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Candidates sitting for this year’s West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) examinations would know when they would be writing the papers after the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, said this at ...

  The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said a medical doctor working with a private clinic in the state, has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing to four the number of confirmed cases in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. ...

An American doctor says ventilators are doing more harm than good and damaging the lungs of coronavirus patients based on how they’re currently being used. Medics around the world have been using the breathing machines, which pump the lungs to ...

Idris Elba believes the world should go into quarantine for a week every year to ‘remember’ the coronavirus pandemic. The Luther actor has recently recovered from Covid-19 after testing positive for the disease in March alongside his wife Sabrina Ela. ...

Six men suspected to be ritualists were arrested at Shogunle and Ladipo on Agege Motor Road near Oshodi in Lagos. They were said to have been abducting passersby along the road and dragging them into the deep drainage along the ...

Abia state said the two confirmed coronavirus cases are two elderly persons from Ukwa in Umuahia LGA. The Commissioner for Information, Chief Okiyi Kalu, announced this on Monday in a statement entitled “COVID-19 Update: We have Two Confirmed Cases in ...

The Presidency, on Tuesday, announced the death of one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato. Mato, according to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, succumbed ...

Nkechi Blessing has mocked men who come on social media to drag thier partners after a break up, calling it a ‘wawu’ and asking them to shut the f..k up and move on. While explaining her irritation towards that, the ...

Lol. Toke Makinwa has released her n.u.d.e.s on social media ahead of an impostor threatening to leak them on the internet. The media personality had received a mail saying if she doesn’t dance to their tune they will release to ...

This throwback photo shows the moment Late Mallam Abba Kyari walked beside his wife, Kulu possibly on their wedding day. Bashir Ahmad who shared the photo says it shows the very simple dress code the late Chief of Staff had ...

Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has urged leaders of all countries to lift the lockdown imposed because of coronavirus. His reason: Hardship virus is more dangerous than coronavirus. “The presidents of the nations should open ...

Just like Toke Makinwa, Tacha has also released her n.u.d.e.s on social media ahead of an alleged impostor threatening to leak them on the internet. The former reality star shared a photo of her that was photoshopped to make her ...

Austria will further loosen its coronavirus lockdown on May 15 by allowing restaurants and cafes to reopen and religious services to resume, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday. The Alpine republic acted early in its outbreak to close restaurants, bars, ...

The Lagos State government has confirmed the death of two more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients at its isolation centres in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, announced this on Tuesday while giving an update on ...

Kylie Jenner got emotional about how quickly her daughter Stormi is growing up. Kylie, 22, shares her two-year-old with ex-boyfriend Travis Scott. The reality TV star shared with her fans that she can’t believe how big Stormi is now. She ...

The Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Sokoto state chapter, Dr. Sani Abubakar, has tested positive for coronavirus. Abubakar disclosed this via his social media platforms today. ”One of my unpleasant responsibilities is when I have to break bad news to ...

Globe Motors boss, Willy Anumudu is dead. He was reported to have died around 4am this morning in Lagos. According to respected publisher, Dele Momodu who broke the news, the all time auto boss dealer was supposed to be flown ...

A man has admitted to cheating on his girlfriend with 30 women – including while she was in labour having his baby. Coral Gibb, 23, has hit out at “love rat” Steven Lee, 34, who missed the birth of their ...

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, on Monday asked Muslims in the country to avoid congregational prayers during the coming Ramadan fast. He asked the faithful to pray at homes ...

Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. It was gathered that the legal icon, who died of complications from a protracted illness ...

Police operatives and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who eventually died while being checked. The vehicle, it was learnt, was stopped at Odo Oba, Iwo, ...

A Nigerian mother, Nwozu Rita Akpunonu took to Facebook to celebrate after her 3-year-old daughter vomited an iron nail she swallowed eight months ago. Rita said her daughter returned from school one day and informed her that she swallowed nail ...

Oil suffered its biggest one-day price plunge in the modern era, at one point crashing about 40% to below $11 a barrel as traders contend with a historic glut. Despite Opec+’s unprecedented output deal agreed on a week ago, the ...

Some doctors and nurses at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State are currently under quarantine, following the death of a member of an international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, who ...

Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to President Buhari on New Media has warned reigning sensation, Zlatan Ibile who mocked the number of coronavirus cases recorded on Sunday in Nigeria. NCDC late at night had announced Nigeria has recorded a fresh ...