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Linda Tripp, the American civil servant who acted as whistleblower in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton has died. She was 70. Tripp was working in the Pentagon when she befriended Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who was ...

A woman whose boyfriend tried to gouge her eyes out, leaving her with horrific injuries, is warning other women – so they don’t become his next target. Mum-of-two Jenna Hurley, from Preston, Lancs, thought she’d met Mr Perfect in Mark ...

The Federal Government has bashed Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for arresting two Caverton Helicopters’ pilots and the passengers for flying into the State during Coronavirus lockdown. Wike had led the police and other military chiefs to arrest two pilots ...

The Police in Nasarawa state have arrested ten suspected kidnappers of an aide to the state governor, John Mamman. Mamman’s kidnappers had earlier demanded for a N20million ransom from the victim’s family to release him from their custody. But parading ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will struggle to pay for their security and their current lifestyle amid the coronavirus crisis, a royal expert has claimed. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to California in March after they stepped down ...

Dr Amara Allison, the medical practitioner who detected Nigeria’s index case of the novel virus on February 27, has shared her experience during the 14-day quarantine period she had to observe having been exposed to the 44-year-old Italian man. Allison, ...

Even as factory shutdowns and border closures throw the condom industry into chaos, demand appears to be increasing. A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world’s top maker of the contraceptives said, ...

Organised labour has faulted the Federal Government’s acceptance of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC’s sponsored 15 Chinese medical experts to assist the country in the battle against the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, despite opposition from various concerned groups including Nigeria ...

The Lagos State Government has deployed 60 medical personnel and support staff to the newly commissioned 110 bed space isolation centre built at Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, Onikan where seven patients have been placed on admission. The state’s Commissioner for Health, ...

Ondo State Government has granted permission for churches in the state to hold Easter Sunday services. It however issued some conditions the churches must adhere to with a view to curbing the spread of COVID-19. A statement by chairman of ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday pushed back against comments by President Trump that the group is “very China-centric,” and said that continuing work with China is vital for research to combat the virus around the world. Mr. Trump on ...

Five Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus in China, according to Dailymail.co.uk. Four of them had recently visited the same eatery, ‘Emma Food’, multiple times, announced the Guangzhou Health Commission on Tuesday. The restaurant owner, alongside her daughter and another ...

A 15-member medical team from China have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on a chattered Air Peace aircraft. The medical personnel who landed around 5:15 pm were received by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian; ...

Nigeria has recorded twenty-two new cases of coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this evening that fifteen of the cases are in Lagos, four in FCT, two in Bauchi and one is Edo. The new cases bring ...

Operatives of the Ogun State police command have arrested the duo of 19 years old Ayomide Joseph and 20 years old, Olajide Ajisomo, for allegedly robbing two brothers at gunpoint around Mowe in Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun ...

An Indian Forest Service officer shared video of an even more compelling reason to stay home than the coronavirus — a lion wandering the streets. Susanta Nanda, an IFS officer, posted a video to Twitter showing the lion wandering a ...

The Lagos state government has denied reports making the round especially on social media concerning minimum age for admission into junior secondary schools in the state. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Office of the Commissioner for ...

US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has announced that he is suspending his campaign to become leader of his party. It means Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president and will square off against incumbent Donald Trump in November. ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, his office said on Twitter. “Considering the gravity of the #COVID19, the government of Ethiopia has enacted a State ...

  Face masks do not stop healthy people getting coronavirus Covid-19, the World Health Organization has said in updated guidelines. The health body states coronavirus can enter the body through respiratory droplets and contact, but wearing a medical mask “is ...

Around 600 people have died and thousands are in hospital in Iran from drinking neat alcohol following a false coronavirus ‘cure’ claim. The country has seen more than 62,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with more than 4,000 deaths. And in ...

The Lagos State Government today gave conditions for withdrawing the charge brought against controversial hip-hop star, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, former Lagos governorship aspirant, Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife Folashade for flouting the state Coronavirus social distancing ...

A family from London are recreating their favourite film scenes and getting people to guess the movie as they try and cure their boredom in lockdown. The Taylors, from Twickenham, London, have been sharing their efforts on Instagram where their ...

A mother-of-two has spoken of her ordeal when a ‘senior doctor’ told her that her 12-week-old daughter could not have contracted coronavirus, only to find out 24 hours later she had. Little Winter-Rose Watson is thought to be one of ...

A nurse who fears she may die from coronavirus has written her will. A young nurse on the Covid-19 frontline has told how she has written her will because she fears she could die from coronavirus. Kate O’Flaherty said she ...