Neymar has been revealed as the anonymous donor who gave 5 million Brazilian real (£775,000/$950,000) to charity to fight coronavirus. The Paris Saint-Germain star split the donation between UNICEF and a benefit fund in his home nation of Brazil to ...
Read More »Number of coronavirus patients discharged hit 18 in Lagos
Lagos State Government, on Thursday, discharged 11 more patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba, after being tested negative twice for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been allowed to return home to their families. The latest figure brings to 18 ...
Read More »Amosun supports Ogun with N25m to fight COVID-19
A former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has supported the state government with N25 million to fight Coronavirus Sen. Amosun, in a letter dated March 31, written to Governor Dapo Abiodun, said the donation was a personal contribution to the ...
Read More »Dolly Parton donates $1million to find coronavirus cure
Dolly Parton, 74, has donated a whopping $1million dollars (£806,900) to help find the cure to the coronavirus. The country star is friends with a scientist who researches at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She had a ...
Read More »Diamond Platnumz’s manager says he has recovered from covid-19
East Africa superstar Diamond Platnumz’s manager Sallam Sharaf has announced that he has recovered from coronavirus. He shared the news that he has been released form isolation after 14-day quarantine. He shared the news of his recovery through his Instagram ...
Read More »Barcelona players take huge 70% pay cut to help club staff through coronavirus crisis
Lionel Messi has confirmed Barcelona players are taking a 70 per cent pay cut during the coronavirus pandemic. Additional funds will be directed to club staff throughout the crisis with a statement made on Monday following reports that players were ...
Read More »iROKOtv boss, Jason Njoku narrates how his mum miracaulously survived coronavirus
Co-founder and CEO of iROKOtv, Jason Njoku has revealed on social media how his 73-year old mom miraculously survived coronavirus. Writing on twitter, he explained how he felt during her ordeal, but grateful she is back home from the hospital. ...
Read More »Davido’s dad, Adedeji Adeleke also donates N1bn
Davido’s dad Adedeji Adeleke has also donated the sum on N1b to fight coronavirus. He made N500m donation to the Federal Government, while also donating N500m worth of food stuff across Osun state
Read More »Prince Charles is out of self-isolation
Prince Charles was today allowed out of self-isolation one week after being diagnosed with coronavirus and is in ‘good health’, royal aides have said. The 71-year-old Prince of Wales had a ‘mild’ form of the illness which first saw him ...
Read More »‘I murdered COVID-19,’ Nigerian lady shares survival story after testing positive
A recovered COVID-19 patient, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has shared how she successfully beat the virus and tested positive twice following treatment at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. In a series of tweets on her handle, she shared her survival story, revealing ...
Read More »Teenage sweethearts who both married other people reunite and tie the knot 27 years after they first met
Sitting on a beach in Devon and staring up at the sky, teen sweethearts Sam Penny and Derek MacMillan wondered where life would take them. It was then, as a plane flew overhead, that Sam suggested Derek could join the ...
Read More »COVID-19: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu donates N50m
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday announced the donation of N50m to fight Coronavirus across Southeast Nigeria. Kanu made the announcement in a broadcast via Radio Biafra. He said that part of the donation ...
Read More »Adeboye donates ICU beds, ventilators to Lagos, other states
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has donated Intensive Care Unit beds with ventilators to Lagos State. The 78-year-old cleric also donated ICU beds and ventilators to the Ogun State and Plateau State ...
Read More »Kylie Jenner donates $1million to coronavirus relief efforts
Kylie Jenner has left her doctor speechless, after donating $1million to go towards supplying protective equipment for healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis. Wanting to help out, Kylie gave a huge donation of $1million that will go towards supplying first ...
Read More »Atiku donates N50m to fight Coronavirus, tells MTN others to give Nigerians free airtime
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has donated N50 million to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the nation. Atiku, whose son is also infected with the deadly virus, donated the money through his company, Priam Group today. The former ...
Read More »Pep Guardiola donates 1m euros to fight coronavirus
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros (£920,000) to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain. Guardiola, who is at his home in Barcelona, has been working with his lawyers over the past few days to work out the ...
Read More »Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma sends coronavirus prevention materials to Africa (photos)
Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma who co-founded Alibaba Group a multinational technology conglomerate, has sent some coronavirus prevention materials to Africa. This support includes 1.1million testing kits, 6million masks & 60,000 protective suits to be distributed throughout Africa. Already Rwanda has ...
Read More »95-year-old grandmother becomes the oldest woman in Italy to recover from coronavirus
A 95-year-old grandmother has become the oldest known woman in Italy to recover from coronavirus. The northern region of Italy has been hit hard by the pandemic, while the country overall now has 53,578 confirmed cases with 4,825 deaths. Alma ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Sadio Mane donates £41,000 to Senegal
Liverpool and Senegal striker Sadio Mane has donated a whooping £41,000 to a health organization fighting the spread of coronavirus in Senegal as the West African nation comes to grips with the global pandemic. Senegal has 27 confirmed cases of ...
Read More »Doctor who beat coronavirus credits her recovery to paracetamol, lemonade and chicken soup
A senior doctor who was diagnosed with coronavirus has described how she beat the bug – with chicken soup, lemonade and paracetamol all playing a part. Dr Clare Gerada, 60, caught the deadly virus after returning from a conference in ...
Read More »I bleached my skin because I felt dirty and ugly being black – Ghanaian singer, Mzbel
Celebrities bleaching to lighten their skin has been a growing trend over the years. Many of these celebrities accused of bleaching have either flatly denied or assigned different reasons for bleaching. One of such celebrities is Ghanaian musician Mzbel. Known ...
Read More »Age-defying granddad of seven, 56, regularly gets mistaken for being in his 30s
If you looked at a picture of Andy Wilkinson, how old would you think he is? Like many people, you might say he looks to be a bulked-up man in his 30s. But Andy, from Coventry, is actually a 56-year-old ...
Read More »Giorgio Armani donates $1.4 million to tackle coronavirus
Milan-based designer Giorgio Armani has donated $1.4 million to help tackle Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. It comes as the health system in the Lombardy region of northern Italy is said to be ‘a step away from collapse’ as intensive care facilities ...
Read More »Inspiring story of teenager who grew up in poverty and gained admission to Oxford against all odds
A teenage girl who grew up in poverty and had no space to do her homework has been offered a place at Oxford. Thamima shared a cramped council house with her parents and three siblings which was so overcrowded she ...
Read More »Meet 4-year old armless Nigerian schoolboy who writes with his toes
4-year-old Abdulahi Umar, is unique and talented. Despite being armless, the young Nigerian schoolboy writes with his toes, as he remains determined to get educated. Abdulahi Umar was born without hands, and according to reports, he resisted attempts by ...
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