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Traditional worshipers offer rituals to abate coronavirus

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The (TRAWSO), Osun State on Friday offered rituals to the gods to wane the spread of coronavirus in the world especially Nigeria. A masquerader accompanied...

Princess Maria Teresa of Spain dies of coronavirus

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Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died aged 86 after testing positive for coronavirus. The princess, of the Bourbon-Parma Royal Family in Spain, passed away...

Lagos explosion: Late Bethlehem Girls’ College proprietor buried in Edo state

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The late proprietor of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Rev Sis Henrietta Alokha, who died in the explosion that rocked Abule-Ado in the Amuwo Odofin Local...

Breaking! Nigeria hits 89 as NCDC announces eight new COVID-19 cases

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced new cases of confirmed COVID-19. Nigeria now has 89 confirmed cases of the virus. NCDC, in a...

Lagos Govt makes U-turn, suspends closure of Marine Bridge

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The Lagos State Government has suspended its earlier decision to close Marine Bridge for six months for repair, following the swelling cases of COVID-19...

Ministers donate 50% of their march salary to fight COVID-19

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Nigeria’s 43 cabinet ministers have donated 50 percent of their March salaries towards the federal government’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Information...

Dbanj finally sleeps in his room 21 months after losing son

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D'banj has revealed he slept in his room last night -- 21 months after losing his first son. In a post on Instagram, he revealed...

23 passengers from Niger abducted on way to Katsina

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Twenty three passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority, Minna, travelling to Katsina State have been kidnapped. Punch gathered that two of the abducted passengers...

Ondo blast: Akeredolu visits scene, gives update (photos)

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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu this morning visited the scene of a strange massive blast that rocked Akure, Ondo State capital overnight. The blast, which occurred on...

COVID-19: Lagos state begins curfew on Sunday

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered  a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the State starting from Sunday to allow the state to carry out a...

Wuhan reopens after COVID-19 lockdown

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The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation. Crowds of passengers arrived at...

Prepare for evacuation flights, US tells citizens in Nigeria

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US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria says it is preparing emergency flights to evacuate its citizens in Nigeria despite airport closures. This is not unconnected...

Lagos closes Jibowu, Yaba crossing for railway project

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The Lagos State Government will be closing down Jibowu and Yaba level crossing for the laying of track on the right side along the...

Ex-Aso Rock MOPOL commander, wife die in road accident

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Ex-Aso Rock MOPOL commander, Abdullahi Ibrahim and his wife are dead. The Assistant Commissioner of Police died along with his wife in a road crash...

China donates medical equipment to Nigeria

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Chinese Government has donated medical equipment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhuo...

50 houses destroyed in Ondo midnight bomb explosion

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Over 50 houses, including a church, have been destroyed by a bomb that exploded at about 12 midnight at Eleyewo in Akure North local...

COVID -19: Makinde imposes curfew in Oyo, shuts markets

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew as part of stringent measures to halt the spread of coronavirus...

Lagos to close Marina bridge for six months

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The Lagos State Government will be closing down Marine Bridge partially for repairs from 8.00 PM on Saturday March 28, 2020 to Saturday, August...

You can’t catch coronavirus from newspapers, WHO confirms

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The World Health Organization has confirmed newspapers remain safe to read during the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO has stated that the likelihood of an infected...

US lab unveils 5-minute COVID-19 test

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A US-based lab has unveiled a portable test that can tell if someone has COVID-19 in as little as five minutes, it said in...

Coronavirus kills Heathrow worker, 61, and daughter, 33, in space of...

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A Heathrow worker and his pharmacist daughter died from Covid-19 in less than 24 hours.  Sudhir Sharma, 61, died on Wednesday after contracting the coronavirus,...

Boxer Khan offers wedding venue for fight against COVID-19

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Former boxing world champion Amir Khan has become the latest sportsman to help in the fight against the coronavirus, offering his wedding venue for...

Coronavirus patient rejects Bauchi state isolation centre, returns home

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One of the confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus in Bauchi State has rejected the isolation centre at Bauchi Specialist hospital and return home. A reliable...

Makinde fires media aide over false information on Facebook

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The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has sacked his Special Assistant on Digital Media, Muritala Adigun, for allegedly feeding the public with...

14 year-old girl hangs her own baby son because she wanted...

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A 14-year-old girl allegedly hanged her one-year-old son because she wanted to stay out with her friends. The teenager, Arisa Udsanee, had left the youngster...

Lagos task force destroys goods of traders defying ban

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Policemen attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit are in the eye of the storm after forcibly...

President Trump signs largest bailout in US history

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President Trump has signed the largest-ever US financial stimulus package, worth $2tn, as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Representatives passed...

Senators sneak into private hospitals for COVID-19 tests

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The last executive session of the Senate before sitting was suspended for two weeks was with a drama over COVID-19. About 35 Senators who...

Coronavirus: Troubled U.S. announces N2.6bn aid to Nigeria

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The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Americans to get N441,000 each as Trump signs historic $2.2trn financial...

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President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in...

Coronavirus: Buhari must hold live broadcast on his health – Femi...

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Femi Fani-Kayode has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct a live television broadcast to assure Nigerian people that he is well and that he...

Kourtney Kardashian likes tweets that brand Kim and Khloé ‘passive aggressive...

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Kourtney Kardashian was caught liking tweets that branded her younger sisters Kim and Khloé as "passive aggressive bullies" following their explosive physical bust up. The...

DJ’s heartbreaking last Facebook messages before coronavirus killed him at just...

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A man who died after contracting coronavirus wrote daily updates from his hospital bed that he shared with his friends on Facebook. Danny Sharma, 38,...

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa pays tribute to icon and their daughter...

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Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has paid a touching tribute to the icon and their daughter Gianna two months after their tragic deaths. Vanessa took to...

20 countries yet to record coronavirus case

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Amidst the growing coronavirus pandemic, about 20 countries are yet to report a case of the virus. Despite not having a single case, preventive measures...

Nigeria records 11 new cases of COVID-19, records jump to 81

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The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed eleven new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Eight new cases were confirmed in Lagos, two in...

Obasanjo donates former Hilltop residence for Isolation centre

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Nigeria’s former President,  Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, announced that his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State be used as Isolation...

Enugu govt closes all borders, markets over coronavirus

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The Enugu State Government has ordered the closure of all land borders and inter-state transportation in the state till further notice, with effect from...
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World’s Economy in recession, worse than 2009 – IMF chief

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World’s Economy in recession, worse than 2009 – IMF chief The world’s economy has entered a recession and requires massive funding to help developing nations,...

COVID-19: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu donates N50m

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday announced the donation of N50m to fight Coronavirus across Southeast Nigeria. Kanu made...

Italy records 969 coronavirus deaths in one day

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Italy recorded a shocking spike in coronavirus deaths on Friday with 969 new victims, the worst daily record for any country since the pandemic...

Davido’s fiancee, Chioma tests positive for Coronavirus

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Chioma, the fiancee of Nigerian pop star, Davido, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Davido disclosed this on Friday on his Instagram page. He wrote: “Hey everyone...

‘I struggled to breathe – Dybala shares coronavirus nightmare

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Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed on friday how he “struggled to breathe” after contracting coronavirus which has killed over 9,000 people in Italy. The Argentine...

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise from 65 to 70

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Nigeria has recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known...

COVID-19: Nigerian students stranded at Seme border –Lagos

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Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said many Nigerians are trying to come into the country via the land borders since the closure of the airways. Abayomi,...

Kaduna curfew: Travellers to Jos, North east stranded at Bade-Keffi road

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Travellers from Abuja to Jos, Bauchi and other parts of the North-East were stranded on Friday at a popular security checkpoint along the Bade-Keffi...

Kaduna residents contract ’emergency marriages’ to beat curfew

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Several marriage ceremonies were contracted on Thursday night in Kaduna State in a bid to beat the 24 hours curfew imposed by the state...

Women’s football: FIFA ranks Nigeria first in Africa

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been ranked as the first team in Africa after moving up by one spot to place 38th in the world...

Photos: Lagos to distribute rice, beans, garri to families as people...

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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu has just announced that the state will be supporting families with bags of rice, beans, garri, bread and...

LUTH allegedly sends away man who tested positive for coronavirus over...

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A man named Emmanuel Benson, who had close contact with two persons that recently arrived Lagos from the United Kingdom, has been told to...