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The United States became the first country to report more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day, marking a grim milestone as billions around the world celebrated the Easter holiday weekend under lockdown from home. The global death toll ...

The Lagos State Government says it has discharged four new COVID-19 patients, who have now tested negative to the virus following their treatment at the state’s isolation facilities. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known in a tweet via his verified ...

Kano state on Saturday confirmed the index case of coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19 in the state. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, who confirmed the case, could not give detail of the patient. However, he assured ...

The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday arrested some suspects in connection with the unrest foisted on residents in parts of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by AIG Sola Subair (rtd.), the Special Adviser on Security ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it discharged four new coronavirus patients from its Gwagwalada Isolation Centre. It announced this on Saturday via its Twitter handle, adding that the total number of discharged cases in the capital city has risen ...

A patient has died of COVID-19 complications in a private hospital in Lagos, says the state Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi on Saturday. Abayomi revealed this via his verified Twitter handle while giving an update on coronavirus in the state. ...

Denmark will reopen schools and day care centres on Wednesday as it relaxes lockdown rules after a number of coronavirus cases in the country have stabilised. Remaining lockdown measures, such as the closure of bars, restaurants, shopping complexes and bans ...

  Floyd Mayweather’s 19-year-old daughter, Yaya may face up to 99 years in prison for allegedly stabbing someone. Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather who was arrested earlier this month after allegedly stabbing Lapattra Jacobs, who shares a child with Mayweather’s boyfriend, YoungBoy ...

  Another patient has died from coronavirus related complications in Lagos state, the state’s commissioner for health, Prof. Akin Abayomi confirmed. Prof. Akin Abayomi made the announcement via his Twitter handle @ProfAkinAbayomi, adding that the patient died in a private ...

  Philadelphia Eagles Legend Pete Retzlaff has died at the age of 88, he passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 of natural causes, according to the team’s obituary. In a statement on Friday, Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie ...

  Archbishop Samson Mustapha Benjamin led a protest against the launch of 5G network in Nigeria. Archbishop Samson Mustapha Benjamin who is the general overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries International, has been seen in a video making rounds on the ...

Arsenal will provide more than 30,000 free meals as well as sanitary and personal hygiene products to vulnerable people in the local community as part of a response plan to the coronavirus pandemic, the Premier League club said on Friday. ...

Singer Waje during a question and answer session with her fans on Twitter has revealed she loves s.e.x but only waiting for the right man — a man who will wed her. The single mom of a teenage daughter made ...

A man in his 80s who carried on working well past retirement age is set to enjoy a £140,000 windfall this week. The sprightly Yorkshireman, who asked not to be named, had assumed he wasn’t allowed to claim his statutory ...

Babyface and his family have tested positive for COVID-19. The music icon shared this on social media. He described the experience as “incredibly scary,” but also revealed that he and his loved ones have since recovered from the potentially deadly ...

Sigh! This is too sad! A young nursing mother in her early thirties, Mrs Esther Frank, has committed suicide in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Mrs Frank, an indigene of Anambra State was said to have left a suicide note for ...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, have called for the immediate release of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and wife, Zeenat, from the Kaduna correctional facility. According to the IMN, releasing El-Zakzaky becomes necessary in ...

Kylie and Kendall Jenner had some good news to share on Friday. Their line has expanded to now sell at the e-commerce site Lebs.com. ‘So excited to launch our collection of ready to wear, shoes, sunglasses and handbags at @lebscom ...

The United States announced on Friday a 10 million-dollar reward for “any information on the activities, networks and associates” of Muhammad Kawtharani, a Lebanese Hezbollah commander accused of playing a key role in coordinating pro-Iran groups in Iraq. Kawtharani is ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has advised African countries to draw lessons from Ebola readiness to tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said many African countries were currently ...

Enugu State Police Command on Friday has arrested a 32-year old man, Abdulmuminu Alhaji Sani, for allegedly kidnapping one Sergeant, Sale Shehu, a policeman attached to Three Police Mobile Force Unit, Enugu. According to a statement by the command’s, public ...

Turkey ordered citizens to stay at home for 48 hours across 31 cities starting midnight Friday to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, immediately triggering panic-buying in some cities. The interior ministry said in a statement the order would ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has relocated to the North-East to oversee and coordinate troops of the Nigerian Army in the counter-insurgency war against the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province terrorists. The ...

The Delta State Police Command has reportedly sealed off the building of a private hospital where the second case of COVID-19 was first admitted for treatment in the Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The Divisional Police Officer ...

A notorious gang leader, identified simply as Felix aka Confidence, is on the run after unleashing terror on residents of Dalemo community, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. Felix, an ex-convict, had reportedly led his gang members ...