Coronavirus patient rejects Bauchi isolation centre, returns home

One of the confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus in Bauchi State has rejected the isolation centre at Bauchi Specialist hospital and return home. A reliable source at the hospital told Daily Trust Saturday that the patient who is an important ...

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‘I struggled to breathe – Dybala shares coronavirus nightmare

Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed on friday how he “struggled to breathe” after contracting coronavirus which has killed over 9,000 people in Italy. The Argentine international announced last Saturday he was one of three Juventus players to catch the virus ...

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COVID-19: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu donates N50m

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday announced the donation of N50m to fight Coronavirus across Southeast Nigeria. Kanu made the announcement in a broadcast via Radio Biafra. He said that part of the donation ...

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Italy Records 969 Coronavirus Deaths In One Day

Italy recorded a shocking spike in coronavirus deaths on Friday with 969 new victims, the worst daily record for any country since the pandemic began. The infection rate, however, continued its downward trend, with the civil protection agency reporting nearly ...

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Davido’s fiancee, Chioma tests positive for Coronavirus

Chioma, the fiancee of Nigerian pop star, Davido, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Davido disclosed this on Friday on his Instagram page. He wrote: “Hey everyone ! I came back recently from America after cancelling tour. My fiancé Chioma also ...

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Women’s football: FIFA ranks Nigeria first in Africa

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been ranked as the first team in Africa after moving up by one spot to place 38th in the world in the FIFA Women’s World Football Ranking. In the ranking table for the month of March ...

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Residents contract ’emergency marriages’ to beat curfew in Kaduna

Several marriage ceremonies were contracted on Thursday night in Kaduna State in a bid to beat the 24 hours curfew imposed by the state government which came into effect Thursday midnight. Daily trust gathered that Islamic wedding Fatiha earlier scheduled ...

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COVID-19: Nigerian students stranded at Seme border –Lagos

Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said many Nigerians are trying to come into the country via the land borders since the closure of the airways. Abayomi, at a briefing on Friday, said 16 Nigerian students are currently at the Seme border ...

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Kaduna curfew: Travellers to Jos, North east stranded at Bade-Keffi road

Travellers from Abuja to Jos, Bauchi and other parts of the North-East were stranded on Friday at a popular security checkpoint along the Bade-Keffi road as security agents enforced a 24 hours curfew imposed by the Kaduna State Government on ...

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Nigeria records 5 new COVID-19 cases

Nigeria has recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Friday evening via its Twitter handle. NCDC tweeted, “Five new cases of #COVID19 have ...

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“You don’t even know the name of disease killing your people “Muslim Influencer, Imam of peace” Mock Buhari Over COVID-19 Pronunciation.

  A Muslim influencer and reformist Imam, Mohammad Tawhidi on Friday took to Twitter to mock the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari following the wrong pronunciation of the COVID-19. The self-acclaimed Peace Advocate, Imam of Peace said Buhari still doesn’t ...

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Another NNPC pipeline leaks in Lagos

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline along Ojukwu Street, Navy Town axis of Satellite Town in Lagos is leaking. This was confirmed on Thursday by the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Mr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, to the News Agency of ...

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Coronavirus: China imposes entry ban, cancels visas

China’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday the temporary suspension of all entries into the country  from Saturday. The entry restriction came as the coronavirus pandemic hits over 540,000 people worldwide and the United States upstaged China  and Italy as the new ...

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COVID-19: 365 people die in one day in France

France on Thursday reported that 365 people, including a 16-year-old girl, had died from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, the country’s highest daily toll. Top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters that a total of 1,696 people ...

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African football legend Mohamed Farah dies from COVID-19

Somalia has tragically lost former footballer, Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Somali Football Federation has confirmed. Farah passed away at a Northwest London Hospital on Tuesday (24 March 2020), after testing positive to the deadly virus last ...

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Prince Harry and Meghan relocate to Los Angeles

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are reportedly making California their new home. People magazine and The Sun reported Thursday that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left Vancouver Island, Canada, where they’d been staying since the royal couple announced their ...

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Coronavirus: Argentina detains 6,000 people

Argentinian security forces have detained more than 6,000 people since extensive restrictions on personal movement were introduced in a bid to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. Criminal charges have been filed against 6,191 suspects throughout the country, the presidential office ...

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I almost aborted my second son, Alicia Keys opens up

Alicia Keys said she considered having an abortion in her pregnancy with her second son Genesis, 5. The singer and mother of two opened up about the difficult decision in her new book, More Myself. Alicia, who’s married to producer ...

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital sends away man who tested positive for coronavirus over lack of bed space

A man named Emmanuel Benson, who had close contact with two persons that recently arrived Lagos from the United Kingdom, has been told to go home by medical personnel at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, after testing positive for ...

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COVID-19 cases in Lagos may surge to 39,000 – Commissioner of Health

Lagos State warned on Friday that coronavirus cases in the state may surge to 39,000 in the coming weeks if proactive measures were not put in place to avoid the situation. Lagos currently has 44 confirmed cases, which include 41 ...

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Indian, First Bank staff, 3 others under quarantine in Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi had said that five persons are under self-observation in the state. Among the five is an Indian who arrived the country recently and staff of First Bank who had contact with a returnee. The Governor ...

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Adeboye donates ICU beds, ventilators to Lagos, other states

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has donated Intensive Care Unit beds with ventilators to Lagos State. The 78-year-old cleric also donated ICU beds and ventilators to the Ogun State and Plateau State ...

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COVID-19: FG converts NYSC camps, stadia to isolation centres

The Federal Government says four stadia in the country will be used as isolation centres in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. It also said all National Youth Service Corps orientation camps in the country would as well be used as ...

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