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NYPD officers have been accused of discrimination, after heavily enforcing social distancing rules in parks in the New York’s poorer Bronx area, while crowds gathered unchallenged in the wealthier Manhattan borough. Officers were seen enforcing coronavirus restrictions during this weekend’s ...

The Lagos State Government has expressed concern over the increasing number of runaway patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the state, describing it as “disturbing.” Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, made the remark on Friday, during a media ...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has decorated that his administration has put in place life insurance policy for the State health workers, just has their hazard allowance has been reviewed from 200 to 300 per cent. The Governor who ...

A man was struck and killed by a Southwest Airlines plane as it was landing on the runway of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport late Thursday, according to airport officials. The man who died was not an employee at the airport and ...

Google and Facebook have announced plans to reopen their offices soon but are allowing more home working flexibility. Google originally said it would keep its work from home policy until 1 June but is extending it for seven more months. ...

Osun State Government has confirmed that a male Kano State returnee has tested positive for coronavirus in the state, bringing the total active cases to three. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu on Saturday stated ...

Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN reported on Friday night, citing a source familiar with the matter. The assistant is asymptomatic, has been working remotely for the past two months and was tested out of caution, ...

A safari ranger had a lucky escape when the tent he was camping in was surrounded by a pride of hungry lions – who decided they fancied his boots for breakfast. Norman Chauke, 28, from Makuleke Limpopo, South Africa, works ...

  An incredible submarine is all set to give tourists a sea view like no other. The Triton Deepview 24 can take 24 passengers to depths of up to 100m (328ft) and afford them magnificent views thanks to vast panoramic ...

A woman was dragged underwater and drowned by an alligator after she waded into a pond to touch it. Cynthia Covert was said to be calm as the animal gripped on to her body. According to The Mirror, She told ...

Shocking revelations emerged, over the week, that the sum of N100 million found in the bank account of the wife of late billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, popularly known as E-money, which was suspected to be proceed of crime and was ...

A retired police officer, Andy Samuel Ugwu, whose 27-year-old son, Augustine Ugwu, was allegedly shot by police at Nsukka, Enugu State has said that the chief suspect who masterminded the killing of his son was still moving freely. The distraught ...

An alleged stalker sent a man a severed pig’s head and bombarded him with takeaways, a court heard. Tia Mariah McBean, 22 was asked to leave Oralton Robinson, 35 and his girlfriend alone but continued in her harassment campaign, Bromley ...

Italy will give 600,000 illegal migrants the right to stay in the country after the government said they proved essential by caring for the elderly and picking crops during the coronavirus crisis. Unregistered migrants have worked in fields across the ...

For one year, seven months running, the Divisional Police Station, Aboh, which is supposed to provide security for coastal communities in Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, has no arms and ammunition in its armory for police officers deployed ...

An eight-year-old marriage has ended on a tragic note in Zumbagwe, a remote community in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. 33 year-old Janet Ekpe poisoned her husband for allegedly dating her best friend and watched him die slowly and ...

Death has dealt another blow to President Muhammadu Buhari as it snatched Alhaji Mutari Dauda Daura, his nephew. The deceased was the younger brother of 81 year-old Malam Mamman Daura, the President’s uncle. The cause of death was not stated. ...

Barcelona returned to training on Friday after the La Liga champions allowed their stars to enter their facility to prepare for a potential restart to football in Spain. Lionel Messi and company took the fields at Joan Gamper training centre ...

A 48-year-old randy pastor, Otobong Emerson, who allegedly abused four children, aged between six and 11, has blamed the act on the devil. The suspect was to said to have repeatedly had carnal knowledge of the kids between December 2019 ...

Ogun Government said it is constrained to extend the existing lockdown in the state by one week. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who made this known while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, said it had become imperative to extend the lockdown as a ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has confirmed two persons dead while three others sustained injuries in a road accident. Confirming the accident, the Oyo State FRSC Sector Commander, Mrs. Chukwurah Uche, said two male adult died ...

There was drama in Kano state on Thursday as some COVID-19 patients had held health workers hostage at the Kwanar Dawaki Isolation Centre in the state. Aminu Mohammed, former chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kano branch, disclosed this ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended public-spirited Nigerians and organisations for their financial and material support for the efforts to contain COVID-19. But he has called for more donations. Buhari acknowledged the provision of isolation, treatment and laboratory centres/facilities by individuals ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that one of the two cases that absconded before they could be treated for coronavirus is a 10-year-old boy. According to him, the boy and one other escaped before being admitted to ...

Italian researchers have revealed plans to test a vaccine on humans after claiming their jab is the ‘first in the world’ to neutralise the virus. Scientists gave mice the jab – which is being developed by Rome-based Takis Biotech – ...