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As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK hits 164, many of us are rightly seeking to follow the best measures in an attempt to stay safe. Masks are becoming a common sight and shops are reported ...

Two dozen people have been rescued from the rubble after a five-storey hotel housing quarantined coronavirus patients in China collapsed. The Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou in the Southeast Fujian province collapsed on Saturday, leaving around 70 people trapped. Video from ...

A Kano High court sitting at Audu Bako secretariat on Friday sentenced one Saude Yahya of Utai quarters in Wudil local government to three years in jail, for strangulating her child to death. According to the charge sheet, Saude, who ...

The death of veteran actor, Kasumu Odumosu, fondly called Pa Kasumu came as a shock to many, even though the actor had been battling with stroke for nine years. The 66-year-old actor who had acted in over 100 films would ...

Pope Francis decided to deliver Sunday’s prayer by livestream and Italy called in retired doctors as the new coronavirus epidemic gathered strength and emptied streets in Europe’s worst affected country. The 83-year-old pontiff broke with centuries of tradition by enlisting ...

The Egyptian frontman was back on target in a meeting with Bournemouth on Saturday, allowing him to match the efforts of Michael Owen Mohamed Salah has topped the efforts of Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez by reaching the 20-goal mark ...

The Egyptian becomes the first Reds player since the Englishman to score at least 20 goals in three consecutive seasons Mohamed Salah has equalled Michael Owen’s Liverpool record after scoring in Saturday’s Premier League tie against Bournemouth. With Callum Wilson giving the Cherries ...

  Social media giant Facebook has closed its three London offices from Friday afternoon through Monday for deep cleaning, after a visiting Singapore-based employee tested positive for coronavirus. “An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with ...

A 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Bose Olasukanmi who was used by several ‘fraudulent’ pastors to perform fake miracle has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Lagos after months of trail on her ...

Welsh rugby is in mourning after former star Matthew J Watkins died of cancer aged 41. The ex-centre was suffering from a rare form of bone cancer and had been in treatment at Velindre Cancer Centre in Caradiff before he ...

  Three persons have been confirmed dead after rival cult gangs clashed in Elezuo/Umuchima Street in Okigwe, Imo State. The gangs were in supremacy struggle over who controls the territory when an argument resulted into a free for all, according ...

A member of a nine man armed robbery gang, Gambo Isa, who is currently being investigated by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS Lagos State Police Command has revealed that he was part of the robbery operation that disarmed ...

They came on motorcycles, in the quiet breeze of the early morning when many had left the comfort of their beds to congregate for the Subhi (early morning) prayer. It was 5:30am and the sounds of the assailants’ gunshots created ...

Residents of Owode Quarters in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, were stunned on Wednesday when an apprentice, Peter David, was caught having s.e.x with a pregnant goat at an uncompleted building in the neighbourhood. David, who claimed to be an indigene ...

Gunmen on Thursday night, abducted Madam Beauty Nimizuoa, the 80-year-old mother of the Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Uroupaye Nimizuoa. According to eyewitnesses, the octogenarian was kidnapped at about 11.40pm at her Agudama-Ekpetiama country home in ...

Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court has sentenced a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the state judiciary, Mrs. Mutiat Omobola Adio to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ...

The senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request — years after it was rejected by the previous assembly. At its plenary session on Thursday, the upper legislative chamber approved the 2016-2018 external borrowing plan which the president ...

Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew, according to reports citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The Wall ...

Amidst rebellion by some members against the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm. The ...

Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return from a trip to Benin, Germany, France and Turkey. The presidency in the West African nation of eight million people ...

  Meghan Markle dazzled in the British drizzle as she attended her first official engagement since announcing she’s quitting the royal family with hubby Prince Harry . The Duchess of Sussex beamed as she arrived at the Endeavour Fund Awards ...

A Federal High Court In Kano has set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. Justice Lewis Allagoa on Thursday ordered the police and Department of State ...

A 47-year-old man, Samuel Nweke, has committed suicide after falling out with his wife. The incident took place in Awada, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Nation gathered that Nweke’s wife left their home on February 25 ...

The Osun police command on Thursday said its men arrested a 29-year-old-man, Adeleye Olusesan, for allegedly r.a.p.i.n.g the three-year-old daughter of his lover in Ifetedo area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, while parading the suspect ...

Some corps members have been snapped enjoying a tipper ride. Though the location wasn’t mentioned, but from the photo, both males and females jumped in to enjoy a free ride to their destination. Lol.