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.......Now world’s 77th richest person with $13.4bn The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw its total net worth drop by $2.5bn in the last 30 days, according…

The House of Representatives has started taking delivery of the Toyota Camry 2020 model cars acquired for members as official cars, otherwise called utility vehicles, The PUNCH has reliably learnt. Our correspondent…

Against the backdrop of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday shut down all social and cultural activities in his palace. He…

Nigerians on social media platforms have begun a countdown with respect to the prophecy made by TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), concerning the…

Abdelhak Nouri, Ajax star, has miraculously awoken from a coma after two years and nine months. Nouri suffered a cardiac arrhythmia attack in July 2017, causing him to collapse on the pitch. Doctors warned Nouri’s family that the…

The Spanish Football Federation has made a fund of 500 million euros – approximately £450 million – available in loans to help clubs experiencing financial difficulties because of the coronavirus pandemic. The money, for LaLiga and…

The Lagos State Government has started construction of another Isolation Centre. The state is converting a section of the newly renovated Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Onikan. When ready, it would have a consultation section and space…

Tammy Abraham has quashed rumours he is seeking to become Chelsea’s highest-paid player as talks over a new contract continue. The 22-year-old has just over two years left on his current deal, but despite lengthy negotiations, he is…

The Kaduna state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state until further notice in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was announced by the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, in a…

South Africa came under a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown on Friday, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. Some 57…

Somalia has tragically lost former footballer Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Somali Football Federation has confirmed. Farah passed away at a Northwest London Hospital on Tuesday (24 March 2020), after testing…

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has personally donated €300k to Madrid’s health services to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The Spanish capital is the epicentre of the virus in the nation with health services struggling…

Amid the Coronavirus scare in the country, Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries, says there will be no physical services in his church. Suleman, who recently turned 50 urged his members to join live services via the…

Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor known for films including “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee,” has died, after contracting the coronavirus disease. The death of the 69-year-old was announced by his wife, Janet…

China’s Consul-General Chu Maoming has expressed optimism that after two months living with draconian curbs on daily life, residents of China were allowed to leave Hubei from midnight Tuesday March 24 if healthy, while Wuhan city,…

A chartered Air France Flight AF0986 thursday evacuated 260 European citizens from Nigeria and additional 118 European citizens from other West African countries through the Murtala…

US rapper Scarface has shared his three-week ordeal in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. ‘This whole three weeks has been an ordeal. It’s the craziest sh*t I’ve ever seen in…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has released the sum of N10 billion to Lagos for the battle against deadly Coronavirus. Lagos has 44 of the 65 cases of Coronavirus reported in Nigeria so far.…

The United States overtook China and Italy on Thursday as the world’s worst-hit country by the raging coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. took the morbid distinction after new 14,336…

The Lagos state house of assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat coronavirus. Of the 51 confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria, the state has the highest number,…

Fidelity Bank on Thursday revealed that one of its staff who returned from a holiday in the United Kingdom has tested positive for coronavirus. The bank noted that the individual had…

France on Thursday reported that 365 people, including a 16-year-old girl, had died from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, the country’s highest daily toll. Top French health…

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be 68 on Sunday. But, the yearly colloquium   to mark the ceremony has been cancelled due to the coronavirus…

A N120 billion funding was on Thursday announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The fund will be raised by the Nigerian…