New York Reports Lowest COVID-19 Death Toll In Two Weeks
Medics wear protective gear as they arrive at a Brooklyn hospital to pick up a patient on April 18, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty…
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 49 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 542
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 49 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 542, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a tweet via…
Osun Market Assault: IGP Condemns Attack, Two Policemen Arrested
The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, says the police will not condone any act of misconduct and recklessness on the part of its personnel under his watch. Two policemen have…
COVID-19 Lockdown: Falana Calls For Investigation Into Extrajudicial Killing Of 21 Persons
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called for an investigation into alleged killing of 21 persons by security forces during the COVID-19 lockdown. In his letter dated April 16…
Free Electricity Supply: Reps, Executive, Stakeholders Raise Joint Implementation Committee
The House of Representatives and stakeholders in the power sector on Wednesday agreed to set up a joint implementation committee on the proposed two-month free power supply to the poor…
BREAKING: 35 New Cases Of COVID-19 Confirmed By The NCDC
Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the NCDC, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 442. The NCDC confirmed this on Thursday evening via a statement on Twitter. According…
NCDC Drops Funke Akindele As COVID-19 Ambassador Replaces Her With Toyin Abraham
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dumped their former ambassador, Funke Akindele-Bello after she floated the Federal Government’s social distancing directives by hosting a house party for her…
EX Pope, Benedict XVI Celebrates 93rd Birthday Under House Arrest Because Of COVID 19 Pandemic
Former Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday celebrated his 93rd birthday under strict isolation at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Benedict, who has been living in a monastery within…
Abuja Court Sentences Taxi Driver Who Stripped Naked After Car Was Seized To 6 Months In Prison
An Abuja magistrate court has sentenced a taxi driver, Emmanuel Imhoudu, who stripped naked after his vehicle was impounded by security operatives in the city, to six months in prison.…
Man Utd Transfer For Ighalo Replacement in Limbo Due To Coronavirus
The Nigerian has been a success since his loan move from Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua on deadline day in the January transfer window. And his form has led…
BREAKING NEWS: President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari Dies Of Coronavirus
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari has died of Coronavirus. This was contained in a Tweet by the Senior Special Adviser to the President to the…
Serie A Should Resume In Late May – Italian FA
Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku (2ndR) scores a goal during the Italian Serie A football match Bologna vs InterMilan on November 2, 2019 at the Renato Dall’ Ara stadium…
El-Rufai’s Son Apologises Over Rape Tweet
One of the sons of Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State has apologised over a tweet suggesting the rape of a Twitter user’s mother. Bello El-rufai, 32, on Sunday threatened…
They Have Broken No Law, PENGASSAN Reacts To Arrest Of Exxon Mobil Workers In Rivers
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has reacted to the arrest of some of its members by Rivers State Government stressing they have broken no…
IGP Redeploys Rivers State Commissioner Of Police
A file photo of IGP Mohammed Adamu. PHOTO: Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of Rivers State Commissioner for Police, Dandaura Mustapha.…
COVID-19 Panic: Taraba Considers Quarantining 65 Travellers Intercepted By Police
Taraba is a state in Nigeria’s North-East region. The police in Taraba State have intercepted 65 persons traveling from Ogun State to Adamawa. According to the police, the heavy-duty vehicle…
Africa’s COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 1,000
A young street child, also referred to as Talibe, gets his temperature measured in a quarantined area at a refuge for newly arrived street children outside Dakar on April 10,…
Nigeria Records 51 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 493
Nigeria recorded 51 new cases of the novel coronavirus on April 17, 2020. Nigeria has recorded 51 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
COVID-19: Trump Appears To Support Stay-At-Home Protesters
In this file photo US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a “Keep America Great” campaign rally at Wildwoods Convention Center in Wildwood, New Jersey, January 28, 2020.…
Repentant Bandits Surrender Arms In Zamfara , As Governor Matawale Promises 200 New Patrol Vehicles
Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara state has promised to distribute 200 Hilux vehicles and 190 motorcycles to security operatives in the state to boost the ongoing fight against banditry in…