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 A Nigerian landlord has surprised his tenants by sending the relief packs during this coronavirus crisis. One of the tenants, took a photo and share don Twitter, saying he his shocked and really appreciates it going by the words ‘no ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has asked Lagosians to dismiss the speculations that the two-week Coronavirus lockdown has been suspended. He admonished the citizens to “think long term” and stay safe while the country is still combating the ravaging pandemic. ...

The 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, yesterday, absolved themselves of taking any responsibility for the proposed free two month power supply, saying that the Federal Government will pick the bills for all electricity to be supplied within the period. The ...

The Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday night, announced the death of a coronavirus patient in the state. This was contained in a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Friday in ...

Members of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives working at the General Hospital, Ilorin on Thursday downed tools in protest against what they described as poor and risky condition of work. They also complained of non supply of Personal ...

The lawmaker who represented Oyo North senatorial district between 2003 and 2007, Robert Koleoso, is dead. Mr Koleoso, who hails from Saki area of Oyo, died on Thursday at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. The deceased is the elder ...

Poland held a scaled-back memorial on Friday for the air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of others in Russia a decade ago, amid a lockdown to control coronavirus. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called for a show of ...

The World Health Organisation says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an ...

The minister of health, Osagie Ehanire says he is not aware if medical doctors and other health practitioners managing COVID-19 patients in Nigeria are paid any hazard allowance. Ehanire, who met with the leadership of the national assembly in Abuja ...

A “massive street party” of 30 to 40 people outside a house in Manchester was shut down by police after they flouted social distancing rules during coronavirus lockdown. Bodycam footage taken by Greater Manchester Police shows a police officer walking ...

The Federal Government has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Zhou Pingjian over reports of maltreatment in China. Nigerians in China who had travelled there for business purposes a few days before the federal government announced a lockdown are ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital, Downing Street has said. Mr Johnson has been receiving treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas’ Hospital in London since Sunday. No 10 said he “has ...

A nurse has been kicked out of her rented flat by a heartless landlord after she caught coronavirus while saving lives. Clara Serrano, 31, says she was told to leave the flat in Madrid, Spain, on the same day she ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians, especially Christians, to imbibe the Christ-like quality of personal sacrifice for the sake of achieving greater good. President Buhari gave the charge Friday morning in his Easter message to Nigerians, encouraging all citizens to ...

Popular Ghanaian TV station, GHOne TV last night, accidentally aired a hardcore p.o.r.n on live tv. The explicit content was showed during the station’s broadcast of relationship and s.e.x talk show, DUVET, which aired at about the same time President ...

The enforcement team of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on the restriction of movement with regards to controlling the spread of COVID-19 has apprehended a man who has been violating the lockdown with a fake Exemption Pass. He was ...

Hungary on Friday recorded its biggest daily rise of coronavirus cases ravaging the country. The confirmed coronavirus cases have increased from 210 to 1,190, the single largest daily increase since the outbreak of the virus in the country. According to ...

Federal Capital Territory FCT Administration has increased the daily hazard allowances of medical doctors to ₦50, 000, even as it said it was targeting 600,000 residents for its Palliatives. At a news conference in Abuja, FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa ...

  A fire outbreak at the Ikeja Airport Hotel has led to the destruction of three vehicles within the premises of the hotel. According to the Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the ...

A man nearly lost his eyesight after getting savaged by a Black Widow spider while asleep in his home. Nicholas Cook, 30, from Denver, Colorado woke up to a burning sensation on his face and was shocked to find two ...

The Federal Government has released a list of Nigerians who died of coronavirus abroad since the outbreak started some four months ago. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Thursday evening via a video containing the ...

The Federal Government insisted yesterday that the Chinese medical experts who arrived the country on Wednesday to assist it in its efforts to combat coronavirus disease in the country would not be involved in the treatment of patients. It reiterated ...

Popular artiste, Afeez Fashola also known as Naira Marley has given an undertaking that he will join the Lagos State government’s campaign against the spread of COVID-19 by making a free audio-visual publication. He made the undertaking in a letter ...

A 43-year-old man, Joshua Abraham, has been arrested by policemen in Ogun State for allegedly stealing his neighbour’s baby placenta. The suspect was alleged to have gone to the hospital, where the baby was delivered, and claimed to be the ...

The Anglican Bishop of Aguata Diocese in Anambra State, Right Reverend Samuel Ezeofor, has faulted the decision to shut down churches in the name of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the ideal thing would have been to ask churches ...