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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing “trouble” in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic. About half the country’s roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine — including millions in ...

President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo has declared a three-month “state of emergency” and curfew aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The tiny West African nation of eight million has so far recorded 36 confirmed infections and two deaths from ...

The Philippines’ ambassador to Lebanon died of coronavirus Thursday, a statement said, one of only 16 recorded deaths in the country since the start of the pandemic. The Philippines’ department of foreign affairs expressed its “deep sadness” at the passing ...

A doctor in the frontline of the COVID-19 treatment at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, has contracted the disease, the President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, has confirmed. Sokomba revealed this on Channels ...

A woman, who identified herself as Kafayat Alake, yesterday attempted to commit suicide by jumping into Osun river from the Gbodofon bridge. Some residents of the Gbodofon area said they sighted Alake from their homes loitering on the bridge and ...

Legendary New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr has died at the age of 85 from complications of coronavirus. The pianist and educator was the patriarch of a legendary musical family. His son Branford Marsalis told the New York Times ...

Dolly Parton, 74, has donated a whopping $1million dollars (£806,900) to help find the cure to the coronavirus. The country star is friends with a scientist who researches at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She had a ...

A man has shot himself and his girlfriend after losing his job over the coronavirus pandemic in an attempted murder-suicide, police have said. Roderick Bliss IV, 38, shot his girlfriend in the back before turning the gun on himself at ...

East Africa superstar Diamond Platnumz’s manager Sallam Sharaf has announced that he has recovered from coronavirus. He shared the news that he has been released form isolation after 14-day quarantine. He shared the news of his recovery through his Instagram ...

A city in China has banned its residents from eating dog and cat meat with a groundbreaking new law in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Animal activists have demanded the Chinese government prohibit the consumption of pets for ...

Thailand’s controversial king has been self-isolating in a luxury hotel in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with his entourage. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, is said to have booked out the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl after ...

A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the US state of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus. Governor Ned Lamont tweeted that the newborn was “brought unresponsive ...

The Lagos State COVID-19 Taskforce, mandated by the State Government to monitor and enforce compliance against public gatherings exceeding 25 people, was on Tuesday attacked by some Muslim worshippers at the Agege Central Mosque. Speaking on the incident, the General ...

Point of Sale transactions recorded 175,911 failure rate or 15.55 per cent of total transactions on Tuesday, as the movement restriction directive of the Federal Government commenced. According to the live PoS report of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Plc on ...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has confirmed the death of one of its members from Lassa fever. President of the Association, Aliyu Sokomba told Channels Television that the medical doctor who worked in Benue state, died today at the ...

Nigeria has recorded 23 new cases of Covid-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 174. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed this night announced the new cases. Of the new cases, 9 are in Lagos, 7 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has launched a WhatsApp service to engage Nigerians on how to curtail the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country. Announcing the development in a tweet on Sunday, the health agency explained that ...

Amir Khan says having his own separate home has made his marriage to wife Faryal Makhdoom stronger. The couple, who recently welcomed their third child, will celebrate their seventh anniversary in May. And they say they’ve never been better thanks ...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Coronavirus, with total number of cases in the country rising to 151. According to NCDC, the new cases were discovered in Osun, Edo and in Ekiti States respectively. ...

An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting Covid-19, his agent has said. Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday. Agent Jill McCullough said she had ...

One of Nigeria’s renowned power-lifters and star at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Ndidi Nwosu, is dead. The death of Nwosu was confirmed by Queen Uboh, the former President of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation. According to Ms ...

Ariana Grande seems to have joined the rest of the world in going au naturel in quarantine. The 26-year-old singer has given fans a rare look at her naturally curly hair in a snap taking in her self-isolation. The God ...

Eminem’s daughter Hallie is all grown up and he’s proudly revealed that she’s just graduated from university. Hallie, who the rapper shares with ex-wife Kimberly Scott, is now 23-years-old and has finished her studies at Michigan State University alongside her ...

The UK coronavirus death rate has today jumped by 563 to 2,352. Britain’s positive Covid-19 cases have also risen – with 29,474 infected people – up from 25,150 yesterday. The Department of Health today confirmed the number of deaths in ...

Davido has tested negative for coronavirus AGAIN. The singer just revealed the result of his second test in a tweet. His fiancee, Chioma, tested positive for COVID-19, which informed his first test. And to be double sure, he submitted himself ...