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Bodies of coronavirus victims have been seen lying in the streets of the Ecuadorian capital amid warnings the pandemic is yet to peak across Latin America. Forensics experts were seen attending to the corpse of a 65-year-old man suspected of ...

Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in Morocco and other countries ...

A University of Pittsburgh professor on the verge of making “very significant findings” researching Covid-19, according to the university, was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, police said. The research assistant professor, identified as Bing Liu, ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI has accused opponents of wanting to ‘silence’ him while attacking gay marriage in vehement terms in a new authorised biography published in Germany. Despite leaving office in 2013, the 93-year-old, whose original name is Joseph Ratzinger, ...

The Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it had arrested a commercial vehicle driver and his friend for allegedly killing a businesswoman and stealing her N400,000. The driver, Gbenga Ogungbemi, and his friend, Tosin Olobamoyo, allegedly killed the victim ...

A court sitting in Katsina State on Tuesday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Lawal Izala, to 18 months imprisonment. Izala was arrested last week for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari. The septuagenarian and two others were arraigned ...

Two Chinese boys have dropped dead in the space of a week while participating in physical education class. The students from two different Chinese cities, both ‘suddenly’ collapsed on their schools’ running track and were subsequently pronounced dead on April ...

An anonymous donor has left a $1million check at California hospital to thank staff for their hard work. Medical providers at the Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz were cheering when they discovered the check designated entirely for employees – nurses, ...

Gold Coast mother-of-two Belinda Norton sculpted a leaner and fitter body in just one year after her ex-husband told her she would never look like the women she idolised. Now she encourages others on social media to take control of ...

Four out of the 11 travellers from Sokoto State intercepted over the weekend at the Oyo-Osun boundary by Oyo State border patrol have, on Tuesday, tested positive for coronavirus. The state’s incident manager, Dr Taiwo Ladipo, disclosed this while speaking ...

Health minister Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday told the House of Representatives that there is no evidence yet that the “mysterious deaths” in Kano State were caused by COVID-19. Mr Ehanire said rather, investigation into the deaths is ongoing. The Northwestern ...

Natacha Akide, known as Tacha, has taken to Twitter to lament unnecessary charges from her bank account. The former housemate of Nigeria’s biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, said she was debited 12 times in less than 24 hours. ...

  Sharjah Civil Defence teams averted a major disaster due to their quick response after a massive fire erupted at a residential tower in Al Nahda in Sharjah late on Tuesday. The fire was brought under control two hours after ...

The United States President Donald Trump said he’s sending 250 ventilators to Nigeria to help fight the coronavirus. He revealed on Tuesday the size of the aid he promised Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari during a phone conversation last week. He ...

Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham has written an epistle educating her followers on how to survive during this critical coronavirus pandemic. According to the mother of one on her Instagram page, people need to realize that things are different from how ...

In a post shared to Reddit’s Wedding Shaming forum, the anonymous couple, who are believed to be from the UK, asked for people to fund their ‘traditional and modern’ wedding – along with their honeymoon in either Peru, Dubai, Japan, ...

Students from at least 26 universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they’re not getting the caliber of education they were promised. The suits say students should pay lower rates for ...

Amber Rose Isaac, 26, first tweeted her outrage against medical staff at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on April 17. ‘Can’t wait to write a tell all about my experience during my last two trimesters dealing with incompetent ...

After eight positive COVID-19 tests in Serokadan hamlet in Abuan village, Central Bali earlier this week, the government’s national coronavirus task force moved in with the military to lockdown the area’s 1200 residents and begin widespread testing. Of the 1200 ...

The Federal Government will commence evacuation of Nigerians stranded abroad from Wednesday. The exercise, it was also learnt, will commence with 265 returnees from United Arab Emirates. There are over 4,000 Nigerians stranded due to global lockdown occasioned by the ...

A lockdown of the country again is likely. This follows Monday’s gross disobedience of the protocols as Nigerians got some relief after weeks of restrictions. It was the first day after the easing of the shutdown to contain the spread ...

Some hawkers of locally made face masks in Enugu have expressed joy over high patronage following the partial lifting of lockdown in the state. Some hawkers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu, said ...

The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, has disengaged 400 of its staff. This came to light on Tuesday when the university, owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, announced that it no longer needed their services. The AUN ...

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa says the state has recorded an additional confirmed case of coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases to 12. Sule made the disclosure during an expanded state security meeting on Tuesday in Lafia. The governor ...

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang, an elderly couple from Henan Province’s Xiangcheng District, have sued their wealthy son for failing to take care of them. In parts of the world with large Chinese communities, it is not uncommon for parents to ...