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The UK’s biggest family just got bigger after mum Sue Radford gave birth to her 22nd baby over the weekend. The family shared the news on their Instagram page and said everyone had already fallen “in love” with the new ...

In a bid to provide food security to Nigerians, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that the federal government has taken possession of 150 trucks of rice with the Nigerian Custom’s Service and would commence distribution to poor ...

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Naira Marley has turned himself in. Marley was among the guests at the 42nd birthday party of Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele’s husband held over the weekend at their AMEN Estate home in ...

A major private hospital in Mumbai was shut to new patients and declared a coronavirus containment zone on Monday after 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive, an official said. Since the virus hit India — which has been under ...

Kano state government has directed civil servants to continue the stay at home order for another two weeks beginning from Tuesday, April 7, 2020. This is coming after the initial stay at home order expires Monday. The extension order is ...

The Ekiti State government has begun the distribution of relief materials to residents of the state to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the state government, foodstuffs will be taken to 20,000 households identified in a formal ...

Lagos State Government is to prosecute all those who attended Saturday’s birthday party hosted by Nollywood star, Funke Akindele for her husband. The state Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), said on Monday that they would be prosecuted for flouting social ...

Kaduna State has recorded a new case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases in the state to five. In a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni, the state sent samples ...

Kwara State has recorded two cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor confirmed this in a statement on Monday. “One is the wife of the UITH patient, a UK returnee, who died last Thursday ...

Two more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been discharged in Lagos State. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this in a tweet on Monday, bringing the total number of people that have been discharged in the state to 31. He explained ...

The killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. This is coming nine months after her brutal murder, It was reliably gathered that three out ...

Edo Government says it has recorded two new cases of coronavirus making a total of 11 confirmed cases in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Benin on Monday. “The fight ...

  Pep Guardiola’s mother has died aged 82 after contracting coronavirus, Manchester City have confirmed. Dolors Sala Carrio passed away in Barcelona on Monday, with the club releasing a statement via their official Twitter account. It read: “The Manchester City family are devastated to ...

Ethiopia’s ministry of health has announced the country’s first deaths as a result of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The two deaths were announced one hour apart by Health Minister Lia Tadesse. Dr Lia said the first victim, ...

  Sonia Morales, ex-wife of Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has expressed gratitude that the Coronavirus pandemic never happened while she was with him.   According to the mother of one, staying indoors because of Coronavirus would have been bad if ...

After creating the star-studded #HesGotTheWholeWorldChallenge to raise COVID-19 awareness, Tyler Perry decided to use some of his $600M fortune to help the staff at one of his favorite restaurants in Atlanta. On Sunday, the 50-year-old movie/TV mogul left a $500 ...

Scotland’s chief medical officer resigned Sunday after two consecutive weekend trips to her summer home — violating her own advice to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak. Catherine Calderwood announced her departure in a statement after conferring with Scotland’s First ...

A judge has ruled that details of Adele’s divorce to Simon Konecki will never be made public. A court in the US has decided that what happens to the superstar’s £140million fortune after the split will be kept secret. The ...

The Lagos State Police Command says Naira Marley had yet to honour its invitation over a house party he attended in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State. Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, had on Saturday hosted a party in ...

The UK coronavirus death toll has today broken the 5,000-mark after 403 died in England alone. NHS England confirmed the latest victims were aged between 35  and 106 – with 15 having no underlying health conditions. In Scotland, two further ...

The sister of Meghan Markle has claimed that the former senior royal has been “using people” to advance her career. The 54-year-old mother-of-three has stated that she think the Duchess of Sussex that was, deliberately made sure she could advance ...

A dad has warned people to stay home after his one-year-old son started suffering from Covid-19 symptoms after a singular trip to Tesco. Peter Jones explained how his son is in hospital recovering from a coronavirus infection, with the family ...

Different countries have been evacuating their citizens from Nigeria and now, the Canadian Government are also doing the same. Photos here  show the citizens waiting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to return return to the country.    

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has directed workers in the state’s civil service to resume work on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government had earlier directed workers to stay at home as part of ...

A Magistrate court sitting in Ogba, Lagos state has sentenced Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello to 14 days community service each. The court also directed them to pay a fine of N100,000 each. Funke Akindele and her husband ...