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Mother and daughter morticians in Colorado were arrested after they were accused of charging $1,000 for cremations they often wouldn’t carry out and for selling bodies and body parts, some of them diseased, without permission from grieving relatives. Megan Hess, ...

The Chinese government has donated locally made medical kits to Nigerian healthcare workers. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known via his twitter handle writing; ”@NigeriaGov is thankful for robust support from multilateral & bilateral partners like @UN_Nigeria ...

Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveler while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case So ...

A die-hard Disney fan who has visited California’s Disneyland theme park every day for more than eight years ended his streak just shy of 3,000 days when the park temporarily closed. Disney announced it was temporarily closing Disneyland amid the ...

Dozens of healthcare workers across the US are testing positive for coronavirus as they battle the highly-infectious disease on the front lines. At a Chicago suburban hospital, two emergency room physicians have been diagnosed with the virus. Meanwhile, in nearby ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has announced the ban on social gatherings including religious services, weddings, parties, and burial ceremonies, saying such gatherings should be limited to 30 persons or less. He also directed nightclubs to remain closed. He ...

The death of Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba, 30, is a tragic illustration that even the young can succumb to coronavirus. Makamba had a high profile as a broadcaster and had come from a wealthy family. He was diagnosed with coronavirus ...

Manchester United are ready to sign Odion Ighalo for up to £15million this summer after it emerged the Nigerian striker’s loan runs out on May 31. Sportsmail can reveal Ighalo’s temporary move from Shanghai Shenhua is set to end a ...

The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended the processing of passport and migrant e-Registration across its offices. This was due to the current outbreak and spread of COVID-19, which has become a global issue. The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad ...

A Peoples Democratic Party member representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly is dead. One of her aides who confirmed on condition of anonymity in Abuja on Tuesday morning,  said the late Senator died on Monday at ...

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun state, on Monday, admitted one Kehinde Olumide, 32, to N200,000 bail, for allegedly stealing a N40,000 Itel mobile phone. Olumide, who was not represented by a counsel at his arraignment, however, pleaded not guilty ...

A Nairobi-based pastor has postponed his wedding that was slated for Saturday, March 28, in obedience to the government directive banning public gatherings in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. The pastor, Mr. Bernard Muchuri Muthamia, was set ...

Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has tested positive for coronavirus days after returning from an official trip to Germany, it has been widely reported. According to report, he ran a test on Saturday based on ...

A known critic of the Buhari administration, Deji Adeyanju has made a huge u-turn. Deji in a tweet yesterday asked Nigerians to support the government in anyway they know they can to help fight the deadly bug — coronavirus which ...

The Federal Government on Monday said Nigeria had 40 coronavirus cases and one death caused by the disease. The Federal Government also advised Lagos and Abuja residents to stay at home to prevent the spread of the disease. Giving an ...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus. According to reports, he was asked to carry out the test after his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari tested positive for the virus. The result has now been revealed ...

Jennifer Lopez’s high school boyfriend David Cruz has died aged 51. Cruz died in New York on Saturday after being admitted to Mount Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan. He dated superstar Jennifer Lopez when they were teenagers and they were ...

US President Donald Trump – under fire for labelling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus” – has said Asian Americans should not be blamed for the outbreak. He said it is “very important that we totally protect” Asian Americans, whom he praised ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed. It took 67 days from the first reported of Covid-19 to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second ...

The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, says International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. It comes after the chairman of the British Olympic Association said Great Britain would be unlikely to send a team ...

The Management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has temporarily suspended solidarity visitations to patients on admission in the hospital. The action was a proactive measure to prevent and curb the spread of coronavirus in the hospital in case of ...

A 12-year-old with no pre-existing medical conditions is fighting for life on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus. The girl, who has been named only as Emma, was diagnosed with pneumonia on March 15 and tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday ...

Three junior doctors at the same NHS hospital have contracted coronavirus, it is reported. It is believed the professionals, each aged 30, are on ventilators and are being treated by colleagues at a hospital which has not been named. They ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced four new coronavirus infections in the country. The announcement states that Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections now peak at 40. The NCDC made the announcement via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Monday night. ...

Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain controversially broke quarantine rules in Italy to be with his cancer-stricken mother, his brother has revealed. The former Chelsea forward, 32, fled the coronavirus-hit country – where almost 5,000 people have died – seven days into ...