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A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the ...

The World Bank has committed $12bn in aid for developing countries grappling with the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency package includes low-cost loans, grants and technical assistance. The action comes as leaders around the world pledge to shield their ...

A 48-year-old father of six, Mr Felix Edore, has reportedly committed suicide in the Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that the man took his life after finding out that his wife of over 16 years ...

Boris Johnson has insisted the coronavirus threat would not stop him greeting people with a handshake. The Prime Minister even said he had shaken the hands of everyone at a hospital where infected patients were being treated. He was speaking ...

South Africa, iis now confirmed as the continent’s second-largest economy. The answer to the question of whether South Africa or Nigeria, the two countries that account for almost half of sub-Saharan Africa’s gross domestic product, is the biggest economy on ...

Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Tuesday, said he spent an average of $2m monthly on charity. The Catholic priest disclosed this while presenting N18.8m bank draft to the management of the Annunciation Specialist Hospital, ...

Vladimir Putin has submitted a draft amendment to Russia’s constitution that would enshrine marriage as between a man and a woman in a conservative update to the country’s founding document. The measure was reportedly part of a 24-page document submitted ...

Community-based criminal gangs have taken over the nation’s waterways, from Lagos to the South-South part of the country, collecting tolls from all vessels sailing through that route. Vanguard Maritime Report gathered that worst hit are barge owners from Warri axis ...

  A middle-aged mentally-ill man caused a steer on the Oba Ovonramwen Square Ring Road in Benin, Edo State, on Monday, when he stabbed a 23-year-old woman, who was walking in the city centre. The incident caused pandemonium as some ...

Gombe State Government on Tuesday said it has enrolled 214, 000 children into public schools in the state between September 2019 and January 2020, with 70,000 of them being the Almajiri kids. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, made the disclosure at a ...

Iran’s coronavirus situation is rapidly deteriorating. It’s symbolic that at least 23 Iranian Members of Parliament (MPs), as well as the country’s head of emergency medical services, are now infected with the virus. Iran now has over 2300 confirmed coronavirus ...

A leading London drama school has shut because a teacher tested positive for the killer coronavirus that is rapidly sweeping the world. The prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama, located in the heart of London, will be closed for ...

Nigerian comedian Onyebuchi Ojieh, known as Comedian Buchi on social media has announced the birth of his son with wife Rukky. The comic act features on Bovi’s “Back to School” comedy series. He announced the arrival of his son on ...

A Second-Year student at Kibabii University is fighting for her life at the Bungoma West Hospital after she was gang-r.a.p.e.d at 3:30am on Saturday. The victim was in the company of her boyfriend, who is also a Second-Year student at ...

The Queen told Prince Harry he will ‘always be welcomed back’ during four-hour rift-healing talks at Windsor Castle, a royal source has claimed. Her Majesty, 93, reportedly met with her grandson over lunch to ‘clear the air’ ahead of his ...

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Obi Sobenna Jude and Robert Sunday Olaoluwa, for defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. The suspects allegedly defrauded their victims through job scam, ...

A waste collection driver revealed he once found two children sleeping inside a bin about to be emptied. Dave Pyne, an HGV driver for 16 years, said his ‘sixth sense’ told him to check the cardboard recycling bin before chucking ...

Oyo State House of Assembly has passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill, 2020 codenamed Operation Amotekun. The lawmakers in their dressing had showed their readiness for the day’s business as majority of them wore customised outfits in the ...

The police in Lagos are on the trail of two men who allegedly drugged a hailing service driver and carted away his Toyota Camry car. It was gathered that the victim Christian Adu picked the men at Ikotun and took ...

The UN’s special envoy for Libya has resigned saying his efforts to bring peace in the North African country was damaging his health. Ghassan Salame tweeted that “my health no longer allows this rate of stress”. Talks between the UN-backed ...

\ Senegal has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus. A French citizen who visited France last month before returning to the West African country is being quarantined in the capital Dakar. “The results of the tests carried out ...

Twitter has told its employees to work from home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. In a blog post, the social media giant said it was mandatory for staff in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea to work ...

The police have arrested a suspected child trafficker, Mary Yakubu, with 23 children in Taraba State. The children, who are between the ages of four and seven, comprise 14 boys and nine girls. Mary was paraded along with other suspects ...

One of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned on Sunday — after just one full day in office. “I have no security… My life is in danger, the life of my family is in ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother has been rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke, reports in her native Madeira claimed today. Dolores Aveiro is said to have been admitted to Dr Nelio Mendonca Hospital in her native island of Madeira just after ...