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We speak to Abike Dabiri on the status of announced plans to bring Nigerians stranded abroad home. We catch up residents abroad including those working on the front-line of the fight against COVID!9.

As the NCDC announces plans to test 2 million Nigerians over the next few months, we examine how States outside the epicentres of the pandemic in Nigeria, are doing.

The coordinator of the covid-19 response team in Kano refutes allegations about the States mishandling of the disease as a UK based Kano born Doctor writes to the President asking him to declare a State of emergency in the state.

The Minister of State FCT Ramatu Tijani, celebrated Singer-songwriter & Producer Cobhams Asuquo and Civil Society advocate Lois Auta on the challenges facing people with disabilities during the COVID19 pandemic.

Who is to blame for the Covid 19 pandemic, China or America and who should pay? We hear from a former Nigerian Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, Entrepreneur and Investor in China, Karim Alwadi and Afrobeat Musician Dede Mabiaku.

An alliance of NGO's writes to President Buhari and demands that the FG does better in its management of the pandemic.

We turn our attention to Northern Nigeria and its most populous state which has seen a rapid increase in the number of infections. We also speak to the Governor of Plateau State who also doubles as Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum which is demanding a special fund for the region from the Federal Government to fight Covid 19 pandemic

The education system is a finely tuned one but with the COVID-19 spanner in the works, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions have had to scramble for solutions. We hear from examination boards, councils and universities about their plans post-pandemic.

The COVID19 Pandemic and a Shrinking economy - The prognosis for Nigeria.

Globally, there has been a spike in gender-based violence and Nigeria has not been exempted with a 56% increase in the first 2 weeks of lockdown. What can be done to tackle this crime and can the country learn from strategies deployed in other places?