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Yoruba filmmaker and actor, Gbenga Ajumoko is dead

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Veteran Yoruba film maker, Gbenga Ajumoko has reportedly lost his life to the cold hands of death. In October, 2019, it was reported that the...

Bride collapses as groom walks out during church wedding

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Mr Rufus Aplang, left guests and worshippers in shock when he walked out of the church during his wedding and abandoned his supposed bride,...

35-year-old woman commits suicide after suspecting she had caught coronavirus

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A 35-year-old woman from Lolkunono Village in Maralal Ward in Samburu West Sub-County, Kenya on Friday, March 20, committed suicide after she was stigmatised...

FIFA U-17 girls stranded in Cameroon

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People around the world have had a challenging week as cities and even whole countries go into lockdown with efforts to contain the spread...

Uganda confirms first coronavirus case

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Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus in an announcement made by Health Minister Dr Ruth Aceng on Sunday morning. Dr. Aceng said the...

Another fire outbreak in Agboju, near Abule Ado (Video)

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There is a fire outbreak in Agboju, close to FESTAC, Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos State on Sunday. This is coming on the heels of...

Nigerian court fines Facebook N10m for interfering with firm’s trademark

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A Federal High Court in Lagos has fined Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland Ltd N10 million for unlawfully interfering with the use of a...

Iran rejects Trump’s virus aid offer as toll jumps to 1685

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Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday said his country would never accept any aid to fight the novel coronavirus from arch-enemy and “charlatans”...

Coronavirus is ‘spreading through petrol pumps’ as motorists told to wear...

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The coronavirus could be spreading through petrol pumps, according to reported claims by a senior nurse, Daily Star reports. It is claimed the medic, understood...

Lagos government shuts 32 unregistered pharmacies, patent medicine stores

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Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores for offences bordering on illegal...

Fresh case of Coronavirus confirmed in Abuja

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has stated that there is a fresh case of Coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja again. Yesterday,...

Boy dies, many injured as earthquake rocks Croatia amidst coronavirus outbreak

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A 15-year-old boy has died and dozens of people have been injured after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Croatia this morning, sparking blazes, cracking...

Lagos state police begin enforcement of large gathering ban

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In fact, the state Governor has now put it at 20. The Police in Lagos has begun enforcement of ban of more than 50...

Niger state Governor corrects media house over coronavirus in headline linking...

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The Niger state governor via his twitter handle has corrected a media house who had tweeted the state has recorded its first case of...

Omojuwa mocks Nigerian pastors who prophesy every year for not seeing...

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Omojuwa has mocked pastors and prophets who are in the business of prophesying every year saying none of them saw the most impactful phenomenon...

Cuba’s Interferon drug effective against coronavirus

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Helen Yaffe, a specialist in Cuban and Latin American development at the University of Glasgow has testified that Cuba’s Interferon Alfa-2B, is now being...

Ex-Manchester United star Fellaini contacts coronavirus

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Marouane Fellaini has tested positive for the coronavirus, his club Shandong Luneng said Sunday, the former Manchester United player becoming the first known case...

Government to deal with Pastor who told his congregation there’s no...

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The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos state Government, Gboyega Akosile has informed Lagosians this morning that the Government is on the case of...

3 Rangers International players involved in fatal accident

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3 Rangers International players were involved in an accident this morning, with attacker Ifeanyi George confirmed dead, The players were on their way to...

Man who impregnated 15-year-old daughter could be banished from Nasarawa community...

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Wonders, they say, shall never end. This is the scenario currently playing out in Wuyeya, a village under Assakio, Lafia Local Government Area of...

Oyo state confirms first case of coronavirus

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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the state. This brings the tally of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in...

Identity of the boy who beat up his girlfriend in viral...

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The identity of the boy who beat his girlfriend mercilessly in a viral video has been revealed. In the shocking video, the boy is seen...

Gombe doctors suspend strike

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The Gombe State chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its five-day indefinite strike. The chairman of the association, Dr...

Amotekun takeoff may suffer delay over disease outbreak

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The takeoff of the Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Operation Amotekun may suffer delay as a result of the ban on...

Oyo records first case of coronavirus

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Oyo State has recorded its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 23. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo...

Army destroys Boko Haram food supply vans

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The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had smashed Boko Haram food supply line and destroyed six vehicles used in conveying food and logistics...

Lagos confirms three new cases of coronavirus

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Three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Lagos State on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Sunday morning. “On...

Coronavirus: Australian PM warns of lockdowns

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus. The potential measures come after large crowds gathered...

Ex-Real Madrid president, Lorenzo Sanz dies of coronavirus

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Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period...

Hospitalised victim dies seven days after Lagos explosion

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Another victim of the explosion that rocked Abule Ado, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has died seven days after...

Paolo Maldini and son Daniel test positive for coronavirus

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Former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini revealed that he and his son have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19). Milan said Maldini, now the technical...

Passengers stranded as Benin Republic closes border

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Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Seme on Saturday as the Benin Republic closed its border over the global coronavirus pandemic. A News Agency of...

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into sea amid coronavirus pandemic

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North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in a series of such...

COVID-19: Italy records almost 800 daily deaths

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Italy on Saturday reported 793 new coronavirus deaths, a one-day record that saw its toll shoot up to 4,825 — 38.3 percent of the...

Striker Paulo Dybala, girlfriend test positive for coronavirus

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Juventus striker, Paulo Dybala, and his girlfriend, Oriana Sabatin, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). He made this known via his Twitter handle on Saturday. He...

Nigerian govt shuts Lagos, Abuja international airports

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The federal government of Nigeria, on Saturday, announced the shut down of international flights coming into Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe...

Groom dies on wedding day in Jos

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A groom-to-be, Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was...

COVID-19: Spain emerges second in europe with 1,300 deaths

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Spain on Saturday reported a 32 per cent spike in new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the country total to 1,326 fatalities, the second-highest...

Troops rescue nine kidnap victims in Zamfara

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Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued nine victims kidnapped by bandits in Bindim and Koli towns, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara...

Four Burkina Faso ministers test positive to coronavirus

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Four government ministers are among the latest cases of coronavirus in Burkina Faso as two new deaths were reported by the country’s health emergency...

I’ve not retired from comedy –Julius Agwu

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Comedian, actor, and master of ceremonies, Julius Agwu, has said that the entertainment industry is now a safe haven for many Nigerian graduates who...

Coronavirus : FG suspends railway services as from Monday

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The Nigerian Railway Corporation plans to suspend all passenger services in the country effective Monday, March 23, says the Federal Government. The suspension is not...

Lagos goes tough, bans gatherings of over 20

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The Lagos State Government has banned all religious and social gathering of over 20 people. The state government announced this on its Facebook page after...

Breaking! Lagos records 7 new positive coronavirus cases as record around...

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There are 10 new cases of confirmed coronavirus in Nigeria, the Federal Government has announced. Three of the new cases are in the Federal Capital...

Coronavirus: Ogboni cult head releases statement, offers to perform rituals to...

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The spiritual and traditional head of the Aborigine Ogboni worldwide, Oba Olakisan Adetoyese has offered to perform rituals to appease to gods in bid...

Breaking! Three tests positive for coronavirus in Abuja

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 Three persons have tested positive for Coronavirus in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. According to a report by The Punch,  the capital index case is an official...

Spain turns hotels to hospitals as Coronavirus death toll rises

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The Spanish Government is ordering the closure of all hotels across the country by next Thursday so they can be converted into hospitals after...

I hated God for abandoning me – BBNaija star, Diane

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2019 Big Brother Naija former housemate, Diane Yashim, popularly called Diane Russet, has recounted how she once ‘hated God’ because of what she went...

Lagos hospitals flooded with chloroquine-overdose patients

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Gboyega Akosile, chief press secretary to the governor says some hospitals in Lagos state have started receiving patients suffering from chloroquine poisoning. Akosile who quoted...

75 year old man arrested for defiling two sisters aged 2...

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The Anambra state police command have arrested 75-year- old man, Raphael Mbanyereude aka Papa Okoye, pictured above, for allegedly defiling two sisters aged two...