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Nigeria recorded only 58 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest in six months, indicating that the virus has been flattened in the nation. With the low figures, the nation’s total COVID-19 infection is put at 59,345, with 50,768 survivors discharged and 1,113 deaths recorded. The new cases were recorded in Plateau, Lagos, Katsina, Ogun, Kaduna, […]

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said the country cannot afford to conduct free COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving into Nigeria. Aliyu, who made this statement on Saturday during a webinar organised by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, explained that the country […]

Nigerian billionaire politician, Dino Melaye has acquired the latest Lamborghini Aventador Roadstar convertible, adding it to his fleet of cars. According to Instagram blogger, Tunde Ednut who shared a video of the senator test driving the car, the Lamborghini is worth $1million, which amounts to N460million. It is the 50th-anniversary model and this particular one […]

Nigeria’s former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), says he was frightened when he became the nation’s military leader on August 1, 1966 at the relatively young age of 31. According to a statement on Friday titled “How I became Head of State at 32, by Gowon,” the former military leader spoke at […]

US President Donald Trump is being flown to hospital less than 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus. The White House said the decision to transport him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre was taken “out of an abundance of caution”. Mr Trump began exhibiting “mild symptoms” of Covid-19 on Thursday after disclosing that […]

Petrol price will continue to be dictated by market forces because the government will not go back on subsidy removal, President Muhammadu Buhari indicated on Thursday. In his broadcast to the nation to mark the 60th independence anniversary, the President said the current N161 per litre pump price is lower than what it is sold […]

Coronavirus infections in Nigeria plummeted on Independence Day, but Lagos recorded a rise in new cases. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released 153 new Coronavirus infections on Thursday, with Lagos raking in 81 cases. The 153 cases represents a drop from the 201 cases recorded the previous day. Lagos has continued to record […]

A former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has said most of those claiming to be fighting for their geopolitical zones are only interested in their pockets. He noted that they used ethno-religious wars to get into public offices only to serve selfish interests. Lamido spoke on Thursday at The Platform, an annual conference organised by […]

The first person ever to be cured of HIV has died of cancer 25 years later. Timothy Ray Brown, 54, died Tuesday while ‘surrounded by loved ones’ after battling leukaemia since 2007. He was cured of HIV the same year after receiving a bone marrow transplant aimed at tackling his cancer. His partner Tim Hoeffgen […]

A mother ran back into her burning home to die alongside her 15 year-old son with autism after he was unable to escape the flames. Feda Almaliti and her son Muhammed perished in a house fire in Fremont, California, on Monday. Sarah Trautman, Feda’s friend, said that when firefighters looked through the damage, they found […]

Federal Government has agreed to lift the ban placed on Emirates Airlines from operating into and out of the country. James Odaudu, Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, in a statement on Wednesday said that the lift of the ban was based on an undertaking by the authorities of the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) Mr […]

COVID-19 pandemic is not receding from Nigeria yet, as more cases of infections were reported on Tuesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC said 187 cases were logged from 12 states and Abuja in the last 24 hours. On Monday 136 cases were reported. However, the death toll remained at 1,111, the number of […]

A kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one of them, after an argument with a rival staff member has been sentenced to death by a court in central China. In its official ruling Monday, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People’s Court in Henan province described killer Wang Yun’s motives as “despicable” and “vicious.” “She should be punished severely […]