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Nigeria has recorded another 248 cases of Coronavirus, with 17 new deaths. This takes the total confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country to 4,399. Lagos top with 81 new cases, Jigawa has 35 fresh cases, while Borno and Kano ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for two days only, with effect from Tuesday 12th May 2020. Governor Wike made the announcement in a ...

Does size matter? – well for these men, yes, it certainly does. They claim to have the biggest p3nises in the world – with one man boasting his manhood reaches over 18 inches long. But while some may see them ...

A surfer died after being attacked by a shark off the coast in northern California, according to state officials. The 26-year-old man was surfing about 100 yards off the shore at Manresa State Beach just before 1.30pm when he was ...

Chad received the Covid-19 organics, the drug  invented in Madagascar and believed to cure coronavirus even though the claim hasn’t been backed by any international health authority. “Chad sent a plane to collect CVO donations. Thanks to President Idriss Deby ...

  The Rivers government, on Sunday, declared Mr Princewill Osaroejiji, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Leader in Eleme Local Government area wanted. This was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner ...

China on Sunday reported the first case of coronavirus in over a month in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak first started in December last year. China’s National Health Commission also reported the first double-digit increase in countrywide cases in ...

Five players from Spain’s top two leagues have tested positive for coronavirus, La Liga confirmed on Sunday. Players in Spain’s top-flight and Segunda division were allowed to carry out individual work at training grounds last week. The move was the ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has seen a spike in daily cases recorded two weeks after easing restrictions. According to the health ministry, 781 cases were confirmed over the past 24 hours. This puts the national total to 19,198. The ...

President Trump congratulated UFC for restarting the sports world Saturday night after a nearly two-month hiatus. Trump’s taped message was played during ESPN’s broadcast of the UFC 249 undercard from a fan-free arena in Jacksonville. “I want to congratulate (UFC ...

Tragedy struck weekend, in Mushin area of Lagos, after a sympathiser who had gone to broker peace between her apprentice and a stranger, along Itire road, Mushin area of Lagos State, was killed in the process. This is just as ...

The first batch of 160 Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic has arrived in Abuja and had been moved into quarantine. The returnees, including eight infants, were part of the 700 Nigerians who registered for ...

Tara Reade, the woman who’s accused Joe Biden of s.e.xual assault, sat down with Megyn Kelly for her first major on-camera interview and included new details about the alleged incident – and said she wants to see Biden drop out ...

Rats have been infecting humans with a new strain of hepatitis E, scientists believe. A series of cases – most of them in Hong Kong – has baffled infectious disease experts who do not know how the disease is being ...

  The homes of Chelsea boss Frank Lampard and late Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha have been raided by thieves for the fourth time. Lampard who has a £12million home in Chelsea has been targeted by burglars, report The Sun. ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has told the alleged COVID-19 index case in the state, Mrs Susan Okpe, that he is not the architect of her woes. United Kingdom-based Okpe, who was in the state in March for a burial, ...

There are about 147 Nigerians stranded in South Africa due to the global covid-19 pandemic awaiting evacuation, it has been learnt. This number is beside others who had signified interest to return to Nigeria. The stranded Nigerians in South Africa ...

Ghana has recorded 251 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the national total to 4,263. This makes the country the worst hit in the West African region ahead of Nigeria, which has 4,151 cases. On Friday, Ghana had announced 921 confirmed ...

Bauchi State residents are alleging massive deaths from a ‘strange ailment’ in Azare, headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state. About 301 people are feared dead in the last two weeks in the area, according to residents. Some ...

Fire on Saturday gutted a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus, killing one. According to Daily Mail, hospital officials said the inferno started from a patient’s room, adding that the fire has since been put out. Sergei Sobyanin, the ...

The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is on their way back home. It is the third batch of Nigerians to have been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was eviscerated on Twitter after sharing a seemingly harmless post showing him supporting businesses ahead of Mother’s Day – only he and the two women seen inside weren’t wearing masks. The Republican governor shared the photo ...

Another traditional ruler in the ancient city of Kano, the Dan Iyan of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero is dead. According to the Nation, Bayero who died on Saturday was the district head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. The monarch ...

The Lagos State Government says it will not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continue to violate guidelines on the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Saturday while giving an ...

Two policemen and four other people were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday after a deadly clash at a public food donation in central Ghor province, officials said. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the governor’s office in the provincial capital ...