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A mother who gave birth while battling Covid-19 on a ventilator has beaten the virus. Megan Sites, 27, was seven months pregnant with her second child when she took herself to Joint Township’s emergency department in Ohio on April 1 ...

Mrs Adetola Abdulazeez, the woman who was assaulted by two policemen enforcing the lockdown directive in Osun State, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu, demanding a compensation of N200 million. The mother of two was flogged by ...

One of XXXTentacion’s murder suspects fears he will die from coronavirus while he’s behind bars and now he’s begging a judge to let him out on bond. Dedrick D. Williams — the first of 4 suspects arrested and indicted for ...

A quick-thinking schoolboy jumped into a fast-moving river to save his two-year-old brother from drowning. Mum Kate Palmer was out on her daily walk with her three sons near Britannia in Rhymney, South Wales, when they ventured over to the ...

A controversial Louisiana pastor under house arrest for repeatedly defying coronavirus social distancing rules is at it again. Pastor Tony Spell, who was arrested last month and charged with violating the lockdown order, was nabbed Sunday for holding a service ...

The Federal Government has said the rice palliative distributed to Oyo and other South-Western states were inspected and certified fit for human consumption by the National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC). The reaction came, following allegations that ...

Inmates have reportedly set the Sapele Correctional Service Centre on fire on Monday. It was also learnt that the inmates set the Sapele correctional Centre on fire because 25 inmates were granted amnesty by the state government, but only three ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted suspension on cheque clearing by the Deposit Money Banks. It stated this in a circular to all the DMBs and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System issued on Monday, titled, ‘Temporary suspension of cheque clearing ...

Residents of Niger State have been outraged after news of the lavish spending of Commissioner for Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, in the face of the economic hardship faced over the COVID-19 pandemic. It was gathered ...

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has announced the delivery of a baby girl by a COVID-19 patient. The hospital via its twitter handle, @LUTHoffical, said the delivery took place on Monday afternoon. “A team of LUTH ...

Five Almajiris have tested positive for coronavirus after being repatriated to Kaduna from Kano. This was made public by the Commissioner of Health Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni who said five new cases of Covid-19 have been identified among five almajirai who ...

He’s the enigmatic leader of North Korea – a country shrouded in such mystery it’s not currently known for certain if Kim Jong-un is alive or dead. Reports emerged over the weekend claiming the dictator had died, or been left ...

Friends have gone on Twitter to mourn a COVID-19 victim who died in Lagos a day before his 60th birthday. The man, whose name was given as Jide Arije, aka Pio, died on Sunday, April 26, in Lagos. He would ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed an immediate nationwide curfew as part of new, vigorous measures to stop the spread of coronavirus. The curfew begins at 8pm and ends at 6pm.  It was part of the measures he announced in a ...

Action star Jet Li, who turned 57 on Sunday, has posted two photos on social media where his wife, former actress Nina Li Chi, makes a rare appearance. In the Instagram post on Sunday, he thanked everyone for their birthday ...

Residents of Abatakan community, Ojoo, Ibadan, Oyo State, were thrown into panic on Saturday as gunmen reportedly stormed the home of Sheikh Taofeeq Akeugbagold, a popular Islamic cleric, and abducted his twin children. The victims, Taiwo and Kehinde, aged two ...

Aisha, one of the children of the late Chief of Staff of the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), Abba Kyari, has asked her father’s critics to let him rest in peace. She stated this on her Instagram status update ...

A picture purportedly showing the leader of North Korea lying dead in a coffin is being shared online amidst feverish rumours of his demise. In the picture – which appears to be doctored – Kim Jong-un can be seen facing ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the phased and gradual easing of the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The President announced this during his third nationwide broadcast on COVID-19. “Based on the ...

A newly appointed Commissioner 1 in the Kwara State Local Government Service Commission, Olatunji Abel, has died in his sleep 48 hours to resumption. Abel, who hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun area of Kwara died on Saturday of suspected heart ...

The Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., has tested positive for Coronavirus. Dokpesi disclosed this in a short message to members of staff in Abuja on Monday. The Chairman, who has been on self-isolation for about a week, ...

This brings the confirmed fatalities in the state to three, according to the state Ministry of Health. Announcing the development via Twitter on Monday afternoon, it said: “As at 12:15 pm 27th April 2020, @KanostateNg records an additional 2 deaths ...

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated. But officials ...

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his wife, Remi, have tested negative to Coronavirus. This followed the death of Lateef Raheem, the late Chief Security Officer to Tinubu, who had COVID-19. In a statement on ...

At least five police officers were injured on Monday as a protest against security agents turned bloody at Eleko community in Ibeju-Lekki local government of Lagos State. It was gathered that the youth in the community had a face-off with ...