Americans to get $1,200 each + $500 per child as Donald Trump signs historic $2.2 trillion financial…
United States (US) President, Donald Trump, on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the…
Nigeria’s Ministers Donate Half of March salary To Fight Coronavirus
The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s 43 Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the efforts to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed…
Juventus star opens up on coronavirus ordeal
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala says he feels “much better” and is ready to restart a training regime after his coronavirus diagnosis. The 26-year-old Argentina international announced last week that he and his girlfriend Oriana…
Policemen who broke cartons of beer bottles in viral video arrested
Police Officers involved in “unprofessional conduct” in a video that has gone viral destroying cartons of beer bottles in Lagos in the process of enforcing the restriction of movement over the Coronavirus Disease have been arrested.…
Man stabbed to death by his wife in Rivers State
After a heated argument with his wife in their residence in Rivers state, a Nigerian man was stabbed to death. According to Facebook user, Anthony Biko Shadrach, his cousin was stabbed to death by his wife because he was seeing other…
Western Diplomats Warn Of Coronavirus Explosion In Nigeria As European Countries Evacuate Citizens
Some Western diplomats on Friday warned that with the current and abysmal way the Nigerian Government was handling the Coronavirus outbreak, the number of infections could witness a significant rise in the coming weeks. Already,…
BREAKING: Explosion destroys buildings, roads in Ondo
Many buildings were destroyed by an explosion which occurred along Akure-Owo road in Ilu Abo town, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The explosion which was said to have occurred about 1am on…
Coronavirus: NMA, CMA react as US woos Nigerian doctors, others
The Nigerian Medical Association and the Commonwealth Medical Association have reacted to the United States’ offer of employment to medical professionals willing to…
As rich nations battle coronavirus, anxiety grows for low-income states
As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones such as Syria and Yemen, where hygiene conditions are…
Over 500 New York police employees test positive for coronavirus
At least 512 New York Police Department employees have tested positive for coronavirus as of Friday morning, a senior NYPD official tells CNN, up 161 from an official update by the NYPD Thursday evening. Of the 512, 442 are uniformed…
Kano residents in panic buying over fear of shutdown
Kano residents have embarked on panic buying of food items over fear of COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. Newsmen who monitored markets in Kano metropolis on Friday, reports that the rush was noticed mainly in the major markets. At…
Wilfred Ndidi named best ball-holding midfielder in Premier League
Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi has been named the Premier League’s most effective all-round holding midfielder by former Arsenal star Adrian Clarke. The Gunners legend believes the Nigeria international is the Foxes midfield anchor holding…
South Africa struggles with lockdown as it records first coronavirus death
Bustling streets and long queues at supermarkets highlighted South Africa’s struggle to adapt to a new lockdown on Friday, as the country recorded its first coronavirus death. In the poor township of Alexandra near Johannesburg’s…
Long road to death: Why Rev King, 2,744 others have not been executed
There are 73,102 inmates in Nigeria. Over 2745 of them have been sentenced and are waiting to die for over 10 years now, write ADEBISI ONANUGA and ROBERT EGBE Celestine Egbunuche’s story is not…
Coronavirus: We’re racing against time – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said its is racing against time in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified twitter handle, however, said it was working hard to scale…
WHO warns of ‘dramatic evolution’ of virus in Africa
The World Health Organisation’s regional director for Africa on Friday warned the continent faced a “dramatic evolution” of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa region – which includes sub-Saharan Africa…
COVID-19: Global condom shortage looms as company stops production
There are fears of an imminent global shortage of condoms after the world’s largest manufacturer was forced to stop production due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since COVID-19 broke out in China,…
US announces N2.6 billion emergency health aid to Nigeria
The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is part of a 274 million dollars (N103 billion)…
Intriguing story of three-year-old boy breastfed by a stranger for 14 months
Fate works in diverse ways. That much is true of three-year-old Mercy, who was born without his mother’s knowledge and had to be breastfed by a strange woman. His father met…
NPA suspends demurrage charges
The Nigerian Ports Authority has directed all Terminal operators to suspend all applicable terminal storage fees on consignments (demurrage) for an initial period of twenty-one days effective March 23, 2020.…
Coronavirus: Wike leads taskforce against churches Sunday
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will on Sunday, lead the Taskforce on the enforcement of ban on public gatherings and places of worship to enforce compliance. Wike, in a statement issued by Paulinus…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus toll rises to 81 with 11 new cases
Nigeria has now recorded 81 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, as eleven new cases were recorded on Friday night. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the eleven new cases…
Coronavirus: Obasanjo donates former Hilltop residence for Isolation centre
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, announced that his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State be used as Isolation centre for victims of the dreaded…
Davido’s Chioma tests positive to coronavirus
Davido’s fiance Chioma, has just tested positive to coronavirus, LailasNews can confirm. The coronavirus is an ongoing global pandemic, which is responsible for the death of over 25,000, with over 550,000 people also reported to have…