PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's daughter Zahra has gone unto self-isolation after recently returning from the UK amid fears that she may have brought the coronavirus back to Nigeria with her.

JIGAWA State's chairman of Nigeria's main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Salisu Kuit narrowly escaped being lynched by irate members on Monday when they attacked him for meddling with local elections.

HOUSE of Representatives speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has confirmed that debate on President Muhammadu Buhari's request for a $22.79bn foreign loan was suspended because of concerns that it did not offer anything for the southeast geo-political zone.

NIGERIA will launch its planned national carrier Nigeria Air during the third quarter of this year with restricted domestic operations within the country at the initial stage according to aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika.

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) officials have warned African nations to brace themselves for an impending onslaught from the coronavirus pandemic as the continent's current freedom from the virus may not last.

LIVERPOOL and Tottenham Hotspurs will have to shell out around €100m for Victor Osimhen if they want to sign him in the summer after his French club Lille has upped the asking price for the striker as enquiries grow.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I for one take the view that the Nigerian government is right to introduce measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. For once, we are actually trying to keep abreast with the rest of the world on health matters

(2) It is right to suspend mass gatherings such as religious crusades and vigils until the pandemic clears up and it is also in order to ask visitors from abroad to go into two weeks of isolation until they are certified as virus-free

POPE Francis has blamed tax dodgers for Italy's currently coronavirus woes saying those who refuse to remit money to the treasury are partly to blame for the fact that the country's health facilities are struggling to cope with the pandemic.

ODION Ighalo looks all set to be signed permanently by Manchester United when his six month loan deal expires at the end of the season after the club decided to offer him an initial weekly contract in the summer as a prelude to a long term deal.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have asked the federal government to consider banning open air religious gatherings in the country after five fresh cases were discovered today.

Although largely unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria has had three known scares, with all of them coming from abroad. Nigeria's first case involved an Italian gentleman, the second was an Indian, while the third was a local lady who travelled back from the UK earlier this month.