COVID-19: Of Chinese Experts, Encouraging Recovery Data, and Breakthrough Therapies By Yushau A. Shuaib The controversy over the arrival of Chinese medical experts in Nigeria is needless, going by an official statement from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (‘CCECC’), which sponsored the trip of the medical...

Are We Ready for Electronic Vehicles in Nigeria? By Jelani Aliyu   On Electric vehicles, Nigeria is in a tough situation, because the world has already decided and is going green: all major automotive companies are going electric, we have to get it right and go electric...

COVID-19: Border Closure on Rice to Nigeria’s Advantage as Prices Skyrocket in International Market- Reports The partial border closure by the Nigerian government has put the last laugh on the faces of rice farmers as the price of rice in the international market has skyrocketed...

W/Bank Predicts Sharp Fall In Nigeria’s GDP   The World Bank has predicted a sharp fall in Nigeria’s real gross domestic product growth as countries in sub-Saharan Africa head towards recession as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World...

Nigeria’s Economy Already Fragile Before COVID-19 Pandemic – Minister   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has said that prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian economy was already fragile. She said this in a statement issued by her Special...

Visa-on-arrival Issuance Declines By 39.8%   The number of visas on arrival issued at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos in the last one month has dropped drastically due to the global outbreak of coronavirus, which has reduced foreign trips. Our correspondent gathered that the total number...