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Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced that Nigeria’s second patient of Coronavirus from Ogun State has tested negative. He made the announcement today saying the man would soon be discharged from hospital. What a good news!

Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS, has postponed the hearing of former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia’s appeal until further notice. Hearing was scheduled for March 19 but due to the Coronavirus outbreak, it has been postponed. CAS wrote Siasia ...

The Kaduna State Government says it will begin the payment of N30,000 new minimum pension to its retirees on the old Defined Benefits Pension scheme this month. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special ...

Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is currently meeting with the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamino Sanusi who is taking assylum in Awe local government area of Nasarawa. The Kaduna governor who is a close friend to the dethroned Emir ...

The Indian government has moved to drastically limit the number of people it allows to enter the country, suspending visas for visitors from all other countries for at least a month in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The measure, one ...

On Thursday, the naira exchanged between N405 and N420 to a dollar in the Bureau De Change segment of the market. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Aminu Gwadabe, said the crude oil price which fell ...

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, says the wishes of his late father, Ado Bayero, have materialised with his appointment and that of his brother as first-class Emirs. He said this while reacting to Governor Umar Ganduje’s comment on ...

Iran on Friday warned US President Donald Trump against taking “dangerous actions” after American forces launched airstrikes that they said targeted a pro-Iranian armed group in neighbouring Iraq. Iraq military says on Friday that US strikes kill five troops and ...

Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from confinement/detention. Justice Anwuli Chikere made the order in an ex-parte ruling on Friday morning after listening to lawyer to Sanusi, Lateef ...

Anyone showing symptoms of coronavirus in Italy who refuses to self-isolate could face 21 years in prison. Authorities warn that those who come down with a cough, fever or other signs of the deadly Sars-like disease who avoid going into ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has urged South-West governors to declare two days public holiday in celebration of the Eledumare Festival across the region. Gani made the appeal at a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday to unveil ...

A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim. Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday, echoing similar ...

An accountant has been banned from contacting his ex-girlfriend for two years after he offered to pay her child maintenance, on condition she slept with him. Father-of-two Adam Wood sent messages to Katie Hall outlining his “indecent proposal” after they ...

Seventeen out of 24 Britons on a group ski trip in northern Italy ended up testing positive for coronavirus after returning home. Some of the infected skiers, who live in various parts of the UK, have since passed the potentially ...

The Lagos State Police Command has revealed that the Uber passenger, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon, did so in order to escape justice after allegedly killing his girlfriend. Punch Metro had reported that David, a resident of Tajudeen ...

Rome has closed down all its Catholic churches in Italy’s latest drastic step to halt the coronavirus outbreak. Worshippers have been exempted from attending Sunday Mass in a shutdown announced by the Pope’s deputy in Rome last night as Italy’s ...

White House hopeful Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday for its “colossal” failure to conduct sufficient coronavirus testing, as the leading Democrat unveiled his own plan for fighting the pandemic. “The administration’s failure on testing is colossal, and ...

Here are photos of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in his apartment in Awe community in Nasarawa, state. He was visited by the Emir of Awe yesterday. More photos below…    

Death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 144, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday. Its Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was put at 16.8 per cent. The NCDC said ...

The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Thursday instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement. The PUNCH learnt late on Thursday that former Emir’s ...

Pornhub is offering free access to its premium service to people who live in Italy until April 3. In a press release shared on Thursday, the site revealed it’ll donate proceeds from the Modelhub platform after the European country implemented ...

Kim Jong Un has fled the North Korean capital for the coast in a bid to escape coronavirus, an insider has claimed. A source in South Korea said the Supreme Leader fled Pyongyang for Wonsan on the nation’s east coast ...

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases. The region has so far been less badly hit by coronavirus than Europe or China. Ivory ...

Chukwuebuka Dikeocha, the blogger behind the ‘fake EFCC’ cell tweet, has been granted N1m bail. Justice M.L Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, ruled on the bail application of the defendant. Dikeocha ...

There was a moment of panic in Kebbi yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s security was breached by a young man who moved briskly and menacingly towards him while taking photograph with host Governor Atiku Bagudu and Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru ...