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Three people have been killed by “monkey fever” as the disease spread by primates takes hold in India. Health authorities have reported at least three people have died in the past two weeks of the virus. It is dubbed monkey ...

When Helen Alder opened the door to bring her groceries in back in September 2017, she had no idea it would change her life. At the time, she was a single divorcee mum-of-two and she wasn’t looking for love but ...

Almost 200 North Korean soldiers have been killed by coronavirus as the killer bug sweeps the isolated regime, according to reports. The secretive state has not recorded a single case of coronavirus since it surfaced in neighbouring China in late ...

  Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out and has been self-isolating at home. This comes ...

Milan-based designer Giorgio Armani has donated $1.4 million to help tackle Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. It comes as the health system in the Lombardy region of northern Italy is said to be ‘a step away from collapse’ as intensive care facilities ...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday signed the bill establishing the State Security Network Agency, code-named Operation Amotekun into law. The signing took place on Tuesday at the executive council chambers in the Governor’s office in Ibadan, the Oyo ...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has denied having a romantic relationship with the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, saying no such affair helped her clinch the NPA top job. Ms Usman, chief of ...

This is the very touching moment the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido was escorted out of the palace yesterday as Kano state Government dethroned him. (oh he was loved as the Emir by his people). Watch the video below…

The Nigerian Army on Monday commenced training engagements with Californian National Guards of the United States. The engagement which is ongoing at the Warrant Officers Academy in Jaji, Kaduna, was part of the measures toward curtailing security challenges in Nigeria. ...

A 26-year-old woman suffers from a rare condition which means food she eats is turned into alcohol and makes her appear drunk. Alyssa Kelsch has auto-brewery syndrome so carbs and sugars she digests turns into booze resulting her speech becoming ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a hotelier Oladimeji Olusegun Ogunfolaju and 79 others in Ikorodu, Lagos for alleged involvement in internet fraud. According to the Commission, Ogunfolaju owns Lakers Hotel and Lake County Entertainment in Ikorodu, ...

Internet icon Marnie the dog has sadly died at age 18, with her owner reassuring fans that she passed away ‘painlessly and peacefully’. Her owner Shirley Braha broke the news on social media, writing: ‘It is with much grief I ...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Lucky Michael for allegedly beheading an 82-year-old woman in her farm. The deceased, identified as Eka Sammy but fondly called ‘Mma Iko Mbakara’ was ambushed in her farm in Oku Abak ...

The Jigawa State Police Command yesterday confirmed 23 people dead in an accident at Gwamfai community in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The command’s spokesman, Audu Jinjiri, in a statement, said the accident occurred yesterday after a tyre ...

As the Senate commenced its public hearing on the anti-social media bill, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to resist the bill. Describing the hill as obnoxious, the main opposition party also called on the media, organised ...

Champtions League and Europa League football could be suspended to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to reports. Uefa have already taken the decision to play many of the round-of-16 ties behind closed doors. Barcelona’s clash with Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan for the first time since the city emerged as the centre of the coronavirus epidemic in January – a major sign that Beijing believes the outbreak is under control. The timing of Xi’s ...

Best friends Ashley Thomas and Latoya Wimberly have called themselves sisters ever since meeting in middle school. Last month, after 17 years of friendship, the two Philadelphia-area women confirmed through a DNA test that they are in fact biological sisters. ...

Daughter of the former Emir of Kano, Khadija Sanusi, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Monday, asked her followers to stop sending her condolences, following her father’s dethronement. The former emir, who ascended the throne in 2014, was deposed by Governor Abdullahi ...

French Culture Minister Franck Riester has contracted the novel coronavirus and is staying in his Paris home but is “doing fine”, his office said Monday. “The minister tested positive today,” after displaying symptoms, the ministry said. It noted that Riester ...

A 13-year-old boy has killed his elder brother, 20, in Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the little boy named Ebikari Andrew stabbed his elder brother, Fineboy Andrew, with a kitchen knife. They were said to have had “a misunderstanding” ...

The family of Olayemi Adetola-Odekoya has been thrown into mourning following her death as a result of a misunderstanding between her and one of her tenants, Saheed Lateef, at their place of residence on Apata Street in the Palmgrove area ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arraigned the 41-year-old Managing Director of Bravem Services Limited, Ebioenang George, before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for his alleged involvement in a N37m oil fraud. George was ...

The Lagos State Government has declared two people wanted who boarded the Turkish Airline with the Italian who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi had last week threatened to release the names of the two contacts ...

Several hundred people have been ordered to self-quarantine after the rector of a prominent church in Washington DC was confirmed as the city’s first coronavirus patient. Reverend Timothy Cole of Christ Church Episcopal in Georgetown remains hospitalised after DC health ...