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Harrowing video footage and photos appear to show the moment bodies are loaded onto freezer truck with a forklift outside a New York hospital as coronavirus cases soar. The video, posted to social media was shared as the state’s coronavirus ...

An Enugu- born prophetess, Mrs. Sun Okoye, has claimed she has discovered drugs capable of curing the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus disease ravaging the world. She said she was ready for invitation from the federal and state governments to confirm the ...

The president of Belarus has shrugged off any concerns about coronavirus – and has urged residents to drink vodka and go to saunas. The country has seen no restrictions or lockdowns, with sporting fixtures all being played as normal. President ...

A woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 and her baby have died during a caesarean section. The 37-year-old mother-to-be died in hospital in Spain on Sunday, local media reports. She was in quarantine at home with a high fever and ...

It’s been days in Nigeria, weeks in some countries and months in another since there has been a  coronavirus lockdown, in most parts of the world. Pyjamas are naturally becoming the national uniform and nobody has a clue what day ...

While the idea of building houses on the moon was once confined to the realm of science fiction, NASA hopes it could become a reality in the near future. Now, scientists have revealed a rather unusual building material for lunar ...

A “healthy” teenager died from suspected coronavirus after being told he had “nothing to worry about”. Luca Di Nicola, 19, worked as a chef at a family restaurant in Enfield, North London, before contracting Covid-19. Originally from east Italy, Luca, ...

The federal government on Tuesday said it would increase its capacity to test for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to 1,500 per day from the present 500 tests daily. The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe ...

The Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, Dr Tomi Coker, has warned mothers to desist from giving their children sanitisers to drink as a way of combating coronavirus. Coker, who gave this warning said this on Tuesday during a press ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it ordered its members, who are lecturers across universities, to embark on strike during the coronavirus pandemic because there would never be a time approved for such an action. The President, Academic Staff ...

The governor of New York state on Tuesday said officials had “underestimated” the coronavirus and needed to prepare for the apex of the outbreak. “I’m tired of being behind this virus. We’ve been behind this virus from day one,” Andrew ...

Bauchi State Government has imposed a total lockdown for 14 days from Thursday, 2nd April , 2020 to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state. This was disclosed in a media statement signed by the Secretary to the ...

The National Coordinator, Nigeria S.e.x Workers Association, Amaka Enemo, says s.e.x workers in the country have been forced to suspend activities, especially in Lagos and Abuja due to the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Enemo told The Punch on ...

Cyber security company, SophosLabs has revealed that email scams associated with coronavirus, COVID-19 have nearly tripled in the past weeks. According to Uncut blog, the scammers are using domain names like spam, phishing attacks, and malware to attack people’s devices. ...

The United Nations has released $2m to the Nigerian Government to procure essential medical supplies to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, disclosed this at a national ...

Police personnel attached to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, on Tuesday, dispersed some youths playing football on roads in the state. The Commander of the RRS, Olatunji Disu, said the unit visited various places across the state to enforce ...

Ofcus many will joke about it tomorrow. This virus is taking lives… ending careers.. taking away loved ones, please don’t join them to joke about what is making some families cry, what has taken some families favourite people away. Anyway, ...

As inmates of Kaduna Correctional Centre protested for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, adherents of the Shia sect in Kaduna have raised concern over the plight of their leader in the correctional facility, Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu el-Zakzaky. Journalists in Kaduna ...

Ekiti State Government on Tuesday announced its only index case of COVID-19 had been discharged from the isolation centre after he was certified free to go home. The male patient, who had been receiving treatment at the Ekiti State Infectious ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported four new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total number of infections to 139. According to the NCDC, Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria – ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had postponed the enforcement of its prospered 2019 Multi- Year Tariff Order (MYTO) by three months as part of the measures for cushioning the pains of the COVID-19. The Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman ...

Saudi Arabia’s hajj minister asked Muslims on Tuesday to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage amid uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia suspended the year-round “umrah” pilgrimage over fears of the new coronavirus spreading to ...

The European Union has announced evacuation flights for nationals of its 27 member States in Nigeria. This is just as Nigeria’s cases of COVID-19 hit over 130 with two recorded deaths, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Member ...

Sierra Leone has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 37-year-old man who traveled from France on March 16 and had been in isolation since, the president said on Tuesday. “When I did my first coronavirus press conference, I said ...

Boris Johnson is expected to leave self-isolation on Friday, despite pleas from doctor and Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan to stay away from people for another seven days. The Prime Minister’s spokesman confirmed that Mr Johnson intends to leave isolation in ...