Egypt imposes night-time curfew in bid to contain COVID-19
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
COVID -19: Police beg Oyo residents to obey government directives so...
The Police Command in Oyo State has advised residents of the state to comply with the State and Federal Governments’ directives on Coronavirus without...
60 priests dead in Italy amid coronavirus pandemic as Pope calls...
At least 60 priests have died in Italy amid the country's coronavirus pandemic as the Pope called on them to 'have courage' to attend...
Coronavirus: Bola Tinubu in support of total lockdown
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said he was in support of total shutdown if necessary to...
Princess Beatrice might postpone wedding again amid the coronavirus pandemic
Princess Beatrice is 'looking to postpone wedding entirely' until 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, a royal expert has revealed.
The royal, 31, had initially been...
Mother and daughter who are morticians are charged with selling a...
Mother and daughter morticians in Colorado were arrested after they were accused of charging $1,000 for cremations they often wouldn't carry out and for...
Again! Nigeria records two new coronavirus cases
Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is...
COVID-19: Chinese government donate medical kits to Nigeria
The Chinese government has donated locally made medical kits to Nigerian healthcare workers. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known via his...
Harvey Weinstein spends his 68th birthday in prison and is given...
Disgraced film mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein spent his 68th birthday at a maximum security prison in upstate New York, where he was...
Popular Cameroon singer and saxophone player Manu Dibango dies of coronavirus
Cameroon-born singer and saxophone player Manu Dibango has died from a coronavirus infection, according to a statement on his official Facebook page today.
“It is...
Ecobank shuts branch in Abuja after man dies of coronavirus
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has closed its Wuse II branch in Abuja over Nigeria’s first coronavirus death.
The bank said the victim, Mr. Sulaiman Achimugu, a...
Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift again! Reality star brands singer a...
Kim Kardashian says Taylor Swift is lying in the latest round of the long-running celeb feud between the reality TV star, 39, and Grammy...
COVID-19: We may be heading the way of China, Italy if...
The Federal Government on Monday said Nigeria had 40 coronavirus cases and one death caused by the disease.
The Federal Government also advised...
Deji Adeyanju makes a HUGE U-TURN… tells Nigerians to support the...
A known critic of the Buhari administration, Deji Adeyanju has made a huge u-turn.
Deji in a tweet yesterday asked Nigerians to support the government...
Nigeria’s President tests negative for COVID-19
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus.
According to reports, he was asked to carry out the test after his Chief...
Nairobi Pastor postpones wedding amid coronavirus anxiety
A Nairobi-based pastor has postponed his wedding that was slated for Saturday, March 28, in obedience to the government directive banning public gatherings in...
Buhari Chief of staff, Abba Kyari tests positive for COVID-19
Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has tested positive for coronavirus days after returning from an official trip to Germany,...
32-year-old man gets N200,000 bail for allegedly stealing N40,000 phone
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun state, on Monday, admitted one Kehinde Olumide, 32, to N200,000 bail, for allegedly stealing a N40,000 Itel mobile...
Cross River female Senator, Rose Oko dies in London
A Peoples Democratic Party member representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly is dead.
One of her aides who confirmed on condition...
Nigerian Immigration service suspends passport processing
The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended the processing of passport and migrant e-Registration across its offices.
This was due to the current outbreak and spread...
Manchester United to sign Ighalo for £15m in the summer
Manchester United are ready to sign Odion Ighalo for up to £15million this summer after it emerged the Nigerian striker’s loan runs out on...
Zimbabwe broadcaster, 30, dies from coronavirus
The death of Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba, 30, is a tragic illustration that even the young can succumb to coronavirus.
Makamba had a high profile...
COVID-19: Makinde places ban on religious services, gatherings of over 30...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has announced the ban on social gatherings including religious services, weddings, parties, and burial ceremonies, saying such gatherings...
Dozens of healthcare workers in America have tested positive for coronavirus
Dozens of healthcare workers across the US are testing positive for coronavirus as they battle the highly-infectious disease on the front lines.
At a Chicago...
Disneyland coronavirus closure halts visits of man who has visited everyday...
A die-hard Disney fan who has visited California's Disneyland theme park every day for more than eight years ended his streak just shy of...
Eto’o emotional message to Ronaldinho as he turns 40 in jail
Samuel Eto’o posted an emotional birthday message to Ronaldinho as the Brazilian football legend spent his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan jail.
Together at Barcelona,...
COVID-19: Bayelsa bars persons coughing, sneezing from boarding buses
The Bayelsa State Government has barred persons coughing, sneezing or showing any sign of respiratory infection from boarding any commercial vehicles and boats in...
Baker tricks Instagram with hilarious toilet roll CAKE amid coronavirus supermarket...
You'd be hard pressed to stroll into a supermarket and be met with an endless supply of toilet paper since the coronavirus outbreak has...
Juventus star Gonzalo Higuain broke quarantine rules in Italy to be...
Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain controversially broke quarantine rules in Italy to be with his cancer-stricken mother, his brother has revealed.
The former Chelsea forward, 32,...
Bus passenger coughs, collapses and dies during a stopover
A 30-year-old passenger who was aboard a Mombasa-bound bus from Nairobi is said to have collapsed and died at the Mtito Andei stopover.
According to...
Ronaldinho clocks 40 in jail, celebrates mildly
Ronaldinho celebrated his 40th with a huge BBQ in jail - after receiving birthday messages from fellow Brazil icons Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.
The Samba...
Three doctors aged 30 and working in the same hospital test...
Three junior doctors at the same NHS hospital have contracted coronavirus, it is reported.
It is believed the professionals, each aged 30, are on ventilators...
12-year old girl with no underlying health conditions is fighting for...
A 12-year-old with no pre-existing medical conditions is fighting for life on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus.
The girl, who has been named only as...
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital suspends solidarity visitations to patients to curb...
The Management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has temporarily suspended solidarity visitations to patients on admission in the hospital.
The action was a proactive...
Tokyo 2020: Olympics to be postponed until 2021
The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, says International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound.
It comes after the chairman...
Coronavirus pandemic is ‘accelerating’, WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is "accelerating", with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed.
It took 67 days...
Trump says coronavirus not Asian Americans’ fault
US President Donald Trump - under fire for labelling Covid-19 the "Chinese virus" - has said Asian Americans should not be blamed for the...