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A man has died in Yunnan province of China after testing positive to Hantavirus. The man died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus, China’s Global Times reports. Hantavirus immediately became a trend ...

India’s 1.3 billion people will go under “total lockdown” from tuesday midnight for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. “From 12 midnight today, the entire country will be in lockdown, ...

South Africa reported more than 150 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the new tally to 554, the highest in Africa, a day after it ordered a three-week lockdown. “As of today, there are 554 cases of coronavirus in South ...

Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly killed 70 soldiers in the restive North East Military sources said on Tuesday the insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno State on Monday. “The ...

Two more Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus today, after the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced today that two had tested positive to the deadly bug which put Nigeria’s record at 42. Sadly, this evening exactly 6.25pm, the ...

The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said he was in support of total shutdown if necessary to halt the spread of Coronavirus. Nigeria has so far recorded 42 infection of Coronavirus, with Lagos ...

Ope Saraki, cousin to former senate president was charged today with money laundering at a Federal High Court in Ilorin. The EFCC accuses Ope Saraki of collecting N11.8million from one Kunle Adimula, an employee of Kwara State Government. The agency ...

The Police Command in Oyo State has advised residents of the state to comply with the State and Federal Governments’ directives on Coronavirus without the use of force by the police. The command gave the advice in a statement issued ...

Oh dear! The Lagos state Commissioner of Health, Akin Abayomi has announced that all attendees of the just concluded African Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) may have come in contact with one of the confirmed cases the state has and ...

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, just announced this in a statement. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he ...

The Jigawa State Government says it is looking to convert some hotels in the state into isolation centres for the northwest region if the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to increase in the country. The commissioner of health in ...

  Governor Bbajide Sanwoolu has announced all Lagos market places and malls will be closed from Thursday, March 26 to prevent the spread of the pandemic Coronavirus. He stated that only places selling food, medicine and related items will remain ...

At least 60 priests have died in Italy amid the country’s coronavirus pandemic as the Pope called on them to ‘have courage’ to attend the sick. Some 5,476 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus across the nation, with ...

Princess Beatrice is ‘looking to postpone wedding entirely’ until 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, a royal expert has revealed. The royal, 31, had initially been set to marry fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 36, in the Chapel Royal of St James’s ...

Conservationists have warned that endangered species including Africa’s mountain gorilla are at risk of contracting coronavirus. The Virunga National Park in Congo, which is currently home to around one third of the world’s mountain gorillas, has taken the decision to ...

Cameroon-born singer and saxophone player Manu Dibango has died from a coronavirus infection, according to a statement on his official Facebook page today. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove, who ...

Disgraced film mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein spent his 68th birthday at a maximum security prison in upstate New York, where he was given informational materials about surviving s.e.x.ual abuse behind bars and prison suicide prevention. Weinstein had arrived ...

Mother and daughter morticians in Colorado were arrested after they were accused of charging $1,000 for cremations they often wouldn’t carry out and for selling bodies and body parts, some of them diseased, without permission from grieving relatives. Megan Hess, ...

The Chinese government has donated locally made medical kits to Nigerian healthcare workers. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known via his twitter handle writing; ”@NigeriaGov is thankful for robust support from multilateral & bilateral partners like @UN_Nigeria ...

Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveler while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case So ...

A die-hard Disney fan who has visited California’s Disneyland theme park every day for more than eight years ended his streak just shy of 3,000 days when the park temporarily closed. Disney announced it was temporarily closing Disneyland amid the ...

Dozens of healthcare workers across the US are testing positive for coronavirus as they battle the highly-infectious disease on the front lines. At a Chicago suburban hospital, two emergency room physicians have been diagnosed with the virus. Meanwhile, in nearby ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has announced the ban on social gatherings including religious services, weddings, parties, and burial ceremonies, saying such gatherings should be limited to 30 persons or less. He also directed nightclubs to remain closed. He ...

The death of Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba, 30, is a tragic illustration that even the young can succumb to coronavirus. Makamba had a high profile as a broadcaster and had come from a wealthy family. He was diagnosed with coronavirus ...

The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended the processing of passport and migrant e-Registration across its offices. This was due to the current outbreak and spread of COVID-19, which has become a global issue. The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad ...