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The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has arrested a suspected ritualist and recovered a coffin and fetish items from the shrine. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana in a statement on Sunday said late last month, ...

As controversy over the link between 5G and COVID-19 rages, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami has again dismissed the fear of Nigerians, saying that he is not aware of any research linking the dreaded ...

The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, arrested popular actress, Mrs. Funke Akindele-Bello for hosting a party to celebrate the birthday of her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz on Saturday in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State. The ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. It ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclaimed admission cut-off marks circulating in social media, asking higher institution admission seekers to disregard them. The board said it was yet to release the cut-off marks for 2020 admissions, saying the ...

Over 10 pastors have been arrested by the Eket Divisional police headquarters in Akwa Ibom State for holding church services against the stay-at-home directive of the State Government. Governor Udom Emmanuel had on Thursday, in a statewide broadcast, ordered total ...

The Special Adviser to the Governor of Nasarawa State on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development Mr. John Waje Mamman, has been kidnapped. Mamman was kidnapped around 8pm on Saturday in his house at Dari, in Kokona Local Government ...

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for COVID-19 after apparent exposure to an infected worker. The four-year-old female Malayan tiger named Nadia was tested out of an abundance of caution after developing a ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State this night announced that he has tested negative for COVID-19. He disclosed this on his Twitter page. He said “This evening, I received my second negative test result for COVID-19. I especially thank Prof ...

Thousands of Brits ignored the strict lockdown rules yesterday to sunbathe during a mini heatwave, forcing a park in London to close. Police in the UK capital were also forced to break up an 18th birthday attended by 25 guests ...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratal on Sunday, April 5, 2020 personally visited wounded soldiers who were injured in action during the recent confrontation between Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters and gallant troops of Nigerian military at Gorgi, Borno ...

Michelle Mone has revealed she’s been left “heartbroken” after being forced to cancel her dream wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bra tycoon was due to marry businessman Doug Barrowman in a seemingly budgetless House of Lords ceremony in ...

During a Palm Sunday mass held in a deserted church, Pope Francis has told young people on Sunday not to be afraid to put their lives on the line for others during the coronavirus pandemic. Normally celebrated outdoors in front ...

A devoted couple who had been married for more than 50 years died within six minutes of each other after contracting coronavirus. Now their heartbroken son says he hopes their death is not in vain – urging people to take ...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday discharged five more patients comprising two males and three females including a 10-year-old girl who tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID-19 and have been discharged from Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, to reunite with their ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced eight new cases of COVID-19. It said five of the cases are in Lagos, two  in the FCT and one in Kaduna State. In a tweet this Sunday evening, NCDC said: ...

Oh dear, who can ever imagine Lagos like this. Even in the middle of the night, Lagos isn’t like this. I mean so deserted? God is GREAT. Have mercy Lord… we acknowledge you are Lord. We confess we are tired ...

Fiorentina trio Patrick Cutrone, German Pezzella, and Dusan Vlahovic are clear of coronavirus, the Serie A side announced on Sunday. Vlahovic was the Viola’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, with the striker revealing in an Instagram post that his fever ...

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has advocated total lockdown of the country for a month to save the country from the ravaging of coronavirus, as the state discharged its first victim from hospital. The Governor, while addressing journalists on Sunday ...

A Saudi cleric has told women it is okay to refuse to have s.e.x with their husbands during the coronavirus outbreak. Religious scholar Abdullah Muhammad Al-Mutlaq, an adviser at the Saudi royal court, gave the advice while appearing on a ...

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease in the United States. Okoyen made the announcement in a statement. He said one of them, a doctor ...

South Sudan reported its first coronavirus case today, one of the last African nations to confirm the presence of COVID-19 within its borders. “South Sudan confirms one case of coronavirus,” Riek Machar, the country’s first vice president, told a press ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says another coronavirus patient has died in the country, bringing the number of deaths recorded so far to five. The NCDC announced this on its Twitter handle today but did not give details of ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has commenced the decontamination of the city as part of measures to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. Minister of State in the FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who flagged off the exercise ...

Many churches witnessed low worshippers for the Palm Sunday service in Awka, the Anambra capital with most of them visited maintaining the required social distance of two meters for safety. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Sunday in Awka ...