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Soyinka hits out at Nigerian preachers over coronavirus

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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has criticised the response of the Nigerian government and religious leaders to coronavirus. Over the weekend some preachers in the country...

COVID-19: Governor Fayemi self-isolates after contact with two positive patients

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The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, announced on Wednesday that he is now in self-isolation after taking the COVID-19 test. Fayemi who is...

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

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The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced. Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good...

Covid-19: Italian nurse kills herself after testing positive

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An Italian nurse killed herself after testing positive for coronavirus and fearing she had infected others, a nursing federation has revealed. Daniela Trezzi, 34, was...

Heal those with coronavirus, Hilda Dokubo tells Pastors

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, has on Tuesday, asked Nigerian Pastors with supernatural powers to visit hospitals and locate those infected with coronavirus and...

16-year-old appointed king in Ondo State

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A 16-year-old Prince, Oloyede Adeyeoba, has been approved by the Ondo state government as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose local government area of...

Osinbajo tests negative for coronavirus

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has tested negative for coronavirus, 24 hours after he went into self-isolation following fears he could have physically interacted with...

Wife set ablaze husband’s house, worth N3m in Osun

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A housewife, Salamat Kehinde, has been arrested by the personnel of the Osun State Police Command for allegedly setting ablaze a house belonging to...

Sudan’s minister of defense dies of heart attack

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Sudan’s minister of defense, Lt Gen Jamaleldin Omar, has died of a heart attack in South Sudan, where he was taking part in peace...

I never shook hands with Bauchi governor – Atiku’s son

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The son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Mohammed Atiku Abubakar, has accussed the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, of lying about how he contacted...

Coronavirus: How Davido is coping with self-isolation

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Davido has revealed how he is coping with self-isolation following the spread of coronavirus in the country. The singer had to self-isolate after attending a...

Ronaldo poses topless in the gym with sisters

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Cristiano Ronaldo might be locked down in Madeira but he is clearly not letting himself go amid the Coronavirus crisis. The Juventus forward retreated to...

Bianca Ojukwu dazzles in green (photos)

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Beautiful woman...

Divorce rates jumping in corona-quarantined couples

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Divorce filings are skyrocketing from quarantine-weary and financially stressed couples, according to top matrimonial attorneys, who are experiencing a 50 percent rise in inquiries...

Court sacks Enugu monarch for presenting fake certificate

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Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo of the Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba in Oji River Local...

Man. City manager donates 1m euros to fight coronavirus

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros (£920,000) to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain. Guardiola, who is at his home in Barcelona,...

Idris Elba slams accusations he was PAID to say he’d contracted...

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Idris Elba has hit out at accusations he was paid to announce that he'd contracted the potentially deadly coronavirus. The 47-year-old actor, who was diagnosed...

Kogi commercial driver beaten to death over N500

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There was gridlock at the Lokoja end of the Abuja/Lokoja Expressway on Tuesday as the driver of a J5 commercial bus was allegedly beaten...

Cardi B criticizes US government in lengthy Instagram video for not...

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Cardi B took to Instagram on Tuesday to criticize the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and for not paying for its costs. The...

Kourtney Kardashian slaps Kim as they clash in KUWTK trailer

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It seems Taylor Swift isn't the only one who has fallen out with Kim Kardashian. The reality star's sister Kourtney physically lashes out at...

Covid-19: Trump hopes US will shake off pandemic by Easter

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US President Donald Trump has said he hopes the US will shake off coronavirus by Easter, even as New York's governor sounded the alarm...

EFCC arraigns fake Atiku’s aide for N100m campaign fraud

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The Kaduna zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Alhaji Modu Kotoko for criminal breach of trust, obtaining by...

COVID-19: 7 persons on compulsory self-isolation in Kogi

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Kogi State government has said that seven persons are already on compulsory self-isolation in the state as part of measures to curtail the spread...

Kevin Hart and wife expecting their second child together

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Kevin Hart's wife Eniko is pregnant with their second child. The model revealed she's 'glowing and growing' as she made the announcement, while showing off...

COVID-19: Seven quarantined in Niger state

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The Niger State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Makunsidi Muhammad has disclosed that seven people in the state are currently on quarantine for coronavirus. Briefing newsmen...

Breaking: Coronavirus hits Osun, 2 new cases confirmed

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced two new cases of the novel coronavirus increasing the confirmed cases in the country to...

Akeredolu shuts Ondo markets, malls for coronavirus

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All markets, malls and shops in Ondo state have been ordered to shut down for seven days, as part of measures to prevent the...

FG alerts Nigerians to dangerous computer coronavirus

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The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the alarm over the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent coronavirus Ransomware application, which claims to provide...

Coronavirus: Three Abba Kyari’s aides test positive

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Three aides to the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The Punch gathered that other members...

Coronavirus: Over 80 journalists ‘barred’ from Aso Rock

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The number of State House correspondents was yesterday pruned to 16 over the coronavirus pandemic. Only one of them is a newspaper reporter. The number...

Before testing positive for COVID-19, Kyari mingled with govs, ministers, others

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President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, many governors, ministers and other top government functionaries mingled with Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff...

Police inspector kills couple, commits suicide in Imo

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A police inspector, Kenneth Enamika, has committed suicide after killing a couple, Cajethan and Oluchi Aputanze, in Mgbidi, Oru West Local Government Area of...

Coronavirus: Kogi gets Isolation Centre

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Following the speed at which the dreaded Coronavirus is ravaging the country, the Kogi State Government has drawn a road map against the pandemic...

Coronavirus: Cameroon records first death

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Cameroon’s government on Tuesday announced the country’s first death due to coronavirus, saying the victim had returned from Italy and was already infected on...

Osinbajo self-isolates following Covid-19 scare in Aso Villa

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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon toured the Presidential Villa beginning from the office of the Chief Staff to the President,...

Moscow orders all over-65s to stay at home excluding Putin

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The mayor of Moscow has ordered over-65s to either stay at home or escape to their country houses to avoid coronavirus. But the measures announced...

British tourist dies in Cape Verde after contracting COVID-19

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A 62-year-old British man has died in Cape Verde after contracting COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday, marking the West African archipelago’s first fatality...

Egypt imposes night-time curfew in bid to contain COVID-19

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Egypt is to impose a night-time curfew for two weeks from Wednesday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced. “Movement...

Girl, 16, accused of killing father’s friend remanded in custody

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A 16-year-old girl accused of killing her father’s friend who allegedly attempted to r.a.p.e her has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate Court...

Hantavirus: Man dies in China after testing positive to another virus

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A man has died in Yunnan province of China after testing positive to Hantavirus. The man died while on his way back to Shandong...

Just in: Another two test positive for coronavirus in Nigeria

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Two more Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus today, after the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced today that two had tested positive...

Boko Haram fighters kill 70 soldiers in Borno

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Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly killed 70 soldiers in the restive North East Military sources said on Tuesday the insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a...

Sanwo-Olu orders closure of all markets, stores in Lagos

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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the closure of all markets and stores in the state except markets that sell food, water, medicines,...

Kendall Jenner shares never-before-seen snaps and urges her friends to ‘quarantine...

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Keeping Up with the Kardashians star Kendall Jenner clinked cups with IMG Model Gigi Hadid in a slideshow of never-before-seen snaps that she nostalgically...

South Africa’s COVID-19 cases surge past 500

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South Africa reported more than 150 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the new tally to 554, the highest in Africa, a day after...

India to go under total lockdown from tuesday midnight

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India’s 1.3 billion people will go under “total lockdown” from tuesday midnight for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime...

COVID-19: Jigawa to convert hotels into isolation centres

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The Jigawa State Government says it is looking to convert some hotels in the state into isolation centres for the northwest region if the...

Bauchi Governor tests positive for coronavirus

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The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, just announced this...

Lagos CONFIRMS AMVCA attendees might be in danger… demands celebrities to...

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Oh dear! The Lagos state Commissioner of Health, Akin Abayomi has announced that all attendees of the just concluded African Magic Viewers' Choice Award...

Ope Saraki docked for money laundering

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Ope Saraki, cousin to former senate president was charged today with money laundering at a Federal High Court in Ilorin. The EFCC accuses Ope Saraki...