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The threat of catching coronavirus has persuaded Newcastle United to abandon a cherished morning ritual. Steve Bruce’s players have become accustomed to shaking hands with every teammate and member of the backroom staff each day as they assemble for training ...

Media guru, Dele Momodu has been spotted wearing a mask and gloves at the Lagos airport. The journalist who is about to board a flight shared the photos and wrote; “The fear of CORONA VIRUS is the beginning of wisdom…” Absolutely

Ex-Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has appealed the ruling of a Lagos High Court, which struck out a suit seeking to stop the House of Assembly from probing his procurement of 820 buses meant to revolutionise public transportation. The lawmakers ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered that a 27-year-old man, Kareem Osho, who pleaded guilty to trafficking 150g of cannabis, be remanded in a correctional facility. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged Osho with drug ...

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old Prophet, Temidayo Afolabi, for defiling a 13-year old church member inside his office at Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Kings of Kings parish, Ipaja area of the state. We gathered that Prophet Afolabi ...

A transgender woman who threatened shop staff with a claw hammer has been spared jail after a court heard there was no way to confirm her gender reassignment. Leila Le Fey, 40, admitted brandishing the weapon at shop manager Enoch ...

A thief stole a hearse with a body inside then went on a wild ride, ending with a chase and a crash on a busy freeway. Authorities say they found the body undisturbed inside a casket Thursday morning and took ...

Labour in Kebbi State has directed workers to begin indefinite strike on March 3 following the government’s inability to pay the N30,000 minimum wage. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Umar Alhassan, who addressed reporters after the State Executive ...

  Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday advised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to focus on the challenge of governing his state, instead of day-dreaming about how the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) can win elections ...

Prince Harry and his bodyguards had an entire First Class train carriage to themselves after his eco-conference in Edinburgh. Such behaviour on the LNER train to King’s Cross on Wednesday night stands in stark contrast to that of other royals ...

The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week. But residents and visitors to the state have  no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi ...

The former mayor of Baltimore was on Thursday sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges related to sales of her self-published children’s book to companies with close ties to state and local government. Catherine Pugh, a 69-year-old Democrat ...

A judge has denied Rob Kardashian’s motion to strip ex Blac Chyna of custody of three-year-old daughter Dream. The only Kardashian son originally filed an emergency ex parte motion back in January, requesting he get primary custody of their child ...

Tyler Perry has hired his own medical examiner after nephew Gavin Porter was deemed to have committed suicide. Perry, 50, has enlisted Dr. Michael Baden, a pathologist who has been involved in a number of high profile cases including Jeffrey ...

  The identity of the man who attempted suicide by jumping into Lagos lagoon as be revealed. The reason why he also attempted suicide has emerged. His identity has been revealed as 28-year-old Princewill David, a resident of Tajudeen Balogun ...

Kimberley Birkett, 28, has posed for a gorgeous photoshoot to celebrate her body confidence after surviving breast cancer and the removal of her left b.o.o.b. The seamstress and mum-of-two returned from a holiday to Cumbria in 2018 and found a ...

Pope Francis is still feeling ‘slightly unwell’ and has cancelled his official audiences today, the Vatican has said. The 83-year-old pontiff has scrapped an audience with tech chiefs including Microsoft and IBM executives today – a day after calling off ...

An Italian Serie C player has been diagnosed with coronavirus – the first professional footballer in the country to be infected. The 22-year-old has not been named but it is known that he plays for US Pianese ASD, according to ...

A glamorous fitness fanatic has been charged by police for her alleged role in helping to coordinate a ‘dial-a-dealer’ drug service. Sarah Rutherford, 29, originally from Bridgewater, in the United Kingdom, was arrested at a home in Greenacre, in Sydney’s ...

World Health Organization has called for the promotion of regular and thorough hand-washing hygiene saying coronavirus (COVID-19) can be contacted when someone infected coughs or exhales. The global health body said that people can contract the virus if droplets of ...

One of Hong Kong’s most high-profile entrepreneurs, pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, has been charged with illegal assembly and intimidation. The illegal assembly charge relates to a banned anti-government march on 31 August, which Mr Lai is accused of attending. The ...

An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo has remanded eight persons for the attempted murder of two Peoples’ Democratic Party members. The eight accused persons: Olaniyan Jelili, 53years; Awotunde Nureni, 35years; Nurudeen Taoheed, 30years; Tiamiyu Olamide, 38years; Zacchaeus Awosogba, ...

All countries need to prepare to combat the deadly coronavirus, the World Health Organization has said, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China, World ...

A 10-year-old boy was shot by his babysitter as she attempted to take selfies while holding a gun, police in Houston say. Caitlyn Smith shot the child in the stomach on Tuesday, thinking the weapon was unloaded. Police confirmed she ...

The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of today, February 28, 2020. According ...