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NIGERIA'S embassy in Thailand has written to all its citizens in the country informing them that if they wish to be repatriated back home they will need to pay a sum of N297,600 ($760.46) to cover the cost of their accommodation and quarantine costs upon arrival.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) As the weeks go by, the number of barrels of crude oil Nigeria cannot sell is growing by the day. We are not alone in this as every other Opec nation is facing a similar problem. Supply and demand fundamentals are a reality, so with this glut, petroleum prices are certain to remain depressed for the foreseeable future

NIGERIA'S governors have asked the National Assembly to hold fire on the proposed controversial Infectious Disease Bill which if passed with give the health minister sweeping powers to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

GOVERNOR Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has sacked an ambulance driver employed by the civil service for unilaterally attending to a man who was evacuated in an ambulance in Ilorin after contracting coronavirus.

BORNO State government has suspended the lockdown imposed on non-essential movement following significant progress in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic that has resulted in infection figures falling.

DIVORCE rates in China have soared over recent months as a result of couples being forced  to spend time together due to the coronavirus lockdown with a reported 300 couples having filed for separation in Sichuan Province since February 24.

HEALTH watchdog the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has warned that as many as 950 children may die daily across Nigeria from preventable causes over the next six months as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the health service.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Like many of you, I have been doing a lot of number crunching lately and alas, I run into a dead end when I get to the point where it comes to matching Nigeria’s income and expenditure figures. Post-coronavirus, something serious simply has to give to prevent a total economic collapse in Nigeria

GOVERNOR Nyeson Wike of Rivers State could spark off nationwide industrial action after the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) warned that it will commence strike action as their colleagues arrested as part of the Covid-19 lockdown are not released.

ISLAMIC Movement in Nigeria (IMN) leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has joined the list of affluent Nigerians handing out palliatives to the needy by authorising his Shiite organisation to distribute immediate food assistance to 111,000 Nigerians.