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Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has given Christians the go-ahead to celebrate Easter but noted that the ban on religious gathering is still in force. Akeredolu made this known in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo. ...

The police in Lagos have arrested 202 residents of the state for flouting the lockdown order aimed at checkmating the spread of Coronavirus pandemic. Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman said police officers on enforcement of restriction of movements ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday disclosed that seven more Coronavirus patients have been discharged by the state after testing negative twice. This brings to 39, the total number of Coronavirus patients so far discharged by the State since ...

The Kwara State Government has announced a total lock down of the entire sixteen local government areas until further notice. The Chairman, Technical Committee on COVID-19 and the Deputy Governor of the State, Kayode Alabi, announced this while addressing journalists ...

One hundred Italian doctors have died of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy’s FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday. “The number of doctors who have died because of COVID-19 is 100 — perhaps ...

Two sisters aged four and two were blasted to death with a shotgun alongside their parents in a suspected murder-suicide during the coronavirus lockdown, a coroner heard. Ava Needham, four, and two-year-old Lexi Needham were found dead with parents Robert ...

Residents of Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of Plateau state have trooped out enmasse to buy food items and other essential commodities ahead of the total lockdown declared by the state government which comes into effect from ...

As the number of confirmed positive cases of the novel coronavirus rises in Lagos state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the State Government would commence a door-to-door search tagged: ‘Active Case Search’. The governor, who disclosed this on his ...

A Playboy model who earns a whopping £800,000 a year from selling raunchy pictures has shared quite the treat on Instagram. Iryna Ivanova has over 5.7 million fans on the social media platform where she shares raunchy snaps of her ...

An eBay user has listed a rare £2 coin on eBay for a staggering £1million after finding it in their car. Unfamiliar with the design on the piece, they took the coin to a local expert to see if it ...

Africa faces devastating collapse unless the coronavirus is brought under control on the continent, UN experts have have warned. So far the continent has been spared the impact of Covid-19 that the rest of the world has experienced – but ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has pardoned 2,600 prisoners nationwide. Seventy of those pardoned are in Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja, said Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola. They were made up of 41 Federal inmates and 29 FCT inmates. Five former inmates were ...

Kobe Bryant has become a number one New York Times bestseller for the fifth time. Last month, fans saw the release of the basketball legend’s new book, The Wizenard Series, following his death in January. The book, entitled Season One, ...

A couple in India has named their newbown baby son ‘Lockdown’ in a nod to the coronavirus pandemic. The boy was born in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, during the country’s 21-day strict lockdown. When staff ...

An American mom has called out Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar for using her baby pic (where the mom held her newborn son) while announcing the birth of her own child. Halima had welcomed her child on the 3rd of April, ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has lifted the social distancing order imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on religious congregations in mosques and churches across the state. Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja today, ...

A Mexican mayor has been shot dead by gangs after he blocked roads to his town to stop the spread of coronavirus, local media say. Obed Duron Gomez, the Mayor of Mahahual was reportedly shot whilst travelling to the community ...

Oh dear! Halima Abibakar has opened up on why she used another woman’s baby photo saying hers was born prematurely and didn’t want to ‘bore’ people with a premature baby photo. Sharing her heartbreak after she was called out by ...

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Tyler Perry has displayed his immense generosity by paying for elderly shoppers’ groceries amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 50-year-old actor paid for the groceries at 44 Kroger stores across Georgia and 29 Winn Dixie stores in New Orleans on Wednesday ...

Khloe Kardashian’s daughter True will be celebrating her second birthday this coming weekend as California remains under lockdown for the pandemic. However, there will still be some loved ones attending True’s special day. True’s birthday will be attended by her ...

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has sentenced 51 persons for violating the lockdown and the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government. The offenders were sentenced to a one-month community service. Chief Magistrate ...

The Federal Government has said Nigerians abroad, who wish to be evacuated, must test negative for coronavirus. This was contained in a form entitled: “COVID-19 Application Form for Nigerians who want to return home” on the website of the Nigerians ...

Adele has reportedly sold the home she shared with her ex Simon Konecki at a £1million loss. The singer, 31, suffered the loss after her country estate in East Grinstead, West Sussex was bought by a financier last year. According ...

Rapper and model Chynna Rogers has passed away suddenly at the age of 25, as confirmed by her manager. ‘I can regrettably confirm Chynna passed away,” Rogers’ manager John Miller said in an email statement to The Wrap. He also ...