Slovakian bishop battles coronavirus by using old rituals
Slovakia’s influential Catholic Church on Monday piloted a novel method of using old rituals to fight off the coronavirus pandemic by flying a sacred relic over the country in a plane. In an…
COVID-19: I Will Slap You if You Cough or Sneeze Near Me – Bobrisky
Popular and controversial cross-dresser and male barbie, Idris Okuneye simply known and addressed as Bobrisky has warned that nobody should sneeze or cough around him following the…
Coronavirus: ASUU tells FG to use Nigerian scientists against pandemic
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, urged the Federal Government to use Nigerian scientists and other critical stakeholders to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19),…
VIDEO: Celebrities Are Being Paid To Say They Have Coronavirus – Cardi B Reveals
American rapper, songwriter, television personality and actress, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar popularly known as Cardi B reveals that celebrities are being paid to say they have contracted the novel…
U.S., Italy break the coronavirus charts for the second day
For the second day, United States and Italy broke the tragic coronavirus records, by registering more infections and deaths than on Sunday. Confirmed coronavirus cases in…
Senators worried over COVID-19 status of 35 colleagues
Fear heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) status. The senators last week returned from a trip to the United Kingdom (UK),…
FAKE NEWS ALERT: 45m Nigerians to die of coronavirus? Verifying claims in viral WhatsApp audio
A voice message went viral on Sunday claiming the World Health Organisation estimates that 45 million Nigerians would die from coronavirus if the outbreak escalates in the…
Coronavirus: Miyetti Allah asks members to shut cattle markets
Bello Bodejo, national president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal, has asked members to shut down cattle markets across the country. According to the Sun newspaper, Bodejo said the decision was taken as a measure to curb the spread of…
BREAKING: Buhari Tests Negative for COVID-19, Kyari is Positive
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for…
Saraki’s ex-aide emerges monarch in Ondo
The Ondo state executive council has approved the appointment of Ebenezer Ogunmolasuyi, a former aide of ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki, as the olupenmen of…
Nigeria to recall retired doctors, nurses as coronavirus cases rise
The Federal Government, on Monday, said retired doctors and nurses could be reabsorbed in states to help in the fight against coronavirus. This was made known by the Minister of…
CROSS-CHECK: Who among Atiku’s sons tested positive to Coronavirus?
Media reports that a former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar’s son tested positive to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been going viral on online blogs and social media platforms…
Why we held services on Sunday despite ban on large gatherings – Winners Chapel
Living Faith Church, better known as Winners Chapel, says it held services on Sunday to sensitise and mobilise its members against the dangers of coronavirus (COVID-19). The church had…
House of reps to shut down Tuesday over coronavirus
The house of representatives will suspend plenary and shut down on Tuesday over the coronavirus pandemic, TheCable can report. TheCable learnt the decision to shut down the…
Coronavirus: Atiku’s daughter-in-law, grandchildren test negative
The daughter-in-law of Atiku Abubakar, as well as his grandchildren, have tested negative to the COVID-19, The PUNCH can confirm. They are, however, on self-isolation at their home located…
Boris Johnson toughens stay-at-home order(Video)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has toughened his stay-at-home order to Britons to halt the spread of coronavirus, by imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime. The tougher tone followed evidence at the…
Coronavirus: 5th minister, US ambassador Andrew Young test positive
Burkina Faso’s Minister of Trade and Industry Harouna Kabore has tested positive for coronavirus, the fifth cabinet minister infected by the novel coronavirus in the country. The…
Panic as petrol scarcity looms in Nigeria
There is panic over likely petrol scarcity in Nigeria as members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) on Monday raised the alarm over the inability of the Depot and…
BREAKING: Nigerian lawmaker Rose Oko dies in UK
Cross River Female Senator, representing Northern Senatorial District of the state, Dr Mrs Rose Okoji Oko is dead. She was aged 63. The late Senator Oko, THE WITNESS learnt died last night…
Curfews in Senegal, South Africa over coronavirus
Senegal and South Africa issued curfews Monday as part of measures against the novel coronavirus, which has claimed more than 16,000 lives worldwide. Following a nine-hour-long meeting,…
I don’t have coronavirus – IK Osakioduwa
Popular media personality and the host of the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award, AMVCA, IK Osakioduwa, has debunked rumours that he has contracted coronavirus. IK shared a video on his social media on Monday,…
Eto’o sends emotional message to Ronaldinho in jail (Video)
Samuel Eto’o posted an emotional birthday message to Ronaldinho as the Brazilian football legend spent his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan jail. Ronaldinho was arrested this…
My son did not attend Ibadan PDP rally – Atiku
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to reports that his son refused to isolate himself upon return. Atiku had on Sunday revealed that his son tested positive for…
Coronavirus shuts down Buhari govt, FEC, NEC suspended
Coronavirus literally shut down the Nigerian Government on Monday with the suspension of the weekly federal executive council meeting. The suspension will be “until further…