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Virgin Atlantic has become billionaire Richard Branson’s second airline to file for bankruptcy this year as the industry continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. The Virgin Group airline filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York on Tuesday, ...

Teachers brought along visual aids, including handmade coffins and a guillotine, while protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s schools reopening plan in Lower Manhattan on Monday afternoon. About 200 protesters many of them educators, parents and students marched from the United ...

A mum has been left heartbroken after her baby died in the womb from a rare condition that could have killed her too. Laura McLeish, 31, from Bishopton in Renfrewshire, Scotland, was eight months pregnant when she delivered her baby ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the payment of fees and stipends of stranded scholarship students of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) studying abroad. A statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Buhari conveyed the directive ...

Kwara Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi and his wife Abieyuwa have tested positive for Covid-19. Spokesperson of the state Technical Committee on Covid-19, Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed this in a statement today. The statement reads: “Yesterday August 3rd, 2020, the Deputy Governor ...

The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira. The government also mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education and enlightenment on emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister ...

The government of Osun State on Tuesday handed over the remains of the late Senator Ayo Fasanmi to the Ekiti State Government, for his interment at St. John Cathedral, Iye Ekiti. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ismail ...

A cat that was detained at Sri Lanka’s main prison while allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and cell phone SIM cards has escaped, according to media reports on Monday. The feline was detected by jail intelligence officials on Saturday at ...

Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, has announced he is leaving Spain to live in another country amid $100 million corruption scandal. The royal family’s website on Monday published a letter from Juan Carlos to his son, King Felipe VI, saying ...

Nigerian ladies stranded in Saudi Arabia have cried out for help. In a video shared online, one of the ladies who spoke on behalf of the others, said they have completed their “contracts” in Saudi Arabia and have since been ...

United States President, Donald Trump, said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, criticizing the federal-owned corporation for hiring foreign workers. Trump told reporters at the White House that he was formally removing chair Skip ...

Two brothers identified as Uchechukwu Asuzu, 20, and Bright Ugochukwu, 20, have been arrested by men of the Imo state police command, for allegedly defiling their cousin, Ugochukwu Chigozirim Ehirim, 13, in Ezemanah Ezeamoruo Nkwerre, a community in the state on July ...

Campaign posters and banners of Ondo Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, seeking to contest for the October 10 governorship election on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) have flooded the social media and streets of Akure. Secretariat of the ...

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made somewhere between $36.2 million and $157 million in 2019, financial disclosure records reveal. The couple, who both serve as Senior Advisors to President Donald Trump, were required to file documents declaring their assets and ...

Russia says it is delivering its Avifavir medication against Covid-19 to 15 countries already. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which took part in the creation of the remedy, disclosed this to Russia-24 broadcaster in ...

Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, a traditional ruler in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo, was on Monday paraded by the police for alleged involvement in kidnapping. The 59 year-old ruler of Obor Community was paraded along with 30 other suspects ...

A pastor of the Winners Chapel in Njaba, Imo state has been arrested for alleged defilement of an 11-year- old daughter of a fellow pastor. The Pastor identified as Joseph Anthony blamed temptation for his action. According to him, he ...

Police authorities in Katsina State have arrested two nurses for allegedly trafficking a newly born baby girl. Speaking during a press conference on Monday, the spokesman of the State Police Command, Gambo Isah, said the nurses – Misira Tijjani, and ...

The Senate report on the alleged financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission has revealed how the top management of the agency shared N4.9bn among themselves in the guise of medical checkup. The document also showed that the management ...

Ogun State Government has declared Covid -19 test free for all returning SSS3 students in private and public schools. It also instructed testing centres to commence the free test immediately. The government further directed that those that had already paid ...

A new study has suggested that pregnant women are four times more likely to be infected with covid-19 than the general population. Pregnant women are much more likely to be exposed to the coronavirus than the general population, a new ...

The  Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old Beninoise, Gbese Peter, for allegedly defrauding a Nigerian couple, identified as Mr and Mrs Bamigboye of N5m. Peter allegedly swindled the couple on the pretext of helping them to overcome their ...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has given 41 Range Rover Discovery Sports Utility Vehicles to judges serving in Rivers State High Court and Customary Courts. Other beneficiaries are judges of Rivers State origin serving the nation in the ...

Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori has told Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio not to drag him into contract scam at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Ibori said he was never a part of any contract from ...

In the last one week, Nigeria has continued to record fewer cases of Coronavirus even with increased testing. In Monday’s infections, no state recorded up to 100 cases. Lagos, however, tops the chart with 88 new cases, with Kwara coming ...