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The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of today, February 28, 2020. According ...

The police have arrested a widow, Mrs Stella Ekwerekwu, for allegedly presenting a four-month-old baby boy as the next of kin of her late husband, Victor. Punch correspondent learnt that she would be arraigned today (Friday). The suspect, according to ...

  A die hard fan of wizkid has died days after tweeting about death and asking everyone to enjoy life. Dolapo, who was a fan of the musician, had taken to his Twitter handle, @Kinyels, where he wrote, “Anybody can ...

  Braian Toledo has tragically died after being involved in a bike crash in his native Argentina just months before the Olympic javelin thrower was due to compete at the Games in Tokyo. The 26-year-old was preparing to go for ...

A man who was left unable to have s.e.x after his p3nis was bitten by a rat inside a New York jail is reopening his lawsuit against city authorities. Vietnam war veteran Peter Solomon, 63, made headlines in 2011 when ...

Harvey Weinstein’s adult children have all but disowned him as he’s set to be jailed for a very long time. His older children – Lily, 25, Emma, 22, and Ruth, 17, who were born during his 20-year marriage to Eve ...

A 52-year-old trader, Moruf Olushola, was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates Court for bathing a pregnant woman and her two children with petrol with intent to set them ablaze. The defendant, who resides at Surulere, Lagos, was arraigned before Magistrate ...

The Police Command in Cross River State on Thursday paraded 9 suspects before newsmen, among them is “one Raphael Nwanakwo Sam ‘M’ who is an alleged serial kidnap kingpin who escape from the DSS custody sometime in 2018 while he ...

  All hell went free at some point back when a well known k*ll sovereign and runz darling, name retained took to her Facebook record to declare and gloat about how she has laid down with practically all the rich ...

A yet -to- be identified police officer is on the run after his lover died while allegedly making love inside the room of the deceased located at Atayese street, Bawa Estate, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. A source who craves ...

FedEx has named its newest CEO and she’s Ramon Hood, a woman who began as a receptionist at the same company. Today, Hood is the first Black woman to become CEO in the company’s history. The company announced Wednesday, February ...

) Kylie Jenner ’s daughter Stormi is following in her mum’s footsteps as the sweet little girl imitates her mum in a series of adorable snaps. Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kylie gushed over her daughter as she dressed ...

A woman in Japan who recovered from coronavirus and was released from hospital has tested positive again. The 40-year-old woman was working on a tour bus with sightseers from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in January. She was first ...

Pope Francis has missed a planned Mass with Rome clergy due to illness. The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff had a ‘slight indisposition’ and would proceed with the rest of his planned work on Thursday but Francis ‘preferred to stay ...

The Lagos State commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has said the Chinese citizen who was isolated at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja yesterday for suspected Coronavirus has tested negative. Abayomi made this known  this morning and gave assurance to residents that ...

Popular comedian, Helen Paul says pride doesn’t pay bills, adding that it is important to take up any job just to pay the bills till the dream job arrives. This was contained in a post she shared on her Instagram page on ...

Dolapo Badmus, has urged Nigerians to resist the intimidation of any law enforcement officer trying to arrest them simply because they have tattoos on their bodies or dreadlocks on their heads. Badmus, a former spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command, ...

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board on Wednesday released the results of the November-December 2019 examinations Thirty-two thousand three hundred and forty-nine, 32,349 candidates representing 72.91% who sat for National Business Certificate/ National Technical Certificate examinations obtained scores with ...

Football fans in Nigeria are in for a big thrill as Samuel Eto’o Fils, one of Africa’s greatest football legends has arrived in Lagos for the launch of the 2020 edition of Castle Africa 5s, the continental leg of the ...

Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court on Thursday struck out a suit filed by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, seeking to stop his probe by the state Assembly over purchase of 820 buses for Bus Reform Project. ...

Davido’s fiancee whose brand is being managed by Ubi Franklin has secured an endorsement deal with a hair company. Ubi shared photos from the signing on his Instagram page. Big congrats to her.

  A High Court sitting in Lokoja has declared the impeachment of Simon Achuba, former Kogi deputy governor by the State House of Assembly as illegal, null and void. Delivering the judgment, Justice John Olorunfemi said Achuba’s impeachment from office ...

The male hostel of Government Secondary School (GSS) in Gboko area of Benue state was on Wednesday gutted by fire. The fire started around 8:30am barely few minutes after the students settled in class for the day’s lesson. It was ...

A pupil of IMG Grammar School, Oke-Bola, Ibadan was on Wednesday feared dead while some others were injured during a clash between pupils of the school and those of Oke-Bola Comprehensive High School. Students of the two schools, which are ...

  British Airways has cancelled its flights to Italy. Thousands of Brits face having their holiday plans ruined by coronavirus as it continues to spread across Europe and British Airways has now cancel flights to bug-ravaged Italy. The UK government ...