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Imo heads into complete lockdown for coronavirus

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Imo state goes into complete lockdown this Saturday and has banned all public gatherings in efforts to prevent spread of coronavirus. Governor Hope Uzodimma announced...

UK coronavirus deaths pass 1,000 as 260 die in biggest 24-hour...

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The UK coronavirus death toll has risen to 1,019 after 260 people died in the last 24 hours - with at least 13 of...

Presidency disowns report suggesting Federal Government is planning to pay...

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The Presidency has disowned an online report suggesting that the federal government  is planning to pay N30,000 to each Nigerian with a Bank Verification...

COVID-19: Abia to close land borders on sunday

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Following the recommendation of the state’s inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19 based on situational reviews, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the closure...

South African police fire rubber bullets at citizens as over 300...

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South African police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown on Saturday fired rubber bullets towards hundreds of shoppers queueing outside a supermarket in Johannesburg, an AFP...

COVID-19: Dangote foundation donates ambulances to NCDC

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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has donated four ambulances to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to aid its fight against COVID-19 spread in the...

Tinubu blows the bubble, says Nigerian health system can’t tackle large...

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said Nigeria’s health care system cannot withstand a coronavirus pandemic on the scale of America and Europe. He, therefore, called on...

NNPC, 33 oil firms donate ₦11.4bn to curb coronavirus Spread

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and 33 of its partners in the oil and gas sector have contributed $30 million, about ₦11.4 billion to...

Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai tests positive for coronavirus

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for coronavirus. “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test,” El-Rufai said in a...

41 guests, workers ‘held’ in Imo hotel over COVID-19 scare

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No fewer than 41 guests and workers of a hotel in Owerri, the Imo State capital have been quarantined by the State Government following...

COVID-19: Kaduna arrests two clerics for conducting service

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Two clerics have been arrested in Kaduna State for conducting congregational prayers. The state government announced this via Twitter on Saturday, noting that their action...

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,...