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Achimugu, ex-PPMC boss identified as Nigeria’s first coronavirus death
Suleiman Achimugu, a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company has been identified as the 67 year-old Nigerian…
The Gambia confirms first coronavirus death, a Bangladeshi
The Gambia has confirmed its first death related to COVID-19, the country's health minister Amadou Samateh said Sunday.
Coronavirus: McDonald’s, Nando’s, Costa Coffee close shops in UK
McDonald's and two other UK restaurant chains, Nando's and Costa Coffee are shutting down from Monday due to the coronavirus…
UBA Plc, affiliated companies cancel AGMs
United Bank for Africa (UBA Plc), Transcorp and all affiliated companies have announced the cancellation of their 2019 Annual General…
Jailed Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus
Harvey Weinstein, disgraced Hollywood mogul in prison in northern New York state, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US…
Trump on coronavirus: “We’re at war, in a true sense we’re at war”
President Donald Trump has ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots, declaring: "We're at war,…
Canada officially pulls out of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Canada has announced an official withdrawal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears, as the International Olympic Committee(IOC) dilly-dallies…
Updated: Oil prices regain some ground but still very low
Oil prices regained some ground in volatile Asian trade on Monday, but remained at multi-year lows due to the double…
Union Bank asks some staff to work from home
The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc said on Sunday that some of its workers would work from home from Monday…
Coronavirus: MTN staff to work from home
MTN Nigeria on Sunday said its team would start working from home as part of the precautionary measures to stop…
Egypt loses General Khaled Shaltout to coronavirus
Egypt’s military said a senior officer, Major General Khaled Shaltout died Sunday following his infection from the coronavirus.
Italy allowing coronavirus patients above 60 to die: Israeli doctor
An Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg has told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow…
Oil prices continue free fall, may plunge below $20
Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel at the start of the trading session early Monday, as demand outlook…
Why Democrats in U.S. Senate blocked $1trillion stimulus
Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Sunday blocked legislation that would pump well over $1 trillion into the American economy…
Coronavirus: Atiku commends Nigerian spirit
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commended Nigerian health workers for healing the index case of coronavirus in the country, the…
Zamfara: APC accuses PDP of intimidating Supreme Court
The All Progressives Congress has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of intimidating the Supreme Court over the review of…
Oyo-Ita’s trial begins tomorrow
The former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winnifred Oyo-Ita will be docked tomorrow by the Economic and…
Ohio, Louisiana shut down for coronavirus
Ohio and Louisiana have become the latest U.S. states to announce broad lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus,…
U.S. breaks world coronavirus record with highest new cases
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the United States too hard with a world record 8,149 new cases recorded on Sunday,…
U.S. Senator Rand Paul attacked by coronavirus
Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky on Sunday became the first known US senator to test positive for COVID-19. “Senator…
Uganda seizes passports of all contacts of first coronavirus case
Uganda's Ministry of Health said it has seized the passports of all the travellers on the same flight with the…
Updated: Nigeria records more coronavirus cases
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jumped from 22 on Saturday to 30 on Sunday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) said. NCDC…
Coronavirus: Africa receives 5.4m masks, 1m testing kits from Jack Ma
Massive medical supplies donated by China's Jack Ma Foundation to 54 African countries to battle coronavirus, arrived on Sunday morning…
Why coronavirus is killing more people in Italy than elsewhere
Italy has been the hardest-hit country since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, with the highest mortality rate and the…
Coronavirus death toll rises in U.S., Spain
Forty eight more people died in the United States of coronavirus on Saturday, taking the national death toll to 348,…
Cuba’s Interferon drug effective against coronavirus
Helen Yaffe, a specialist in Cuban and Latin American development at the University of Glasgow has testified that Cuba's Interferon…
Cuba despatches doctors, nurses to coronavirus-ravaged Italy
Cuba said it has dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to…
Davido bashed for violating coronavirus rules in Ibadan
Singer Davido has attracted social media bashing after he went on to play at several Ibadan clubs on Saturday, in…
Tyson Fury makes ex-promoter Hennessy £1.5m richer
Boxing promoter Mick Hennessy is £1.5million richer after WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury agreed to settle a court case over…
CBN says it has only adjusted Naira price, not devalue it
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to news it has devalued the Naira by as much as 15 percent,…