President Muhammadu Buhari joins all citizens of United States of America in prayers for quick and full recovery of President @realDonaldTrump and his wife, @MELANIATRUMP, who reportedly tested positive to COVID-19.The President notes, with sympathy, that the incident of COVID-19 in the White House manifests the challenge posed by the pandemic across the world, and difficulty in containing the spread.While wishing the American First Family speedy turnaround in their current health status, President Buhari urges more compliance among Nigerians to protocols, and adherence to advice of medical doctors, particularly epidemiologists.The President notes, with sympathy, that the incident of COVID-19 in the White House manifests the challenge posed by the pandemic across the world, and difficulty in containing the spread.

 it was not immedi­ately clear which government agency is screening the candi­dates, dependable source close to the Presidency disclosed that â€œthe shortlisted candidates are being screened right now.”Though the source refused to disclose whether it is the Department of State Security (DSS) or National Intelligence Agency (NIA) that is directed to carry out the screening, other indications point to an inter-se­curity agency screening panel to make the screening multi-di­mensional as every aspect of the lives of the shortlisted candidates will be thoroughly examined.Though Saturday INDE­PENDENT could not ascertain the exact number of candidates, our investigations have spotted three front-runners, at present.

One of them, from the South West, is a retired Commissioner of Police (CP) who has headed the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police. This law­yer recently bagged a doctorate degree.What recommended him is that while at the SFU, most high profile cybercrimes cases, and related financial crimes cases were referred to him from all police formations as well as the Force Headquarters by a partic­ular former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) who deployed him to SFU because he believed he could revive the outfit. This man made the SFU to compete favourably with EFCC in terms of arrests, investigations and prosecutions.Investigations revealed that under him all financial crime cases were treated with dis­patch and readily prosecuted after prima facie cases were established.The second front-runner is a serving Commissioner of Po­lice from Yobe State. He is said to be thorough bred in cracking cybercrimes and other related financial crimes.

He is from North East geo-political zone.