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Akeredolu passes coronavirus test
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has tested negative for the Coronavirus. Akeredolu who announced yesterday he had submitted himself for…
G20 leaders hold online videoconference over coronavirus
G20 leaders will hold an online videoconference today in a bid to fend off a coronavirus-triggered recession, after criticism the…
Salihu ex-NNPC depot staff fined N1m for N6 billion theft
Abdulkadir Mohammed Salihu, a former sales assistant of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Kaduna Depot has got a kid…
Coronavirus: The Nigerian Dream Cure
The coronavirus or COVID-19 has profoundly exposed the nature and scope of the Nigerian healthcare crisis. Yet, every cloud has…
Coronavirus: Kano enforces draconian border closure tomorrow
Kano State Government has ordered the closure of land borders and routes linking the state to other parts of the…
Video: Niniola in Fantasy with Femi Kuti
Niniola has released the music video for her latest single “Fantasy,” featuring Grammy nominee and Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti. The…
Update: U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000
The U.S. coronavirus death toll surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday. Statistics showed that 247 people died in 24 hours and 13,355…
Coronavirus: No military lockdown of Nigeria tomorrow
There will be no military lockdown of Nigeria tomorrow, as part of measures to contain coronavirus epidemic, the Army has…
U.S. Senate passes $2trillion stimulus bill, help on the way for Americans
Help is on the way for coronavirus-stricken American people and businesses after the US Senate unanimously passed the nation's largest-ever…
Coronavirus deaths worldwide above 21,000
The coronavirus pandemic has left 21,185 people dead as governments all over the world stepped up their efforts against the…
World still lives in the shadow of slave trade: Guterres.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world “still lives in the shadow of the transatlantic slave trade” despite rejecting racism.
Burkina Faso worst hit by coronavirus in West Africa
Burkina Faso reported 32 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total to 146, the highest in West Africa.
Coronavirus: Max Air, Air Peace, Dana Air, Arik suspend flights
Max Air Transport Company said it will suspend its domestic flights from 27 March to 12 April for the safety…
Makinde grants all Oyo workers two-week holiday
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced a two-week holiday for all civil servants in the state as from…
U.S. coronavirus cases, deaths spike
Close to 65,000 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in the United States, after about 10,000 cases were confirmed on Wednesday.
Governor Bala Mohammed’s double headache as brother kidnapped
Elder brother to Governor Bala Mohammed has been kidnapped. Multiple reports said Adamu Mohammed Duguri, was kidnapped by gunmen at…
Bill Gates predicted coronavirus pandemic and that world will not be ready
Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder predicted in 2015 that a virus will develop into a pandemic that sweeps…
Osun launches manhunt for contacts of first coronavirus case
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun said his government has launched a manhunt for all the contacts of its first coronavirus…
Oyetola, wife test negative for coronavirus
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun said he has tested negative for the novel coronavirus after he attended events in the…
Nollywood takes on coronavirus (Videos)
Nollywood is not leaving government to mount alone the public enlightenment about the deadly coronavirus.
Crude oil prices inch up after U.S. record $2 trillion stimulus
Crude oil prices went up at trade opening on Wednesday with optimism that the $2 trillion aid package to stimulate…
Spain surpasses China in coronavirus deaths
Spain, like Italy, has surpassed China to record the world's second-highest death toll from coronavirus.
Coronavirus: King Salman shuts down Riyadh, Mecca, Medina
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has banned residents from entering or leaving Riyadh, Mecca and Medina, the Kingdom's…
Osinbajo tests negative for coronavirus
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has tested negative for the Coronavirus, special adviser on politics Babafemi Ojudu said.
Prince Charles future King of England tests positive for coronavirus
England's future king Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House said today.
Abba Kyari moved to Lagos
Malam Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has been moved to Lagos for treatment of his coronavirus…
Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow, wife hit by coronavirus
Lawrence Bacow, Harvard University president and his wife Adele Fleet have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Imported cases of coronavirus spike in China
China, the coronavirus pandemic’s original epicentre reported 47 new infections, all of them recent arrivals from abroad.
Tyson Fury, Wilder rematch postponed
The third fight in Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder's heavyweight rivalry has been postponed as the coronavirus pandemic grips the…
6820 Dead: Why Italy ‘s coronavirus epidemic may get worse
The coronavirus epidemic in Italy is far from easing as fatalities surged in the last 24 hours, the Civil Protection…