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A 48-year-old farmer and petty trader, Theddius Audu reportedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter Justina in Wuyeya, a village under Assakio, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Audu took up the sole responsibility of his daughter’s upbringing after his marriage ...

Five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID19) have been confirmed in Nigeria. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control around 9:40 am today. NCDC stated that the new cases include two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two ...

McDonald’s and two other UK restaurant chains, Nando’s and Costa Coffee are shutting down from today due to the coronavirus outbreak. They are closing all their outlets in Ireland as well, until further notice. Nando’s has around 400 restaurants across ...

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari this morning called for a total lockdown over the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. She commended the state governors for closing down schools but stated that it could be counterproductive if children stay and ...

The first coronavirus death has been recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the case was a 67-year-old male who returned following a medical procedure in UK. He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma and ...

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has directed state civil servants to work from home beginning from Monday, March 23. The governor in a statement said it was part of the precautionary measures to curtail the incidence of the Coronavirus COVID-19 ...

Fifty-two doctors from the Caribbean nation of Cuba have arrived in Italy to assist with the challenges of the coronavirus in that country. Italy has become the country with the most deaths linked to the virus in the world, overtaking ...

Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island was on Sunday shutdown  by the management over threat of the deadly Coronavirus. The hotel’s management announced on Sunday that it has shut the edifice, saying that its decision to shut the hotel was ...

Aisha Buhari, today sent a message of strength and prayer to former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as he announced his son has tested positive for coronavirus. In a message of strength to the 2019 Presidential candidate of the ...

Former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the upper legislative chamber, Shehu Sani, has exposed the hypocritical tendencies of Nigerian politicians. Recall that since the arrival of Coronavirus in the country, politicians have hardly sent out messages to Nigerians ...

The South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA) has directed market leaders to provide sanitisers, soap and water tap containers in visible locations in markets to check spread of coronavirus. Chief Gozie Akudolu, President-General of SEAMATA, umbrella body of all ...

This is sweet in the middle. People in Central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. The easing of ...

Weinstein, who turned 68 last Thursday, is being isolated at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York. Weinstein told prison staff he believed he has the virus when he entered the state prison system last Wednesday from notorious Rikers Island ...

A Premier League footballer allegedly slept with his wife’s sister – after boredom from coronavirus isolation took over. The unnamed star is alleged to have got ‘wrecked’ in an attempt to cope with the general lack of direction in his ...

Masturbation is bound to make your day more pleasurable – and it can have health benefits too, so claims a doctor. According to the Doc, the most obvious bonus is its mood boosting qualities. Your body releases endorphins after orgasm, ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after a doctor who administered a vaccine to her tested positive for Covid-19. Merkel’s spokesman said she was informed about the doctor’s test shortly after holding a news conference on Sunday announcing ...

Two brothers have described speaking to their grandparents through a window as ‘weird’ but added it was necessary to keep them safe during the coronavirus outbreak. Isaac and Ben Rickett, six and eight respectively, brought their grandma Sue, 68, flowers ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has threatened to bring the US to a halt, a s.e.x worker has lifted the lid on what will happen to her line of work. Alice Little, who is the highest-earning licensed s.e.x worker at the ...

A 95-year-old grandmother has become the oldest known woman in Italy to recover from coronavirus. The northern region of Italy has been hit hard by the pandemic, while the country overall now has 53,578 confirmed cases with 4,825 deaths. Alma ...

General Superintendent, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said God told him that the world would go on compulsory holiday in view of the raging Coronavirus pandemic. Adeboye, who spoke during his sermon on Sunday said ...

An Israeli doctor working in the coronavirus epicentre of northern Italy said medics are no longer allowed to give respirators to anyone aged over 60. Dr Gal Peleg – who works in Parma, Italy – said artificial respiratory machines are ...

The coronavirus cases in the country increased from 22 on Saturday to 31 on Sunday. The  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on its twitter handle said the cases included 22 in Lagos State, four in the Federal Capital Territory, one ...

Tragedy struck on Sunday during a service at St Helen Catholic Church, Ogbogoro in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State when a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr Cyprian Kooro, slumped and died during Mass. Parishioners were thrown into confusion when ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in the 2019 General Elections, Atiku Abubakar, has announced that his son tested positive to coronavirus. He made his known via his Twitter handle on Sunday. “My son has tested positive ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, for N3 billion graft. She will be arraigned before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, sitting in ...