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A 35-year-old woman from Lolkunono Village in Maralal Ward in Samburu West Sub-County, Kenya on Friday, March 20, committed suicide after she was stigmatised by neighbours following suspicions that she had contracted coronavirus. Sarah Lengulisiai fatally jumped into Ngare Narok ...

Mr Rufus Aplang, left guests and worshippers in shock when he walked out of the church during his wedding and abandoned his supposed bride, Judith, in Jos. Aplang fled God’s Glory Ministry, Jos, venue of the wedding when it was ...

Veteran Yoruba film maker, Gbenga Ajumoko has reportedly lost his life to the cold hands of death. October, last year, it was reported that the thespian was critically ill. The Ogun state born actor was hospitalized in Sagamu Remo where ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus. The potential measures come after large crowds gathered on Sydney’s beaches including Bondi on Saturday, flouting social distancing advice. Mr Morrison said the ...

Oyo State has recorded its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 23. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State confirmed this in a statement on Sunday morning. The statement read, “The COVID-19 confirmation ...

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had smashed Boko Haram food supply line and destroyed six vehicles used in conveying food and logistics to the hideouts of the terrorist group in Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest. The Acting General ...

Three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Lagos State on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Sunday morning. “On the 22nd of March 2020, three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in ...

The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos state Government, Gboyega Akosile has informed Lagosians this morning that the Government is on the case of a Pastor who calls himself ‘Talknado’ for convincing his congregation that there’s no coronavirus in Nigeria, ...

Former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini revealed that he and his son have been infected with coronavirus (COVID- Milan said Maldini, now the technical director at Milan, and his 18-year-old son Daniel, a youth team player, were also battling the ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus. The potential measures come after large crowds gathered on Sydney’s beaches including Bondi on Saturday, flouting social distancing advice. Mr Morrison said the ...

Another victim of the explosion that rocked Abule Ado, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has died seven days after the tragedy. The Punch gathered that the victim died on Saturday at the Igbobi Orthopedic Hospital, ...

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice. “My father has just died,” wrote Sanz’s ...

Comedian, actor, and master of ceremonies, Julius Agwu, has said that the entertainment industry is now a safe haven for many Nigerian graduates who do not want to get involved in fraudulent activities. The 46-year-old multi-talented entertainer also maintained that ...

Four government ministers are among the latest cases of coronavirus in Burkina Faso as two new deaths were reported by the country’s health emergency response operations centre on Saturday. According to press releases issued by their respective departments, the ministers ...

Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued nine victims kidnapped by bandits in Bindim and Koli towns, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The victims – seven males and two females – have been handed over to their ...

Spain on Saturday reported a 32 per cent spike in new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the country total to 1,326 fatalities, the second-highest in Europe after Italy. The number of infections across the country also shot up to 24,926, ...

The federal government of Nigeria, on Saturday, announced the shut down of international flights coming into Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Nigerian ...

Italy on Saturday reported 793 new coronavirus deaths, a one-day record that saw its toll shoot up to 4,825 — 38.3 percent of the world’s total. The number of COVID-19 infections rose by 6,557 to 53,578, another record. The total ...

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in a series of such launches by Pyongyang as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. The South Korean military condemned ...

Juventus striker, Paulo Dybala, and his girlfriend, Oriana Sabatin, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). He made this known via his Twitter handle on Saturday. He tweeted, “Hi everyone, I just wanted to inform you that we have received the ...

Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Seme on Saturday as the Benin Republic closed its border over the global coronavirus pandemic. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Seme border reports that the Benin Republic had closed the ...

A groom-to-be, Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into mourning ...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation plans to suspend all passenger services in the country effective Monday, March 23, says the Federal Government. The suspension is not unconnected to the spread of the novel COVID-19 which increased from 12 to 22 in ...

The Lagos State Government has banned all religious and social gathering of over 20 people. The state government announced this on its Facebook page after 22 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country on Saturday. Before the new development, ...

  Shocking news emerged of a pastor selling Zobo in a higher rate. Is it to make money or for pure deliverance? Continue reading below to find out: A 42 year old man, Pastor Ezekiel Godstime has been arrested by ...