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The Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says corpses of persons who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be claimed for burial. He said such corpses would be handled by the ministry of health because they are contagious. He ...

The Lagos state government has announced the discharge of four coronavirus patients. Meanwhile, 18 patients had earlier been discharged, after making full recovery from the novel virus. With this development, Lagos state government has discharged 22 of its 98 confirmed ...

President Donald Trump said he has undergone a second coronavirus test on using a new diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15 minutes, and it determined he has not been infected. “I think I took it really out ...

An £12million private jet used by Lionel Messi has been forced to make an emergency landing at Brussels airport due to a fault with the plane. The Barcelona star’s favoured plane was making its way to Tenerife in the Canary ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder, Christ Embassy has warned that anyone who arrested a pastor in this Coronavirus period is in danger. He was speaking on reports that some pastors were arrested by government officials in a bid to enforce social ...

Boris Johnson has revealed he will remain in self-isolation as he is still suffering from a symptom of coronavirus. The prime minister entered self-isolation in 11 Downing Street for seven days last Thursday night after testing positive for COVID-19. However, ...

A woman in Ebonyi State, Chinenye Okoro, has killed her spouse Ifeanyi Okoro by pulling his manhood until he gave up, it has been alleged. The incident was said to have happened following a misunderstanding between the partners. The reason ...

ISA Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has called on telecommunications service providers to subsidy and relax calls and data for Nigerians. Pantami, on his Twitter handle, said: “As earlier conveyed, as the Minister of Federal Ministry of Communications ...

The Mexican brewer of Corona beer said on Thursday it was suspending production because of the health emergency in the country over the COVID-19 pandemic. Grupo Modelo — whose brands also include Pacifico and Modelo — said the measure was ...

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has ordered an accelerated investigation into the alleged battering of a beauty queen, Elizabeth Oyeniyi, in the state by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Abdumumini Danga. The commissioner allegedly assaulted, beat ...

North Korea has claimed its pandemic defence systems are so effective that coronavirus has not breached its borders at all. Authorities have insisted the secretive state doesn’t have a single case of the virus that has killed thousands around the ...

Nigeria has recorded six new cases of COVID19. The six cases are in Osun State. With the six cases, there are now 190 confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged so far, with two records of ...

Sharing before and after photos of a lady, the Government critic wrote; ”This is why I say never marry anyone you have not seen without makeup!. In fact, some marriages should be dissolvable on the basis of fraud. This isn’t ...

Apostle Suleman has defended his reasons for not giving the Nigerian Government a dime to help fight COVID-19 saying his money is for the NEEDY and not the GREEDY. Taking to twitter, the Apostle said, he heard people have been ...

Adam Schlesinger, a singer-songwriter for the bands Fountains of Wayne and Ivy, has died aged 52. He was also an award-winning writer of songs for film, theatre and television. His lawyer, Josh Grier, said that Adam passed away on Wednesday ...

More than half a million people have tested positive for coronavirus in Europe, but the number of people carrying the potentially deadly bug is likely much higher. With many countries in unprecedented lockdowns, continent hit the grim milestone as Spain ...

Earlier today, ‘part’ of a popular mall in Calabar went down and there were lives report on social media. But the management of the Mall have now clarified it saying NOTHING happened to the building, but only an External Advertisement ...

A mum of twin boys has died in hospital just days after falling ill with contracting coronavirus symptoms  – despite having no underlying health conditions. Caroline Saunby, 48, from New Marske, North Yorkshire, died at James Cook University Hospital. Her ...

About 10 persons have been killed in Bassa town of Bassa local government area of Plateau State on Wednesday night by unknown gunmen. On Tuesday night, the same local government was attacked in which three persons were killed and many ...

Anambra Gov. Willie Obiano says the state government is set to distribute no fewer than three million face mask. He also stated that 63 markets would be fumigated to minimize human exposure to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other infections ...

The number of coronavirus cases in Africa rose to 6,470 on Thursday, the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) has reported. The figure rose from the 5,940 cases reported on April 1 in 49 African countries where coronavirus cases have ...

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in quarantine, the semi-official Isna news agency reported on Thursday, as the number of cases in the country surpassed 50,000. The 62-year-old has been speaker since 2008 ...

Google on Thursday said it is pumping $6.5 million into fact-checkers and nonprofits as it ramps up its the battle against coronavirus misinformation. Fact-checking organisations, which often operate on relatively small budgets, are seeing a surge in demand for their ...

An Indian couple have named their newborn twins as Corona and Covid — names connected with the pandemic raging in the world at the moment. For the couple based in Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, the two words may ...

One of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari has reunited with her family after she returned from isolation. The lady, whose name was not disclosed, reunited with her family on Thursday after she went into isolation for 14 days, following ...