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Scores feared killed as bandits attack Katsina villages

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Scores are feared killed in Katsina state as bandits launched multiple attacks in three local government areas of Safana, Danmusa and Dutsinma. Sources say the...

Breaking Ganduje sacks Commissioner over ‘unguarded utterances’ about late Kyari

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Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has relieved the appointment of the commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji with immediate effect. According...

21 Navy personnel test positive for Coronavirus

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As many as 21 Indian Navy (IN) personnel at “INS Angre”, a shore establishment at Mumbai city in the southwestern state of Maharashtra, have...

Social distancing! Nigerians call for arrest of those who attended Abba...

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The Chief of staff of the President, Abba Kyari was buried today in Abuja after he died of COVID-19. A lot of people however...

Husband dies of coronavirus just 6 months after marrying his partner...

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A Scottish man died from coronavirus just six months after he and his partner of 25 years had their dream wedding. Andy Wyness, 53, is...

Adamawa Government isolates 99 Lagos, Ogun returnees

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The Adamawa State Government has isolated nearly a hundred citizens returning from Lagos and Ogun states. The returnees, who were mostly people working in factories...

Breaking! Lagos records three more COVID-19 deaths

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Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, announced this on Saturday. According to him, the deceased are two males and a female aged 52, 63 and...

We shall pull through! Don Jazzy tells people who have lost...

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Mavin record boss Don Jazzy has sent a condolence message to families of those who have died from coronavirus. The music producer cum singer, assured...

Police confirms the kidnap of Edo commissioner for Science and Technology,...

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The Edo Police Command on Saturday confirmed the abduction of Mr Emmanuel Agbale, the Commissioner for Science and Technology in the state. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor,...

Lockdown: Pots of soup, jollof rice now being stolen in broad...

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Following measures taken by the Ebonyi state government to curtail the spread of coronavirus, Ebonyi state Police Command yesterday has admitted that there has...

Coronavirus:Chinese doctors are still in quarantine – FG

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The Federal Government has said that the Chinese medical team currently in the country to support the COVID-19 fight are still observing the 14-day...

Man breaks into restaurant and serves himself for 4 days amid...

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A burglar has been arrested after he was found to have broken into a closed restaurant and helped himself to food and drinks for...

Khloé Kardashian may borrow sperm from ex Tristan to have second...

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Khloe Kardashian has revealed she might “borrow sperm” from ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson so they can give their daughter True a sibling. On Thursday’s episode of...

CONMEBOL confirms World Cup qualifying to begin in September

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South American qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, will begin in September, the region’s governing body CONMEBOL...

Prison Break actor, Ranjit Chowdhry dies at 64 in India

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Actor Ranjit Chowdhry has died at the age of 64. The Prison Break and former Bollywood star passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday...

Breaking! Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari buried in Abuja (photos)

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The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, has been committed to mother Earth at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja. The interment, which...

Man kills brother for having s.e.x with mother

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A 36-year-old man from Bokisero-Nyabwari Village in Nyamira North Sub-County, Kenya has been arrested for killing his younger brother, whom he allegedly caught having...

Jonathan, Onyeama, FFK, others mourn death of Kyari

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Prominent Nigerians have reacted to the demise of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. In separate tweets, they all paid glowing...

Final rites ongoing for Kyari, as FG says there would be...

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The remains of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, would be laid to rest in Abuja today. A tweet...

Nigerian man dies of COVID-19 in New York (photo)

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The death of Jonathan Amarachi has been announced. Jonathan died of the deadly virus in New York. This, is according to his friend, show promoter,...

Popular Kenyan Gospel singer Ruth Matete quizzed over Nigerian husband’s death

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Gospel artiste and 2012 Tusker Project Fame star Ruth Matete Amoyi on Thursday recorded a statement with detectives over the death of her Nigerian...

KCee finally shows off his family as he celebrates his birthday

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People can breathe now, lol. Singer KCee has never put his family out there, in fact he has left many confused if he is...

Drogba joins effort to distribute aid to poor in Ivory Coast

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Former Ivorian striker Didier Drogba and one of the country’s biggest music groups Magic System distributed aid on Friday to 200 families in a...

El-Rufai’s son, Bello apologises over r.a.p.e tweet

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One of the sons of Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State has apologised over a tweet suggesting the r.a.p.e of a Twitter user’s mother. Bello...

10-year-old boy shares his 24 hours experience in the hands of...

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Master Chidera Nwankwo is a 10-year-old boy who was kidnapped along with his younger brother, a two-year-old boy. But Chidera was later found after...

China reports 27 new coronavirus cases

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China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according to data published on...

Malawi court stops government from implementing lockdown

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Malawi’s High Court on Friday temporarily barred the government from implementing a 21-day lockdown to curb coronavirus following a petition by a human rights...

Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari is dead

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Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari is dead. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity confirmed this...

Abiodun relaxes Buhari’s total lockdown on Ogun

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The Ogun government has relaxed the total lockdown imposed on the state by President Muhammad Buhari. Gov Dapo Abiodun made this known while addressing journalists...

Governor Seyi Makinde makes wearing of face mask in public places...

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has made the wearing of face mask in public places, compulsory. He announced this on Friday in Ibadan while...

Nigeria records biggest jump in coronavirus cases

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported the biggest jump in coronavirus cases. Fifty-one new cases were reported this night, taking the national total...

Canada declares 4 Nigerians wanted for $2m romance scams

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Canadian police in Saskatchewan have declared four Nigerians wanted, while another one has been arrested. The Nigerians are wanted in connection with $2m romance scams. All...

Governor Ganduje’s daughter goes into isolation

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Dr. Amina Umar Ganduje, daughter of Kano state governor, has gone into self-isolation after a co-member on the State Task Force on COVID-19 she...

Lockdown: Civil defence officer hospitalised after being hit by commercial driver

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A commercial driver on Friday knocked down an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Victor Fayemi, while trying to escape arrest...

YouTube star Steve Cash commits suicide

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YouTube star Steve Cash who was the voice behind the Talking Kitty Cat videos has committed suicide at the age of 40. Social media sensation...

Three Kano task force members test positive for COVID-19

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Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, has confirmed that three members of the state Taskforce on COVID-19 have been infected with the...

Protesters shut down Odidi flow station

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Protesters have reportedly shut down Odidi flow station in Odidi community, Warri south west local government area over alleged unpaid salaries of community workers...

Meghan Markle breaks silence after LA move with food delivery idea...

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Meghan Markle has spoken out for the first time since moving to LA as she chatted to women she worked with to launch a...

Taylor Swift cancels all 2020 appearances to ‘commit to coronavirus quarantine’

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Taylor Swift has cancelled all performances and public appearances for the rest of 2020 over coronavirus. The pop star apologised to fans in an announcement...

Six people die from coronavirus after attending same funeral and falling...

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Six people who attended the same funeral have all died from the coronavirus.The victims were all over the age of 60, according to reports. The...

Man spotted attacking an ATM with a cutlass (video)

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A young man has been spotted attacking an ATM machine with an intention of stealing it is believed. The video gradually going viral sees the...

‘Zombie’ Angelina Jolie lookalike catches coronavirus in jail

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A "zombie" Angelina Jolie lookalike has caught coronavirus in a notorious jail in Iran, a human rights group says. Fatemeh Khishvand, who became an Instagram...

El Chapo’s daughter, cartels hand out covid-19 aid packages to help...

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A daughter of famed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and several Mexican cartels have been doling out aid packages to help cash-strapped residents...

Abia Government extends coronavirus lockdown indefinitely

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Abia government on Friday announced an indefinite extension of the ongoing lockdown in the state. The lockdown will commence from April 20 as part of...

Melania Trump calls Boris Johnson’s fiancee over his infection

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Melania Trump spoke with Carrie Symonds, the fiancee of Boris Johnson, on Thursday to wish her and the British prime minister well as they...

Amber Rose takes a walk in bath robe and fluffy slippers...

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She's clearly keeping her daytime wear casual as the coronavirus lockdown continues in Los Angeles. On Thursday, Amber Rose left her home to get a...

Photos: Aftermath of fire at INEC head office in Abuja

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Some documents and furniture were destroyed by fire today at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. This followed an electrical...

Edo state discharges five COVID-19 patients

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The Edo state government on Friday said five of its confirmed COVID-19 cases have been discharged after they tested negative twice for the virus. Governor...

FG begins distribution of palliatives to 600,000 households in Abuja (photos)

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The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of palliatives to 600,000 households in Abuja. The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramatu...

Photos: ”No single ventilator, but Nasarawa buys N500m cars for lawmakers”

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Nasarawa is among states without a ventilator to help in the fight against coronavirus pandemic, but the state governor, Abdullahi Sule has bought 24...