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Full speech of President Buhari on COVID-19 pandemic

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ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA  ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, From the first...

Spain records 838 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

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Spain confirmed another 838 deaths in 24 hours from coronavirus on Sunday, a new daily record bringing the total number of deaths to 6,528,...

Saudi seizes 5 million illegally stored medical masks

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Saudi authorities have seized more than five million medical masks that were illegally stockpiled amid the coronavirus outbreak, state media reported on Sunday. The commerce...

Coronavirus: Benin Republic says it does not have the money to...

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President Patrice Talon announced on Sunday that Benin could not enforce public confinement because it lacks the “means of rich countries” who are fighting...

54 inmates missing after mass jail break in Iran

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Iranian security forces are searching for 54 escaped inmates following a prison break over which four guards were arrested, Iran’s state news agency reported...

President Buhari to address Nigeria today by 7pm

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President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians by 7pm today. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement. Many Nigerians have...

Man stabs his pregnant wife to death two months after their...

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A man has allegedly stabbed his pregnant wife to death two months after their wedding in Anambra. Rita Onyemauchechukwu Onyebuchi and her husband  Mr Ikechukwu...

Canada PM’s wife recovers from coronavirus

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Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from coronavirus. “I am feeling so much better and have received the all-clear...

University of Ibadan College of Medicine Provost and deputy test positive...

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The provost and deputy provost of the University of Ibadan, UI, College of Medicine, Professors Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and Obafunke Denloye, have tested positive to...

Coronavirus: Fayemi orders lockdown in Ekiti, shuts borders

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Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Sunday announced a lockdown in the state, directing residents to stay at home from Monday. The governor in a...

WHO warns alcohol is an ‘unhelpful coping strategy’ to combat stress...

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Experts have cautioned against turning to alcohol to cope with the coronavirus lockdown as it can have severe implications on mental and physical health. The...

Malika Haqq shares adorable photo with her newborn son

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The new mum shared the adorable photo on her instagram page. View this post on Instagram Ace’n this thing called Mommy & Son...

Ighalo wins Manchester United’s goal-of-the-month award

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Odion Ighalo has won the Manchester United’s March Goal-of-the-Month award, for his sparkling effort against LASK in the Europa League. The former Super Eagles top...

Suspend VAT, increase stipends to the poor, Tinubu says as he...

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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is celebrating his 68th birthday today with a message on his “preliminary thoughts on the...

Boris Johnson’s sister-in-law confirms she has coronavirus

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Boris Johnson's sister-in-law has said she has also tested positive for Covid-19. Gabriela Maia, who is married to Boris's financier half-brother, Max, said she is...

Immigration boss, Babandede tests positive for Covid-19

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Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede has tested positive for COVID-19. This is coming days after he returned from the United...

University college hospital, Ibadan chief medical doctor tests positive for Coronavirus

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Prof Jesse A. Otegbayo, the chief medical doctor, University College Hospital, Ibadan UCH has tested positive for coronavirus. This was disclosed on Sunday morning in...

COVID-19:: UCH writes open letter, begs groups for funds

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University College Hospital, Ibadan, in Oyo State has written an open letter to “well-meaning groups and associations” appealing for funds to enable it to...

Coronavirus: You won’t believe about 300 people gathered on Saturday for...

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The Federal Capital Territory enforcement team on Saturday disrupted a wedding reception at Police Quarters at Wuse Zone 6 in Abuja. It was learnt that...

COVID-19: Lagos gets new 110-bed Isolation centre (Photos)

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Lagos State Government has taken delivery of a 110-bed isolation facility on the Lagos Island, where confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in...

Bloodbath in Lagos community as two are killed, policeman, others injured...

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There was bloodbath at Whitesand, a community between Festac in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos and Isheri-Oshun area , as hoodlums numbering over 50,...

Coronavirus: One killed as Katsina protesters burn police station over Jumat...

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At least, one person lost his life on Saturday when a police station and the official quarters of a Divisional Police Officer were burnt...

People with type A blood more at risk of COVID-19 –...

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A preliminary study has found correlations between blood type and the likelihood of being hospitalised with COVID-19, which has infected 25,066 people worldwide, according...

Osun state isolates 120 Ivory Coast returnees

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...