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A Mexican mayor has been shot dead by gangs after he blocked roads to his town to stop the spread of coronavirus, local media say. Obed Duron Gomez, the Mayor of Mahahual was reportedly shot whilst travelling to the community ...

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has sentenced 51 persons for violating the lockdown and the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government. The offenders were sentenced to a one-month community service. Chief Magistrate ...

The Federal Government has said Nigerians abroad, who wish to be evacuated, must test negative for coronavirus. This was contained in a form entitled: “COVID-19 Application Form for Nigerians who want to return home” on the website of the Nigerians ...

Two suspected cultists have allegedly shot dead a member of the Oodua People’s Congress in Ogun State, Kolawole Ajomale, in the presence of his pregnant wife. The suspects, identified as Korede Pariosho and Jide Afolabi, allegedly shot Ajomale in the ...

A group of U.S.-based small businesses has filed an $8 trillion lawsuit against China, alleging that the nation’s communist government knew as early as mid-November that COVID-19 was a new, deadly virus, but covered it up. TMZ reports: A group ...

South Africa has announced the death of five patients who were undergoing treatment for coronavirus, the highest to be reported in a day so far. The latest deaths were confirmed on Wednesday bringing the total number of deaths in the ...

Uganda has banned exercising in public as an extra measure towards controlling the spread of the coronavirus. President Yoweri Museveni said that Ugandans should exercise at home and added that he would post a video on social media to demonstrate ...

A dad has been fined after his son continued to flout the coronavirus lockdown regulations. West Midlands Police said the fixed penalty notice could be doubled and reach as much as £960 if the teenager continues to go outside without ...

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 ...