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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday revealed that he fought coronavirus with carrots, vitamin C and black seed oil with honey while in isolation. The governor revealed this in Ibadan yesterday in a telephone interview with an FM radio station. ...

Rapper and prominent marijuana advocate Black The Ripper has died, it has been revealed. He was 32. The musician, real name Dean West, initially rose to fame with his hugely popular mixtapes Afro Samurai and Holla Black, which were released ...

Health experts have urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from COVID-19. “The best thing the tobacco industry can do to fight COVID-19 is to immediately stop producing, ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Downing Street said he was moved to the unit on the advice of his medical team and was receiving ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained the former gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, for allegedly contravening lockdown order declared by the State Government to curtail coronavirus spread. According to Guardian NG, Gbadamosi was detained after ...

Chairman of Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State, Hon Gbenga Ayegbayo, has reportedly died. It was gathered that the deceased was battling with an undisclosed illness for months before finally succumbing to death on Monday. According to a source, ...

David Clark will continue as New Zealand’s health minister, despite labelling himself an ‘idiot’ and offering to resign his position for a second blunder during the country’s lockdown. Days after Dr Clark was caught mountain biking near his Dunedin home ...

Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar is a mom for the first time. The actress disclosed last night that she just welcomed a baby boy putting the date at 3/4/20. ”A gift from God And I will cherish you for life 😩❤️❤️❤️Biggest ...

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has ordered seizure of vehicles whose passengers refuse to wear nose masks and defaulters are to pay N300,000 fine. This followed the low compliance level with the no mask, no movement ...

Taraba state Commissioner for Rural Electrification  Mr. Alexander Markus Senlo has passed on. Senlo died on Monday morning after a brief illness. The state Commissioner for Information, Barr. Danjuma Adamu who confirmed the death of Senlo said the state was ...

One of the Fulani herdsmen notorious for r.a.p.i.n.g women at Umulungbe in Udi Local Government Area has been arrested and handed over to the police. Daily Sun gathered that the suspect was one of the three herdsmen accused of r.a.p.i.n.g ...

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, ...