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A study by Italian scientists has found that people can transmit coronavirus SARS-COV-2 to cats and dogs. The study tested 540 dogs and 277 cats living in households in northern Italy, particularly in Lombardy, where someone was infected with the ...

A fight broke out on board a KLM flight to Ibiza after two passengers refused to wear face masks. Video footage appeared to show British holidaymakers were involved in the brawl after the Boeing 737 took off from Amsterdam on ...

  Willian has again turned down an offer of a two-year contract from Chelsea, but the winger has delayed making a final decision on his future. The 31-year-old still wants to play in the Blues’ probable final game of the season as they ...

The death of one Suraju Alabi, aka ‘Taka’ after engaging in a fight with some security men attached to the Akire of Ikire’s palace in Ikire, Osun State on Sunday created panic in the town. Security personnel and men of ...

  South Africa’s grocery retailer ShopRite is leaving Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened shop in the West African country. The announcement by ShopRite came months after another South African brand, Mr Price, exited the market. International ...

Police in Machakos have arrested a 17-year-old girl for fatally stabbing her 31-year-old step-father. The teenager is alleged to have stabbed her dad during a domestic wrangle between the suspect’s mother and the deceased. The incident happened at the couple’s ...

Despite the escalating killings by bandits and other criminal elements in Katsina State, only 30 Policemen provide security in 100 villages in the state. Although Governor Aminu Masari said the state would in the interim amend its extant laws to ...

Lamenting his plunging popularity this week, a self-pitying President Donald Trump wondered how it all went wrong. “Nobody likes me,” he said, confounded at how his administration’s health experts could be receiving accolades while he is accused of ignoring and ...

The husband of the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Mrs Sabina Uyeh, has instituted a legal action against the hospital and three of its medical doctors over the death of his wife. Benjamin Uyeh ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free. The centre made its position known in a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov. The clarification came at ...

Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari, over the alleged failure of his government to provide the details of the loans it has so far taken. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, said the group was ...

Aggrieved parents of Senior Secondary School students (SS3) in private schools in Ogun State, on Sunday, protested against the payment of N25, 000 levies for Covid-19 and malaria tests for their wards, as one of the prerequisites for admittance to ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a commercial driver, Habeeb Quadri, for allegedly assaulting a passenger, Emmanuel James, in the Surulere area of the state, resulting in his death. Quadri was arrested by the Bode Thomas Police Division ...

As part of the protocols for school resumption, the Ogun State government has announced that COVID-19 and malaria tests will be mandatory for returning boarding students. The state had earlier fixed resumption of SS3 students for August 4, months after ...

Only God can bless Governor Makinde, God bless the Ministry of Labour too. Expanded Global Industries Limited, Ibadan, the sister company of  , a 300-level student of the University of Ibadan died last Tuesday, has reached out to compensate the ...

Two US astronauts have undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and were expected to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon, ending a historic mission testing human spaceflight operations for SpaceX hardware. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken ...

The Police Command in Anambra on Saturday, says it has found a two-year-old male child who was wandering in Oba International Market, Idemili Local Government Area of the state. In a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the Police ...

At least six people, mostly children, died when an improvised explosive device went off in northern Burkina Faso, security sources and local officials said Sunday. The IED, which exploded as the group’s cart was passing late Saturday, also injured four ...

Nigeria has recorded a massive drop in Coronavirus infections as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recorded a spike again for the third day. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released 386 new infections on Saturday, with Abuja, ramping up ...

The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the increase of the permissible capacity of public gatherings from 20 to 50 persons. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this at the Lagos House, Marina, during the 17th update on the management ...

Oyo State Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, has explained the reason for the anger displayed by Mrs Florence Ajimobi, widow of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, during the burial of her husband. The deputy governor said this in Ibadan on Saturday ...

A 72-year-old passenger has died aboard an Air Peace flight P47182 en route Abuja from Calabar. It was also gathered that he had been on medication and was travelling to Abuja for a medical examination when he died. His death ...

What is this now! One Waheed Ogundele has been accused of r.a.p.i.n.g a lady (name witheld) in Ologuneru area of Oyo State. Ogundele was said to have r*ped the lady on the night of Sallah while she went to share ...

Parents of boy, Richard Gbadebo, a 300L student of University of Ibadan who allegedly died at a factory of WAW in Oluyole, Ibadan has said his death isn’t accidental but was murdered. His mom couldn’t speak much, but his father ...

Fire gutted a foam market in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday. The incident happened around 1pm at 16, Ladipo Street in Mushin, said Spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor. He added ...