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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State this night announced that he has tested negative for COVID-19. He disclosed this on his Twitter page. He said “This evening, I received my second negative test result for COVID-19. I especially thank Prof ...

Thousands of Brits ignored the strict lockdown rules yesterday to sunbathe during a mini heatwave, forcing a park in London to close. Police in the UK capital were also forced to break up an 18th birthday attended by 25 guests ...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratal on Sunday, April 5, 2020 personally visited wounded soldiers who were injured in action during the recent confrontation between Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters and gallant troops of Nigerian military at Gorgi, Borno ...

Michelle Mone has revealed she’s been left “heartbroken” after being forced to cancel her dream wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bra tycoon was due to marry businessman Doug Barrowman in a seemingly budgetless House of Lords ceremony in ...

During a Palm Sunday mass held in a deserted church, Pope Francis has told young people on Sunday not to be afraid to put their lives on the line for others during the coronavirus pandemic. Normally celebrated outdoors in front ...

A devoted couple who had been married for more than 50 years died within six minutes of each other after contracting coronavirus. Now their heartbroken son says he hopes their death is not in vain – urging people to take ...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday discharged five more patients comprising two males and three females including a 10-year-old girl who tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID-19 and have been discharged from Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, to reunite with their ...

The Flash and When Calls the Heart actor Logan Williams is dead. He died suddenly at 16 years old on Thursday. His mom Marlyse has spoken of her devastation and told Tri-City News she is having to grieve alone because ...

Bankrupt playboy James Stunt has blasted his former in-law Bernie Ecclestone for fathering a child at 89. He hit out after the F1 tycoon revealed wife Fabiana, 45, is pregnant. Stunt has been in a war of words with Bernie ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced eight new cases of COVID-19. It said five of the cases are in Lagos, two  in the FCT and one in Kaduna State. In a tweet this Sunday evening, NCDC said: ...

Piers Morgan promised to bid £10,000 as part of fundraising efforts for NHS charities. The gesture was in response to an auction started by footballing legend Robbie Savage. The footballer has been raising money to contribute to the NHS Charities ...

Oh dear, who can ever imagine Lagos like this. Even in the middle of the night, Lagos isn’t like this. I mean so deserted? God is GREAT. Have mercy Lord… we acknowledge you are Lord. We confess we are tired ...

Fiorentina trio Patrick Cutrone, German Pezzella, and Dusan Vlahovic are clear of coronavirus, the Serie A side announced on Sunday. Vlahovic was the Viola’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, with the striker revealing in an Instagram post that his fever ...

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has advocated total lockdown of the country for a month to save the country from the ravaging of coronavirus, as the state discharged its first victim from hospital. The Governor, while addressing journalists on Sunday ...

A Saudi cleric has told women it is okay to refuse to have s.e.x with their husbands during the coronavirus outbreak. Religious scholar Abdullah Muhammad Al-Mutlaq, an adviser at the Saudi royal court, gave the advice while appearing on a ...

Nollywood superstar, Funke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa, has been arrested for hosting a brithday party that defied Lagos State Government’s restriction orders. Nollywood actress,  Funke Akindele has been arrested for hosting a brithday party that defied Lagos State Government’s ...

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease in the United States. Okoyen made the announcement in a statement. He said one of them, a doctor ...

South Sudan reported its first coronavirus case today, one of the last African nations to confirm the presence of COVID-19 within its borders. “South Sudan confirms one case of coronavirus,” Riek Machar, the country’s first vice president, told a press ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says another coronavirus patient has died in the country, bringing the number of deaths recorded so far to five. The NCDC announced this on its Twitter handle today but did not give details of ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has commenced the decontamination of the city as part of measures to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. Minister of State in the FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who flagged off the exercise ...

Many churches witnessed low worshippers for the Palm Sunday service in Awka, the Anambra capital with most of them visited maintaining the required social distance of two meters for safety. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Sunday in Awka ...

Kim Kardashian has admitted she has seen her family during the Los Angeles coronavirus lockdown. California governor Gavin Newsom announced a shelter-in-place order effective from March 20, that asked state residents to stay home unless absolutely necessary. But Kim revealed ...

Officers of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, have arrested three robbery suspects at Toyota Bus Stop, Oshodi area of Lagos. The suspects, Abass Bashiru (27), Hakeem Jimoh (23) and Mustapha Balogun (25) were arrested for attacking and dispossessing a road ...

Jay-Z and Meek Mill announced they were forming a criminal justice reform organization last year. Now, to protect staff and inmates from the coronavirus pandemic, the organization sent nearly 100,000 surgical masks to prisons and jails across the United States ...

Premier League football grounds could be turned into auxiliary hospitals to aid the fight against coronavirus. A number of top-flight clubs have virtually handed over their stadiums to the NHS, with football suspended and the pandemic continuing to surge. Over ...