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Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to reopen all shops as part of a deal with the leaders of Germany’s 16 states to ease restrictions on society. General contact rules will continue for another month. Schools are likely to reopen gradually ...

Some 57,000 students in Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first reported, are returning to school today for the first time since a strict 76-day lockdown in the city was lifted. Images show students observing social distancing measures and ...

Vanessa Bryant has opened the last love letter from her late husband Kobe Bryant on her 38th birthday. The emotional message from the NBA star, who was tragically killed in a helicopter crash, was addressed to ‘the love of my ...

Strange death recently hit Kano, and just yesterday it was reported that over 100 people have died in Jigawa in just few days in what has remained a mystery over 100 people have died. Now, Yobe is also said to ...

Two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre in Oyo state have absconded. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state tweeted this on Wednesday’s afternoon while giving situation update of the pandemic in the state. ...

Three Katyusha-type rockets early Wednesday struck a military complex near Baghdad’s international airport that is used by US troops and diplomats, Iraq’s military said, without reporting casualties. The attack was the first time American installations in Iraq have been targeted ...

Bodies of coronavirus victims have been seen lying in the streets of the Ecuadorian capital amid warnings the pandemic is yet to peak across Latin America. Forensics experts were seen attending to the corpse of a 65-year-old man suspected of ...

Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in Morocco and other countries ...

A University of Pittsburgh professor on the verge of making “very significant findings” researching Covid-19, according to the university, was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, police said. The research assistant professor, identified as Bing Liu, ...

Although it seems everyone is surprised at the name of a child being X Æ A-12 but to Elon Musk’s fan, it was not out of the scope of what he is capable of doing. In the corporate world, one ...

The queen has wished Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son Archie a happy birthday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son, who is the Queen’s eighth great-grandchild, turns one today. The Queen shared a picture on the Royal Family’s Twitter ...

It’s been three months since she lost husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash. But Vanessa Bryant daughters Natalia, Bianka and Capri made sure that her 38th birthday didn’t pass without notice, as the trio bonded together ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI has accused opponents of wanting to ‘silence’ him while attacking gay marriage in vehement terms in a new authorised biography published in Germany. Despite leaving office in 2013, the 93-year-old, whose original name is Joseph Ratzinger, ...

The Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it had arrested a commercial vehicle driver and his friend for allegedly killing a businesswoman and stealing her N400,000. The driver, Gbenga Ogungbemi, and his friend, Tosin Olobamoyo, allegedly killed the victim ...

Meghan Markle has shared a sweet video of her reading to Archie to celebrate his first birthday. The adorable clip, with Prince Harry behind the camera, was shared on the Save the Children Instagram page. It was shared in support ...

Nikki Bella says her virginity was stolen from her as she opened up about being r.a.p.e.d twice in high school. The former WWE star revealed the terrifying experiences she went through in her youth in her new memoir Incomparable, which ...

A court sitting in Katsina State on Tuesday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Lawal Izala, to 18 months imprisonment. Izala was arrested last week for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari. The septuagenarian and two others were arraigned ...

Two Chinese boys have dropped dead in the space of a week while participating in physical education class. The students from two different Chinese cities, both ‘suddenly’ collapsed on their schools’ running track and were subsequently pronounced dead on April ...

An anonymous donor has left a $1million check at California hospital to thank staff for their hard work. Medical providers at the Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz were cheering when they discovered the check designated entirely for employees – nurses, ...

Gold Coast mother-of-two Belinda Norton sculpted a leaner and fitter body in just one year after her ex-husband told her she would never look like the women she idolised. Now she encourages others on social media to take control of ...

Four out of the 11 travellers from Sokoto State intercepted over the weekend at the Oyo-Osun boundary by Oyo State border patrol have, on Tuesday, tested positive for coronavirus. The state’s incident manager, Dr Taiwo Ladipo, disclosed this while speaking ...

Health minister Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday told the House of Representatives that there is no evidence yet that the “mysterious deaths” in Kano State were caused by COVID-19. Mr Ehanire said rather, investigation into the deaths is ongoing. The Northwestern ...

Natacha Akide, known as Tacha, has taken to Twitter to lament unnecessary charges from her bank account. The former housemate of Nigeria’s biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, said she was debited 12 times in less than 24 hours. ...

American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande will have a court-ordered force field around her for the next 5 years. This is to deter an obsessed fan who was arrested on her property 2 months ago. According to TMZ, a judge signed off ...

  Sharjah Civil Defence teams averted a major disaster due to their quick response after a massive fire erupted at a residential tower in Al Nahda in Sharjah late on Tuesday. The fire was brought under control two hours after ...