123 deaths.

FRENCH league side Bordeaux has placed Super Eagles players Samuel Kalu and Josh Maja on partial employment contract on account of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic that has led to the suspension of the football season.

Across Europe, football leagues have all been suspended until further notice as part of the fight against the virus. Apart from not playing matches the players will not train together until further notice due to the public health challenge confronting the world.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) With a population of 200m, Nigeria is never going to have enough coronavirus test centres

(2) Even if you have one centre in each of our 774 local government areas it will never be enough. These centres will simply be swamped and overwhelmed

(3) Our only solution is to manufacture these test kits. Kind of similar to pregnancy test kits, they are easy to use and provide instant results

NIGERIA'S information minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed the military and police would get involved in tracking down some Nigerians who have made contact with people infected with the coronavirus.

NIGERIA is now totally sealed off from the outside world after the government decided to close all of the country's land borders for four weeks as part of the ongoing safeguards introduced to combat the dreaded coronavirus.

RESIDENTS across central China where the dreaded coronavirus first broke have been allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting across the area as some sort of normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown.