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The Catholic Church on Friday granted forgiveness — under certain conditions — for the sins of the faithful struck by the novel coronavirus. A decree published by the Vatican also covers healthcare workers and those who pray for their wellbeing. Relatives who care for their sick family members may also be forgiven. The conditions include […]

Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, says the two major airports in the country – Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja – will be shut “sooner than later”. Speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Sirika said this would help in checking the spread of […]

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has said that her daughter, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, is also in self-isolation. Mrs Buhari, who tweeted the developments through her personal handle, @aishambuhari, said she acted based on the advice of the Minister of Health and the Presidential Task Force on Covid -19. She […]

The Lagos State Government on Thursday confirmed four new coronavirus cases, bringing to 12,  the total number of cases in the country. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi,  who disclosed this at a press conference in  Ikeja, also said the Italian, who was the first person in the country to be diagnosed with the […]

Oprah Winfrey has denied reports she was arrested and her home raided by law enforcement. The 66-year-old talk show host and media mogul became one of Twitter’s top trending topics on Tuesday night after rumors began circulating on social media that she, along with other celebrities, had been arrested for sex trafficking. After being made aware […]

Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year. Total deaths in Italy have reached 2,978, more than half of all the cases recorded outside China, while the number of infections stood at 35,713. […]

The Senate, on Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “immediately” address the nation on the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The red chamber said if the president addressed Nigerians, citizens and government agencies would be more serious in adhering to the preventive measures. It also asked the Federal Government to take more drastic […]

The Senate yesterday raised alarm that with its approval of $22.7billion foreign loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari penultimate week, the total debt profile of Nigeria now stands at N33 trillion. Speaking at  the one day public lecture organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies ( NILDS), on Public Debt in Nigeria […]

French health authorities on Tuesday said that 27 more people had died over the last 24 hours from the coronavirus in the country, bringing the total death toll in France to 175 people. There are now 7,730 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, France’s top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters, a jump of […]

The death toll in the Abule-Ado explosion  in Lagos rose to 20 on Monday, as many families continued to search for their missing relatives. Punch correspondents also learnt that 50 pupils of the Bethlehem Girls College were injured in the incident. Punch had reported that an explosion, which rocked the community on Sunday, left 17 […]

The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose  travel  restrictions  on visitors from countries where  coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However,  Nigeria   has  decided to screen visitors entering the  country  from  China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy , Germany, France,  South  Korea and Spain. The killer disease was brought […]

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he has no record of the amount of money stolen by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The AGF added that he wouldn’t also know about $5bn Abacha loot allegedly recovered between 1999 and 2015 and how the […]

Nigerian authorities Saturday shut down a Chinese restaurant in Lagos over its alleged discriminatory policy against Nigerian citizens. The restaurant, identified as Haufei, is located at 33 Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island. The facility also houses a supermarket also owned and operated by the Chinese nationals. The restaurant owners, it is alleged, do not sell food […]

The United States Government says there is evidence that Nigerian security agents, including the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army intimidated voters, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and even election observers during the 2019 general elections. According to the US, this fuelled the impression that the Nigerian Army worked for the […]

The coronavirus outbreak has reached the top of the world… Nepal announced on Friday it is shutting down all expeditions on Mount Everest for the rest of this year’s climbing season amid the worsening global pandemic. The move followed reports from climbers that the Chinese government has shut the Tibet side of the mountain. “Expeditions […]

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says Muhammadu Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano, can go anywhere, including Kano. After his dethronement, there were reports that he would not be allowed into Kano for at least three months. But fielding questions from journalists in Awe, Nasarawa state, on Friday, the governor said a federal […]