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Coronavirus has emptied The Vatican, the capital of Catholicism. It caused restrictions in Jerusalem, and Mecca. Synagogues, Churches and Mosques have banned services. What is God telling us? That He is not in places or buildings, but in people! Surely, ...

Barcelona have identified Nigeria’s midfielder Wilfred Ndidi as a viable replacement for want away Arturo Vidal. Coach Quique Setien has made it a priority to reinforce the midfield with the signing of a central defensive midfielder who does not have ...

A Task Force deployed by Ogun State Government on Sunday stormed churches in Abeokuta, to enforce compliance of the directive, which banned gatherings of over 50 people in the state

  An NHS worker has illegally been told to leave his house with just a day’s notice over coronavirus fears. Paramedic Joseph Hoar’s landlady gave him just 12 hours over text to leave his accommodation meaning his vital 12 hour ...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has stated that there is a fresh case of Coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja again. Yesterday, three cases of the novel COVID19 was reported in the FCT. This brings the number ...

Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores for offences bordering on illegal operation and operating beyond scope of practice. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi disclosed this ...

The Lagos State Government has declared a compulsory two weeks break for civil servants in the state. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this during a live press conference on Sunday. According to him, civil servants from level one to ...

The coronavirus could be spreading through petrol pumps, according to reported claims by a senior nurse, Daily Star reports. It is claimed the medic, understood to be from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, urged motorists to start wearing gloves. It comes as ...

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday said his country would never accept any aid to fight the novel coronavirus from arch-enemy and “charlatans” the United States, as Tehran announced 129 new deaths. Speaking in a televised address, Khameini charged ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fined Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland Ltd N10 million for unlawfully interfering with the use of a Nigerian firm’s trademark. Justice Ayokunle Faji ordered Facebook to pay the sum to Double Paws Enterprise ...

There is a fire outbreak in Agboju, close to FESTAC, Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos State on Sunday. This is coming on the heels of a similar outbreak around Abule Ado area of FESTAC, where 23 people lost their lives ...

Bishop David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of Living Faith Church, on Sunday, shunned government directive on religious gatherings. Oyedepo, who held service at Canaanland, Ota, despite the ban on the gathering of over 50 people by Ogun state government, told ...

Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus in an announcement made by Health Minister Dr Ruth Aceng on Sunday morning. Dr. Aceng said the confirmed case is a 36-year-old man from Kakungulu in Kampala who had travelled to Dubai ...

A 35-year-old woman from Lolkunono Village in Maralal Ward in Samburu West Sub-County, Kenya on Friday, March 20, committed suicide after she was stigmatised by neighbours following suspicions that she had contracted coronavirus. Sarah Lengulisiai fatally jumped into Ngare Narok ...

Mr Rufus Aplang, left guests and worshippers in shock when he walked out of the church during his wedding and abandoned his supposed bride, Judith, in Jos. Aplang fled God’s Glory Ministry, Jos, venue of the wedding when it was ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus. The potential measures come after large crowds gathered on Sydney’s beaches including Bondi on Saturday, flouting social distancing advice. Mr Morrison said the ...

Oyo State has recorded its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 23. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State confirmed this in a statement on Sunday morning. The statement read, “The COVID-19 confirmation ...

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had smashed Boko Haram food supply line and destroyed six vehicles used in conveying food and logistics to the hideouts of the terrorist group in Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest. The Acting General ...

Three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Lagos State on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Sunday morning. “On the 22nd of March 2020, three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in ...

The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos state Government, Gboyega Akosile has informed Lagosians this morning that the Government is on the case of a Pastor who calls himself ‘Talknado’ for convincing his congregation that there’s no coronavirus in Nigeria, ...

Former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini revealed that he and his son have been infected with coronavirus (COVID- Milan said Maldini, now the technical director at Milan, and his 18-year-old son Daniel, a youth team player, were also battling the ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus. The potential measures come after large crowds gathered on Sydney’s beaches including Bondi on Saturday, flouting social distancing advice. Mr Morrison said the ...

Another victim of the explosion that rocked Abule Ado, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has died seven days after the tragedy. The Punch gathered that the victim died on Saturday at the Igbobi Orthopedic Hospital, ...

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice. “My father has just died,” wrote Sanz’s ...

Four government ministers are among the latest cases of coronavirus in Burkina Faso as two new deaths were reported by the country’s health emergency response operations centre on Saturday. According to press releases issued by their respective departments, the ministers ...