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A man in central Russia shot and killed five people for talking noisily at night under his windows, investigators said on Sunday. The shootings took place in the Ryazan region during stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the ...

Eleven people were killed and four injured in an accidental explosion at a Colombian coal mine in Cucunuba, near Bogota, on Saturday, according to the local fire department. The victims were miners who were working despite the health emergency caused ...

Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Dubai had been under an ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) this morning confirmed 10 new cases of coronavirus. Six cases were confirmed  in Lagos, two cases confirmed in the FCT, two  in Edo. Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo ...

An experimental HIV drug that has been used to successfully treat COVID-19 patients is in its second phase of testing with the Food and Drug Administration and could potentially be approved for use in four weeks, its manufacturer says. Leronlimab, ...

Workers at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, are in fear after two doctors tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. It was gathered that the two affected doctors worked at the facility’s Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments. A ...

She was intimately involved in their wedding ceremony. So it’s only fitting that Tina Knowles honored her daughter Beyoncé marriage to Jay-Z for their 12th anniversary on Saturday. The 66-year-old businesswoman shared a joyous black and white photo from the ...

The House of Representatives is to consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure that Nigerians get free electricity supply for two months to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Speaker Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said. The Speaker said ...

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika said Saturday he was taking a wage cut to help fund the fight against the coronavirus, and ordered his government to the same. Mutharika said in a statement he had ordered the treasury to cut his ...

From one end of Lagos to the other, funeral home operators, casket makers and mortuary attendants have the same story: ‘COVID-19 has locked us out of business,’ As public and private cemeteries in Lagos suspend burial activities in compliance with ...

Floyd Mayweather’s daughter, Iyanna, has reportedly been arrested for allegedly stabbing her fiance’s baby mama. TMZ reported that the 19-year-old was arrested for ‘felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon’ after arguing with the mother of rapper NBA YoungBoy’s child. ...

A new study has adduced reasons why people may have to wear face masks whenever they are with others, especially in public places. The researchers state that COVID-19 could be spread through mere breathing and not just by large droplets ...

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has expressed shock over a N950 donation made by a nine-year-old girl, Oluwashikemi Ogunleye, to the designated state government’s account to fight against coronavirus in the state. Abiodun said he was thrilled by the small ...

5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK after online conspiracy theories have misleadingly linked the cell towers to the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC reports that at least three towers were set alight last week, and police and ...

The Nigerian Military through the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and Artillery Batteries of Sector 3 of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) camp at Tumbun Fulani on ...

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has donated cash and foodstuffs worth N160million to the less privileged and the needy to cushion the effect of the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

Three students abducted along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway sometime in March have regained freedom. The students were abducted on their way from Kaduna after they had written Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The teenagers were released alongside a toddler who was also ...

Egypt’s main cancer treatment facility has 17 cases of the novel coronavirus among its medical staff, an educational institute said on Saturday, sparking fears of exposure among vulnerable patients. Cairo University, with which the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is affiliated, ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the ongoing lockdown in the state might be extended beyond 14 days. He said this during a media briefing on today. He said the lockdown would be extended depending on the situation ...

Britain today reported a record 708 daily deaths from COVID-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country’s youngest victim. The health ministry said 4,313 people who tested positive for the virus in the hospital had died ...

Two people have been killed and four others injured in a knife attack in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isère, the town’s mayor has said. The attack took place on Saturday morning outside a bakery where customers had queued, according ...

The Adamawa State Chairman of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Hammanjolde Gatugel, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. Hammanjolde Gatugel was taken away in the early hours of Saturday, at 12:50 am, from his residence in Mayo-Belwa, ...

The Enugu State commissioner for Health, Professor Anthony Ugochukwu, is dead. The renowned surgeon was said to have died Friday night at a leading private hospital, Memphys Hospital Enugu. The development was confirmed by the House member representing his constituency, ...

Spain recorded a second successive daily drop in coronavirus-related deaths with 809 fatalities, official figures showed on Saturday. The total number of deaths in Spain now stands at 11,744, second only to Italy. A record 950 people died on Thursday. ...

  The Enugu State Government has commenced the fumigation of the metropolis and neighbouring environments in the state capital. This is part of some precautionary steps taken by the state government to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to safeguard ...