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A Nigerian man based in Canada has taking to twitter to praise the Canadian Government for fulfilling their coronavirus pandemic promise. Recall the government weeks ago had announced that they would be paying the sum of $2,000 to Canadians who ...

Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El Rufai has shared photos from his quarantine, debunking the news that he has been taking into intensive care. In the photos, the Governor who is currently being treated for coronavirus is seen looking healthy.  

A 24-year-old man is lucky to be alive after he cut off his own tongue in what he believed to be a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The young worker, identified in India as Vivek Sharma, reportedly did ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday said the state would begin the enforcement of compulsory wearing of face masks in public places  from next week as coronavirus bites harder. Just yesterday, Lagos recorded 70 new cases of Coronavirus, the ...

Lawmaker Akin Alabi has reacted to the planned punishment for Immigration officers who took part in the ‘Don’t rush challenge’. Why reacting to their query letter which is already making the rounds on social media, Akin Alabi wrote; ”Disgraceful from ...

Sweden’s Princess Sofia is taking a break from her royal duties to join the front line fight against coronavirus by taking a job in a hospital. The royal, who is married to the eldest son of King Carl XVI Gustaf, ...

A six-week-old baby has tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos State. This was confirmed by Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health.. Abayomi said it was not clear if the child got infected from the womb or breast milk. ...

Nollywood actress and film maker Omotola Jalade Ekeinde took to social media to announce that her last child Michael, just clocked 18. The 42 year old award winning actor who has 4 kids (Princess, M.J, Meraiah and Michael) with her ...

A pregnant woman has died of starvation in Pakistan’s Sindh province amid the coronavirus lockdown imposed in the country, according to media reports. Sughra Bibi, 30, died in Jhudo town of Sindh’s Mirpur Khas district last week, reported the “Daily ...

Busola Dakolo has shared photos of herself portraying what the world is going through right now — ‘hard times’, asking everyone to man up. The photographer shared the photos saying she wore her husband’s suit to portray what is currently ...

Kelly Hansome is the celebrity trending for today. His babymama had dragged him yesterday on Instagram, saying he has been a dead beat father to their daughter and she can’t be totally surprised. According to her — Ronke Moradeyo, she ...

A road in Abia state – Ogbor Hill allegedly parted into two yesterday after a rain fall. Shocking photos shared by twitter users, sees a bus right inside what has now turned into a massive ditch. More below…    

According to a notice flying around the internet, the Nigerian Immigration service has promised to punish or even dismiss officers (ladies) who were seen participating in the ”Bop daddy/don’t rush challenge”. Some of the officers had participated in the challenge ...

Former Senator, Dino Melaye has implied he is going ‘broke’, saying ‘na calculation spending we dey now’, while sharing fine naira notes. His statement has however generated a lot of comments with a twitter user saying, no dey ‘Baba forget ...

The Queen has cancelled her birthday tradition of gun salutes for the first time in 68 years amid the coronavirus lockdown. The monarch will celebrate her 94th birthday on Tuesday – an event normally marked with pomp and ceremony. But ...

Popular cartoonist and director of Tom and Jerry, Gene Deitch has passed away at the age of 95. According to Metro UK, the Oscar-winning illustrator died on Thursday night at his apartment in Prague. His Czech publisher, Petr Himmel, confirmed ...

A twitter user Ric Hassani (@RicHassani) earlier got a lot of love form twitter when he showed off his home. Well, not like he actually showed it off…. It’s lockdown and most people are locked at home, so he has ...

The Bayelsa Plaza at the International Centre for Commerce, ICC, at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos, was yesterday, April 19th gutted by fire. Businesses have been shut down at the Trade Fair with shops closed for almost 4 weeks ...

According to residents of Gbagada-Ifako, ‘One Million Boys’ are currently in their area shooting and robbing. This is presently on going, and they are calling for help on social media. Watch the disturbing videos below… Please this video was shot ...

The bodies of seven teenagers were discovered in a church in Ethiopia’s eastern Oromia region, police officials said on Monday. “The teenagers were inside a room at the St Joseph Church which housed a generator,” Commander Aschalew Alemu, spokesman for ...

Police in South Africa have arrested a man “smuggling his girlfriend,” in the back of a car amidst a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to an official from the province of Guateng. Faith Mazibuko tweeted that ...

Karin Fortwangler woke up at 4.30am on 15 March and realised she had a sudden burning pain in her back. A mum-of-three, she thought it felt the same as when she had been in labour with her other children – ...

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday, announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd ...

Prince Harry and Meghan have announced they will be adopting a ‘zero engagement’ policy with four UK newspaper groups, but deny they are ‘avoiding criticism’. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in Los Angeles with their son Archie, ...

Lagosians in their numbers took to twitter last night as NCDC announced Nigeria has recored 86 new cases of coronavirus, crediting 70 to Lagos. Many wondered how the virus is being spread despite the stay at home order which many ...