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Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has confirmed the first COVID-19 positive case in the state. Fintiri announced this in a state broadcast on Wednesday in Yola. He said the case was a returnee from Kano State who arrived in ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ) COVID-19 test laboratory centre in Kano has suspended operations. The Nation reports that Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on April,9th  activated COVID-19 test centre at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. Director, ...

The bodies of US coronavirus victims are reportedly being taken from hospitals on the back of pick-up trucks. On Sunday, a number of bodies were allegedly transported in an open pick-up truck to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office. A photographer ...

A Lebanese man in Lebanon has put up a Nigerian lady for sale. The Lebanese who goes by the name Wael Jerro, put her passport up on Facebook Marketplace, saying she is for sale for just $1000. He claimed the lady ...

The coronavirus pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger, the UN’s World Food Programme said Tuesday, its director warning of a looming “global humanitarian catastrophe.” “We are on the brink of a hunger ...

The Katsina State government has received 419 almajiris evacuated by Kano State government to their state of origins as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The Director of Press in the office of the Secretary to Government ...

The mayor of the Spanish city of Badalona resigned on Wednesday after he was found breaking the lockdown rules, drunk driving and resisting arrest on Tuesday night. The Catalan police force confirmed that Alex Pastor had been arrested in the ...

Idris Hussain, father of the Accountant-General of the Federation Ahmed Idris, has passed on. He died in the early hours of today at the age of 96 after a protracted illness, the family said. He has been buried according to ...

Scores of government officials, including 89 police officers, have been arrested for flouting South Africa’s coronavirus regulations, many of them for selling confiscated liquor, the police minister said on Wednesday. “Altogether 131 people including officials, councillors, health officials, correctional services, ...

A Nigerian lady, Adeleke Rachel Tioluwani has reportedly committed suicide 11 months after writing about depression and suicide on Facebook. According to the deceased’s friends who mourned her exit on social media disclosed that Tioluwani was facing lots of challenges ...

This is such a good news. The Governor made the announcemnet now on his twitter page. He says he has finally receieved the all-clear after two consecutive negative test results. “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four ...

An Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday convicted two pastors, Abiodun Daramola and Sunday Akinwande, for violating the lockdown order of the state government. The Magistrate, Mr Lanre Owoleso, who found the clerics guilty of the two counts preferred against ...

A middle-aged man from Kibwezi in Makueni County,Kenya drowned on Tuesday, April 21, while attempting to evade arrest for not wearing a face mask. The man was being chased by police officers at Kambu Market, when he jumped into a ...

The Lagos State Government will today arraign the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa alias Jehovah Sharp Sharp, Archbishop Samson Benjamin for violating its lockdown order. Police spokesman Mr Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), confirmed the information. ...

The Police Command in Kano on Tuesday confirmed it had arrested 30 youths allegedly involved in a football match in defiance to the lockdown order imposed on the state to contain the spread of the Coronavirus virus. Mr Abdullahi Haruna, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled some details of his new immigrant policy, saying it included suspension of issuance of green cards. He said the suspension would initially last for 60 days and apply to those seeking permanent residence. ...

Two persons were on Tuesday confirmed dead in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a motorcycle around the new Kara Market on the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. The Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed ...

A Facebook user, Kelly Mark has lost his saving box after fire gutted his home. Heartbroken Kelly shared photos of the burnt notes to Facebook wrote: “Please guys this is what happened to me this afternoon, I have been saving ...

The Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade has announced new appointments. The governor through his special adviser on media and publicity, Christian Ita has announced the approval of the appointment of 427 new aides in a statement on Monday, according ...

Unknown armed men have kidnapped an about-to-wed couple in Tegina Kabata in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The couple were undergoing a wedding solemnisation in a church in the community when the gunmen invaded the church and whisked ...

The Lagos State Government has approved an increase in the hazard allowance of health workers in the state public service from N5,000 to N25,000. This was revealed in a circular dated April 21, 2020 and was signed the Head of ...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on Tuesday called on Muslims to observe the practice of social distancing when looking out for the moon in the forthcoming Ramadan. The organisation specifically advised that Muslim fateful should look for the ...

It’s no secret that parents always want the best for their kids, but sometimes they have to accept that they can’t control everything. While you can try and help and provide encouragement, some children need to be left to develop ...

A Lagos-based pastor, Ayobami Taiwo, has accused health workers at the Epe General Hospital of negligence, following the death of his wife, Oluremi Esan, during childbirth. The 40-year-old Taiwo lamented that the doctor and nurses on duty abandoned his wife ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured that it will pay the allowances for March and April. Director-General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, spoke through the Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, urging Corps members to remain calm and safe. ...