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It comes after it was announced yesterday that prisons across England and Wales would be shutting down jail visits in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A number of prisons have already confirmed cases of COVID-19 as cases ...

Football players Dayo Ojo and Benjamin Iluyomade have been released by their abductors on Wednesday, Enyimba have confirmed. Our midfielder man, Dayo Ojo has regained freedom from his kidnappers 💪👏 The duo fell into the hands of gunslingers while returning ...

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said the deadly bug that has been killing people all over the world is spiritual and from God. According to him, God has used the virus to afflict human race ...

Coronavirus lockdowns being lifted only for the virus to break out again is the “last thing” that countries need, the head of the World Health Organization, WHO warned Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the current lockdowns provide countries ...

Nigerian actor, Alkali Matthew, popularly known as Dareng of the African Magic series “Halita”, has died on set. Matthew reportedly died on the 24th of March 2020, while filming on a movie set. The main cause of his death is ...

Turkey has charged 20 suspects over the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October 2018. Prosecutors said an indictment accused former Saudi Deputy Intelligence Chief Ahmad Asiri and former royal aide Saud al-Qahtani with instigating the ...

Kylie Jenner has left her doctor speechless, after donating $1million to go towards supplying protective equipment for healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis. Wanting to help out, Kylie gave a huge donation of $1million that will go towards supplying first ...

Smoking, drinking, general poor health: Researchers say these are some of the factors that could explain why more men seem to be dying from coronavirus than women. In countries such as Italy, men represent nearly 60% of people who tested ...

Singapore reported 73 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the city-state’s biggest daily jump, taking its tally to a total of 631 infections. The health ministry said around that half of the new infections were imported, with the other half ...

These stunning photos show an Ethiopian tribe that used to drown their disabled babies because they feared they were cursed. The images show the Karo tribe covered from head-to-toe in multi-patterned war paint made from ash and animal fat. In ...

A model was spotted stripping down to her underwear for a photoshoot in a deserted Piccadilly Circus during a coronavirus lockdown. The model was caught when a passenger of a car was taking a video of the abandoned landmark. The ...

A coronavirus vaccine trial in the United State, US, has given a dose to its first participant. The study aims to enroll a total of 45 healthy adults over a six-week time frame. Each will receive two injections about a ...

The U.S. coronavirus death toll surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday. Statistics showed that 247 people died in 24 hours and 13,355 new cases recorded. Recovery rate remains poor: 384 out of 68,211 cases. With U.S. tailing Italy’s 74,386 cases of coronavirus, ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced a two-week holiday for all civil servants in the state as from 27 March as his government rolled out measures to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Makinde made the holiday announcement on Wednesday ...

Multi-billions of naira will be lost in Lagos in the next seven days, as major markets in the state will be shutdown totally on Thursday to halt the spread of Coronavirus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Tuesday announced total shutdown ...

The death march of the coronavirus shows no sign of slowing down, having killed thousands and forcing countries to go into complete lockdown. Since appearing in China in December, the deadly disease has tainted all continents – except Antarctica and ...

In fact every Governor must self-isolate except they were not in that meeting. Fayemi already said the truth. Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has gone into self-isolation along with members of his family as a precautionary measure against the spread ...

US President Donald Trump and the Senate have agreed a massive economic relief package worth more than $1.8 trillion (£1.5tn). The package includes money to bail out industries that have been affected by the coronavirus crisis. Republican Senate Majority leader ...

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Osun State chapter has declared a 3-day sit at home prayers and fasting against coronavirus that is ravaging the world. The state director of media, Bishop Seun Adeoye in a statement today said the ...

Issa ga o! The General Secretary, National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has threatened that the union would be forced to embark on strike to protect its members against COVID-19. Ajaero made this known on Wednesday in ...

Sheybi you say you won’t stay at home, lol. Kwara state government today banned commercial vehicles, Okada and motor bike operators in the state. The state also announced the closure of all mosques, churches and markets effective from Thursday. It ...

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has debunked reports that he has gone on self-isolation. Akeredolu who appeared at a press briefing Wednesday evening alongside State Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, said he would not have come out if he were ...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the suspension of the Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) with effect from this evening. The Lagos Railway District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that ...

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has donated N50 million to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the nation. Atiku, whose son is also infected with the deadly virus, donated the money through his company, Priam Group today. The former ...

World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has placed himself in self-isolation following a meeting with coronavirus victim Prince Charles. Chales, the eldest son and heir to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating in ...