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The Seven-Up Bottling Company has announced donation of one million bottles of Aquafina drinking water brand and other beverages in its portfolio to the Lagos State Emergency Food Relief. Another one million bottles, according to the firm, will be donated ...

Police officers in Akwa Ibom deployed to various locations across the state say they stand the risk of contracting the virus. They accused the government and other relevant stakeholders of failing to provide them with protective items such as face ...

The Lagos State Government will from the next academic session enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into junior secondary school (JSS1) to check the registration of under-aged kids. Also, a fine of N50,000 for first ...

Miss England 2019 has decided to hang up her crown and return to work as an NHS doctor during the coronavirus pandemic. Bhasha Mukherjee was a junior doctor specialising in respiratory medicine before competing in the Miss World pageant on ...

The Imo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested one Chidi Gogoh with over 247.03 kilograms of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian hemp. The 48-year-old suspect was arrested around 1.30am on Sunday at his family ...

The Taraba State Police Command on Monday said it had rescued additional 27 children from a suspected child trafficker, Mary Yakubu, in Taraba. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, David Misal, disclosed this in a statement. Misal said one Mary Yakubu ...

Nigerian Bishop, David Oyedepo has said the root of Coronavirus disease has been cursed and that Nigeria will soon experience a liberation. In one of his preaching, Oyedepo, Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide said “The root of coronavirus is ...

A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in the Enugu metropolis, Enugu State. The building on Ezeluike Street, Olympic Layout, off One Day Street, Agbani Road, Awkunanaw, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of the state, collapsed on Sunday ...

Adriel and Monae Alvarado fell in love while they were both in prison in Pennsylvania. Trans woman Monae, had already started to take hormone replacements before being incarcerated but she hadn’t yet had surgery. At the time of her sentencing, ...

A man has killed his girlfriend believing she had contracted coronavirus, before shooting himself dead. Cheryl Schriefer was found dead with partner Patrick Jesernik after the apparent murder-suicide at the home they had shared for eight years. Both had tested ...

A petrol attendant, Chibuisi Okameme, was on Sunday shot dead allegedly by a policeman, Inspector Stanley Asu. The incident occurred opposite the Greenmac Energy Limited filling station on the New Umuahia Road, Ogborhill area of the Aba North Local Government ...

Delta State Police Command, Monday confirmed the arrest of a lady from Cote D’Ivoire and her driver, at Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, handing her and the driver over to health officials. The lady and the driver, Vanguard gathered ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has directed that markets in the territory will now operate from 7am to 2 pm three times a week. They are to open on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, issued this ...

The family of one Samuel Ponjul, a petty trader in the Abattoir community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, have demanded the release of their son. It was learnt that Samuel, who has a provisions shop in the ...

A lifeless body was found floating in Omu river, Kelebe, along Osogbo-Iragbiji road in Osun state. It was gathered that the body was recovered by the officers of the Nigeria Police Command, who later took it to the morgue of ...

The Edo Government on Monday directed residents who must leave their homes to wear face mask as precautionary measures against the coronavirus pandemic. The State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the state COVID-19 Response Committee, Mr Philip Shaibu told newsmen ...

Despite the lockdown in Lagos State to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of motorists were on Monday stranded in a gridlock on the Lekki-Epe Expressway. Footage of the gridlock, which was trending online, showed hundreds of vehicles ...

The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State (Rabitah) have declared three days fasting over the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic disease. In a statement by the secretary-general of the association, Alh. Tajudeen Adewunmi urged the Muslims to use ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday revealed that he fought coronavirus with carrots, vitamin C and black seed oil with honey while in isolation. The governor revealed this in Ibadan yesterday in a telephone interview with an FM radio station. ...

Health experts have urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from COVID-19. “The best thing the tobacco industry can do to fight COVID-19 is to immediately stop producing, ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Downing Street said he was moved to the unit on the advice of his medical team and was receiving ...

Chairman of Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State, Hon Gbenga Ayegbayo, has reportedly died. It was gathered that the deceased was battling with an undisclosed illness for months before finally succumbing to death on Monday. According to a source, ...

David Clark will continue as New Zealand’s health minister, despite labelling himself an ‘idiot’ and offering to resign his position for a second blunder during the country’s lockdown. Days after Dr Clark was caught mountain biking near his Dunedin home ...

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has ordered seizure of vehicles whose passengers refuse to wear nose masks and defaulters are to pay N300,000 fine. This followed the low compliance level with the no mask, no movement ...

Taraba state Commissioner for Rural Electrification  Mr. Alexander Markus Senlo has passed on. Senlo died on Monday morning after a brief illness. The state Commissioner for Information, Barr. Danjuma Adamu who confirmed the death of Senlo said the state was ...