Sanwo-Olu says Lagos may extend lockdown if need be
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the ongoing lockdown in the state might be extended beyond 14 days.
He said this during a...
NCDC apologises for error in COVID-19 results
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it committed an error in announcing confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.
It said that the total...
Ex-Barcelona and Spain star Xavi donates 1m euros to hospital to...
Former Barcelona and Spain star Xavi Hernandez and his wife have donated one million euros to the city’s Hospital Clinic to help the fight...
Enugu fire service fumigates environs over COVID-19
The Enugu State Government has commenced the fumigation of the metropolis and neighbouring environments in the state capital.
This is part of some precautionary steps...
Spain records drop in deaths for second straight day
Spain recorded a second successive daily drop in coronavirus-related deaths with 809 fatalities, official figures showed today.
The total number of deaths in Spain now...
Enugu state commissioner for health is dead
The Enugu State commissioner for Health, Professor Anthony Ugochukwu, is dead.
The renowned surgeon was said to have died Friday night at a leading private...
Adamawa NULGE Chairman abducted from his home
The Adamawa State Chairman of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Hammanjolde Gatugel, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers.
Hammanjolde Gatugel was taken...
Two killed, four injured in France knife attack
Two people have been killed and four others injured in a knife attack in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isère, the town’s mayor has...
Missing Osun COVID-19 patient apprehended by police
The missing COVID-19 patient in Osun state, has been apprehended by the police and returned to the Isolation facility in Ejigbo, area of the...
I became a Chelsea fan because of Mikel – Paul Okoye
Paul Okoye popularly know as Rudeboy shares his love for sports, playing football with Mikel Obi as a teen and why he became a...
I was tricked to Ghana with juicy job offer, sold into...
There was a pin-drop silence in the room where only five of us sat; two men and three women. One of the women was...
Neymar revealed as the anonymous donor who gave £775,000 to fight...
Neymar has been revealed as the anonymous donor who gave 5 million Brazilian real (£775,000) to charity to fight coronavirus.
The Paris Saint-Germain star split...
Amir Khan defies social distancing rules as he hosts birthday party...
Amir Khan defied the Government's strict rules on social distancing last night as he hosted a party for five of his friends.
The boxer enjoyed...
Oprah Winfrey reunites with her partner two weeks after he went...
Oprah Winfrey has reunited with Stedman Graham.
The 66-year-old media mogul's partner had been staying in their guesthouse for two weeks since returning from a...
Six coronavirus patients escape from Osun isolation center
Osun State residents panic as six persons who tested positive escaped from isolation centre at Gedu in Ejigbo area of the state, The Nation...
I have no regrets killing my mother-in-law – Housewife
The entire Abena community in Doma Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, is in mourning mood since a housewife, Rosemary Osegba Chem, hacked her mother-in-law,...
Funke Akindele celebrates her husband on his birthday
Funke Akindele Bello's husband JJC Skillz is a year older today. And his wife took to her instagram page to celebrate him on his...
China mourns victims of COVID-19 in three minutes silence
China held three minutes of silence during Tomb Sweeping Day on Saturday for people who have died in the COVID-19 outbreak.
During the national mourning...
Trump announces new face mask recommendations
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration was now recommending Americans wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings, a reversal of previous guidance that suggested masks...
Pastor Adeboye donates another N20m to support Osun State COVID-19 relief...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has made another donation of N20 million to Osun State...
Awala Boys: Teenage hoodlums terrorise Lagos community, kill three
Amid lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, residents of Aiyetoro community in Ajegunle, in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State are...
Lockdown may increase domestic violence, activists warn
Women rights groups, including 283 organisations, have urged the Federal Government to prepare for the likely surge in cases of sexual and gender-based violence...
Army arrests soldiers threatening to r.a.p.e women in a video
The Nigerian Army has arrested two soldiers seen in a viral video threatening to molest women in the Warri area of Delta State and...
Woman gives birth to baby boy 14 years after marriage
A Nigerian woman has delivered a bouncing baby boy after 14 years of marriage.
She delivered the baby boy during this lockdown period.
A Facebook user...
Toke Makinwa expresses are dissatisfaction for cooking
Toke Makinwa has expressed her dissatisfaction for cooking, saying it;s one thing she hates and can;t withstand. The media personality and author said she...
South Africa rolls out mobile testing in virus lockdown
South African public healthcare workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg's Yeoville neighbourhood on Friday as Africa's worst virus-hit country rolled out mass...
China to mourn COVID-19 victims Today
China will on Saturday hold a national mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and compatriots...
OAU s,e,x-for-mark lecturer released from prison two years after
A lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Richard Akindele, jailed for se,xu,al harassment has been released from prison after serving a...
Ronaldo becomes football’s first billionaire
Juventus talisman Cristiano Ronaldo will become the third sportsman in the world after golf star Tiger Woods and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr to have...
Police bust Abuja gang selling cocaine
Six suspects dealing in cocaine and rohypnol in the Federal Capital Territory have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response...
Fifty-five-year-old patient dies of COVID-19 in Lagos
A 55-year-old man who was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has died in the facility.
A reliable source at the tertiary hospital...
Nigeria records 20 new cases of COVID-19, total now 210
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night confirmed twenty new cases of Coronavirus in the country.
Eleven cases were confirmed in Lagos, three...
Kwara state denies record of coronavirus case
Kwara State Government has denied that the state has recorded a case of COVID-19.
It, however, said that all the six samples of suspected cases...
S.e.x workers evicted from Benin hotel over fear of COVID-19
Commercial s.e.x workers were today evicted from a hotel at Ugbague area of Benin in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State over fear...
18 Chinese doctors are on their way to Nigeria to help
The Federal Government has said that 18 Chinese doctors are on their way to Nigeria with medical supplies including ventilators, to assist in overcoming...
Police invite two Imams in Delta over Jumat during lockdown
The Imams for the Ughelli main Mosque and Okorodafe Mosque were both invited by the Police following Friday Jumat services in the mosques despite...
World Bank excludes Nigeria in COVID-19 response money
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $1.9 billion first set of emergency support operations for developing countries around the world, using...
Ondo state records FIRST coronavirus case
Ondo State has recorded its FIRST coronavirus case, about five weeks after the first case of the disease was reported in Nigeria.
The Governor of...
Tension in Kwara as UK returnee reportedly dies of COVID-19
The death of a Chartered Accountant, Alhaji Jimoh Muideen, on Thursday night at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITHC) who just returned from...
Italian shoe designer, Sergio Rossi dies of coronavirus
Sergio Rossi, one of the most famous Italian shoe designers, has died of the coronavirus disease, an Italian official said today.
Several Italian media reported...
UN Chief commends Nigeria’s response to coronavirus
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has commended Nigeria’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Speaking during a virtual news briefing in New York, Guterres singled...
Father, mother and 11 children contract coronavirus in Spain
An entire family including eleven children have contracted COVID-19 in Spain and are under strict isolation in their home.
The Cebrian Gervas family have been...
COVID 19: 30 persons quarantined in Imo Hotel
The State Chairman, Imo State Hoteliers Association, Chima Chukwunyere, has said that the figures of those quarantined at a hotel Umuguma, in Owerri, were...
Lockdown: Women decry hike in prices of food items in Ekiti
Some women in Federal Housing, Ado-Ekiti, on Friday said that the lockdown order, occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, is taking its toll on them.
They...
US nationals stranded at Lagos Airport over airspace permit
American citizens who were scheduled to be evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos were yesterday stranded at the airport.
The flight...
Oyakhilome speaks on arrests of pastors during coronavirus lockdown, says anyone...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder, Christ Embassy has warned that anyone who arrests a pastor in this Coronavirus period is in danger.
He was speaking on...
Private jet used by Lionel Messi forced to make emergency landing...
An £12million private jet used by Lionel Messi has been forced to make an emergency landing at Brussels airport due to a fault with...
Boris Johnson to continue in self-isolation as he still has COVID-19...
Boris Johnson has revealed he will remain in self-isolation as he is still suffering from a symptom of coronavirus.
The prime minister entered self-isolation in...
Coronavirus: Trump tests negative for second time
President Donald Trump said he has undergone a second coronavirus test on using a new diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15...
Lagos discharges four more COVID-19 patients
The Lagos state government has announced the discharge of four coronavirus patients.
Meanwhile, 18 patients had earlier been discharged, after making full recovery from the...