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2-3 minutes Congolese music legend Aurlus Mabele has died in Paris of the coronavirus, his family and friends said Friday. “My father died this morning from the coronavirus, please honour his memory,” his daughter rapper Liza Monet, sai...

2 minutes Some hospitals in Lagos state have been receiving patients suffering from chloroquine poisoning, according to Gboyega Akosile, chief press secretary to the governor. Quoting Oreoluwa Finnih, senior special assistant to the gover...

3 minutes Several Nigerians have taken to social media to blast the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari for his 'shocking' refusal to address Nigerians on the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike his counterparts in various parts of the world, Pr...

3-4 minutes The two remaining international airports in Lagos and Abuja will eventually be closed to flight operations as part of preventive measures against the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government has declared. The Presidentia...

2 minutes Italy on Friday reported a record 627 new deaths from the novel coronavirus and saw its world-leading toll surpass 4,000 despite government efforts to stem the pandemic’s spread. The Mediterranean country’s daily death rate i...

4-5 minutes New York, the Big Apple City, has joined California in imposing tough new restrictions, limiting the activity of 60 million people in the two states to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Only essential workers are allowed t...

3-4 minutes The World Health Organisation (WHO) says young people are not invincible to COVID-19, as data from countries show that people under 50 years old make up a significant proportion of patients requiring hospitalisation. Dr Tedro...

2-3 minutes President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured that his administration was committed to protecting Nigerians from the scourge of Coronavirus. Buhari made the remark while receiving the management of the National Hajj Commission ...

3 minutes Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the police and other security agencies to arrest people gathering in large number in violation of government’s order. The government had banned large religious gathering in ex...

2 minutes The Nigerian Medical Association has directed all its members currently on strike to suspend their action as part of efforts to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The association’s president, Dr Francis Faduyile, ...

2 minutes The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination indefinitely. The examination body announced this in a statement on Friday. In the statement, Patrick Aregha...