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Orlando Pirates midfielder Ben Motshwari has tested positive for the coronavirus according to a statement on the club’s official website. The 29-year-old player becomes the first Premier Soccer League (PSL) player to test positive for the virus. Bucs released a ...

Black people are significantly more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, shocking new data has revealed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said black males in England and Wales are 4.2 times more likely, while black women are ...

Kourtney Kardashian is said to be worried for her children’s future following their father’s stint in rehab. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 41, shares son Mason, 10, daughter Penelope, 7 and youngest child Reign, five, with Scott, who ...

Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha has stated that the increased level of inter-state movement is caused by dubious people. Boss Mustapha in an overall assessment of the compliance measures put ...

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has urged Nigerians to disregard an online report claiming there were COVID-19 related deaths in the state, saying that no such case was recorded. Buni said this in a statement on Thursday by his ...

Kim Kardashian has proved that lockdown doesn’t have to be a time of misery by showing off her ample assets in an incredible pic. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star showed she had legs as far as the ...

A senior government science advisor has resigned after breaking lockdown social distancing rules to meet his lover, it has been reported. It was Professor Neil Ferguson’s advice that prompted Boris Johnson to put Britain in lockdown. He sat on the ...

Ekiti State Government has said it will prosecute the soldier’s wife who came into the state from Katsina State with covid-19 despite the lockdown order and prohibition of inter-state movement. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday ...

Another Professor at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has died on Wednesday. Prof. Monsuru Emiola died at the university clinic after a brief illness. Prof. Emiola, a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, was ...

Mike Tyson may be 53 and 15 years retired, but in many respects he has never been in better shape. The former undisputed heavyweight world champion recently announced he will return to the ring in four-round exhibition bouts. But his ...

A paramedic has woken up after spending 28 days in a coma that was reportedly caused by coronavirus. Christell Cadet, a 34-year-old New York Fire Department paramedic, awoke this week from the month-long coma, according to the EMS union representing ...

A farmer tweeting from ”FarmGreedy” on twitter has cried out on the platform saying his car has been impounded. He claims as he left the farm this evening to go and make a delivery, some police men in Ede, Osun ...

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has placed the mother of late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini, Alhaja Sikiratu, on a monthly stipend of N10,000. Mr Olaitan Shittu, a representative of the Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, ...

The Federal Government has extended the ban placed on flights in the country as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus for another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed ...

South Korea returned largely to normal Wednesday as workers went back to offices, and museums and libraries reopened under eased social distancing rules after new coronavirus cases dropped to a trickle. The South endured one of the worst early outbreaks ...

Nigeria has surpassed 3,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases, and fatalities have reached 103 just a few months after the novel coronavirus first arrived in Lagos. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC early hours of today. Nigeria ...

Meek Mill received a very special birthday present! The rapper, who turned 33 on Wednesday, announced that he and Milan Harris welcomed their first child together on his birthday, calling the arrival of the little one the “best gift.” “Milano ...

Two Florida window washers were taken for a terrifying ride when wind gusts from a sudden storm sent their platform flying through the air as it hung off the side of a building. The incident, which was caught on video ...

A mum has been slammed for putting long fake nails on her baby, with many labelling them “trashy”. Many users hit out at the nails, describing them as “awful”, while others were extremely concerned about the child’s safety, fearing she ...

  Writing on anonymous sharing app Whisper, people from around the world have revealed stories of the times they witnessed first-hand people objecting at a wedding. And while some could barely bring themselves to watch the cringe-worthy moment unfold, others ...

The Federal Government, in partnership with states, is set to start feeding schoolchildren in their home, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, announced on Wednesday. On April 8, The Punch reported that the Federal ...

Eight people have died, with hundreds of others taken ill, after a gas leak in south India. The leak, in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, has been traced to the LG Polymers plant. Doctors say “hundreds” of ...

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed says he has no apologies for backing the use of Chroloquine and  Zithromax to treat coronavirus patients in his state. The ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, who was the state’s  Covid-19 index case,  had ...

A website designer, Martins Omaruna, has been wounded after a yet-to-be-identified policeman shot him in the jaw. Punch correspondent gathered that the policeman was angry that the driver of a commercial bus conveying the victim almost hit him during a ...

Popular video director, Clarence Peters and his production crew members have been released by police. The producer was released after medical reports showed that late video vixen Kodak died as a result of electric shock while charging her phone. . ...