Osun state isolates 120 Ivory Coast returnees
Osun State Government on Saturday said it had received and kept in isolation some indigenes of the state that recently returned from the Ivory...
Mali records first coronavirus death hours before election
Mali recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday, a day before the West African country voted in a long-delayed parliamentary election threatened by both...
COVID-19: Doctors, nurses allegedly flee as suspected cases hit Lagos hospital
There was pandemonium at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos, on Thursday when four white men suspected to have coronavirus were brought to the...
4 bridegrooms arrested for violating movement ban in Zaria
The Zaria Zonal Command of Kaduna state Vigilante Service (KadVS) on Saturday arrested four bridegrooms for violating the ban on large gathering imposed by...
COVID-19: Nigeria’s positive cases hit 97
The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria hit 97 late on Saturday evening with eight fresh cases, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
“As...
Illinois infant, under the age of one, dies after testing positive...
An infant in Illinois under the age of one has died after testing positive for coronavirus.
'There has never been a case of COVID-19 death...
Ben Bruce’s wife who died of cancer is laid to rest...
Ben Bruce's wife Evelyn Murray-Bruce, who sadly died of cancer this month has been laid to rest.
She was laid to rest in the presence...
Imo heads into complete lockdown for coronavirus
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...