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Popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele Bello, also known as Jenifa has frowned at a post made by a Nigerian blogger who pitted her against her colleague, Genevieve Nnaji. Funke via Twitter shunned the blog post and showered encomium on Genevieve Nnaji, calling her senior colleague and a great actor. It all started when the said […]

Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former governor of Anambra state, says Nigeria needs a president of Igbo origin to fix its challenges. In an interview with Sun, the elder statesman identified the country’s challenges as almajiri system, diversification of the economy, among others. Reacting to the influx of northern youth into southern Nigeria, Ezeife said the almajiri […]

Lagos State Government on Friday rolled out what it called ‘Register-to-open’ guidelines for businesses as it prepares  for the opening of the economy following  the ongoing lockdown. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, speaking at a webinar organised by First Securities Discount House (FSDH) Group, with the theme: “A Global Pandemic: Local Realities and Peculiarities – A View […]

The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, saying, however, that this will not be done in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news conference in Abuja following […]

China on Saturday reported zero new coronavirus infections for the first time since it started reporting data in January, a day after Communist Party leaders celebrated “major achievements” in the virus fight. The virus first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, but cases have dwindled dramatically from the peak in […]

United States President Donald Trump has asked governors to allow worship centres re-open because they are of “very essential” services. At the White House briefing on Friday, Trump said the churches are what holds America together. The US had imposed a lockdown that prevented churches and most businesses from operating as a measure to curb […]

A senior politician has sparked disbelief among Tanzanians by saying that coronavirus has “ended” and calling on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. Paul Makonda, who is regional commissioner of the country’s biggest city Dar es Salaam, even told residents which shops had 80%-off sales so they could buy new clothes to […]

Nigeria reported 339 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 7,016. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet via its official handle, confirmed the new figures. According to the health agency, Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo 25, and Katsina 22. Other […]

An 18-year-old housewife, Salman Hassan, from Itas Gadau in Bauchi State, has narrated how she stabbed her husband, Mohammed Mustapha, to death over sex, just 11 days after their wedding. Speaking with journalists in Bauchi on Thursday during her parade alongside other suspects, Salma said she stabbed her husband in the chest because he insisted […]

As the country’s death toll surpasses 92,000, all 50 US states have partially reopened after a two-month shutdown. On Wednesday, Connecticut became the final state to lift restrictions when it gave the green light to shops and restaurants under certain conditions. But wide discrepancies remain between states in terms of infection rates and the pace […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday said the Federal Government was disturbed that COVID-19 deaths came from many educated, well-to-do Nigerians who chose home-based care and were only rushed to hospitals after sudden complications. The minister, who stated this during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, […]

United States, President Donald Trump, attacked the United Nations health body as a China’s “puppet” on Monday and confirmed he is considering slashing or canceling US support. “They’re a puppet of China, they’re China-centric to put it nicer,” he said at the White House. Trump said the United States pays around $450 million annually to […]

Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed on Monday. In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC said 74 new cases were found in Lagos, 33 in Katsina, 19 in Oyo, and 17 in Kano. Other states with new cases include Edo with 13, […]

China said it will contribute two billion dollars over the next two years for the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President, Xi Jinping on Monday announced. The money is not only earmarked for health measures, but also for development aid for affected countries. Xi said in a message to the World Health Organisation’s […]