NIGERIA Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials have re-opened the Kano State testing centre which was closed last week after several members of staff there contracted the dreaded coronavirus.

By Ayo Akinfe

For me this is a very straightforward matter. Nigeria accounts for 2.5% of the world’s population, so should account for 2.5% of global industrial output. I would have loved it if President Buhari had given a solemn pledge that in the post-coronavirus era, Nigeria will account for at least 2.5% of global production of the following 10 items:

KANO State health officials have launched a manhunt for three coronavirus patients who have absconded from their isolation centre with the potential risk of spreading the virus further as the authorities struggle with a huge surge in cases.

NIGERIA is desperately searching for more coronavirus test kits to furnish the new testing stations that being opened across the country as the combination of increased global demand and the absence of local manufacturing has made them scarce.

NIGERIA'S foreign ministry has told its citizens stranded in China because they have been diagnosed as being coronavirus positive that they cannot be evacuated and will as such have to remain there to receive medical treatment.

MADAGASCAR is to receive $2.5m in funding from the US for its coronavirus herbal remedy named Covid-19 Organics which its scientists have unveiled as their contribution towards the global fight against the pandemic.

CHINA could be made to compensate Nigeria for the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic after a coalition of legal luminaries dragged the Asian giant to court demanding $200bn in compensation for the damage the virus has caused.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) No matter how you look at it, large under-performing countries like Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only hope for humanity in the post-Covid-19 era. With global economic output likely to be down by about a third, they are the ones who can drag the human race out of this morass

NIGERIA is contemplating suspending oil production for the foreseeable future as a result of the collapse in global petroleum prices brought about by the coronavirus pandemic which has led to crude being produced below production costs.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Today’s update on Covid-19 is that 2.92m people have been affected worldwide and there have been 203,299 unfortunate deaths. Although the figures are not coming down, at least the spread rate is slowing significantly. I actually believe we are seeing a ray of light at the end of the tunnel