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Few days to his graduation, a 25-year-old Nigerian student, Bassey Offiong in Western Michigan University, Detroit, United States, was struck dead by deadly Coronavirus. The Chemical Engineering…

CLAIM: On March 31, 2020, fact-checkers at the Centre for Democracy and Development spotted a WhatsApp broadcast message which has gone viral in Northern region of Nigeria with the claim that…

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Moh’d Lukman, on Monday warned opposition and government critics…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed the enemies of Lagosians as they collectively wage war against dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement to review the…

Adedeji Adeleke, Davido’s father, has donated the sum of N500m to the federal government in support of the country’s fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. The singer, whose real name is David…

          The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed four new cases of coronavirus in the country. The agency broke the news in a tweet on Tuesday night. “Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria;…

United State’s President, Donald Trump has warned of a “painful” and “tough” two-week ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures that even if followed closely, could still mean between 100,000 and…

The Federal Government on Tuesday night reduced the price of petrol from N125/litre to N123.5/litre, THE WITNESS reports. Current petrol price indicates a reduction of N1.5 on every litre of petrol…

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Tuesday said there will be no increase in electricity tariff for end-use customers until July. NERC had in a December 2019 Minor Review of…

Testing kits that are due to arrive in the UK were found to have been contaminated with coronavirus, according to reports. The Government claims there is currently a capacity to carry out…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says questioning the legality of the presidential order restricting movements in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States is unnecessary as the action is important…

The only coronavirus-hit patient in Ekiti State has tested negative and allowed to go home. TVC news reported that the unidentified male patient has been discharged from hospital. The…

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp wants the club to pursue a €90m (£80m) deal for Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, report Diario Sport. It is claimed that the German boss is in love with the player and believes he can rekindle the form…

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has disclosed that there are now 5,255 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 47 countries across Africa. The health agency also said Coronavirus death cases in…

Russia’s top doctor for coronavirus cases, Denis Protsenko, has tested positive for the virus, state media reported on Tuesday. Protsenko heads the coronavirus treatment facility at Moscow’s…

The House of Representatives had announced that its 360 members have agreed to donate their salaries for the next two months towards the fight against the dreaded COVID- 19. Speaker Femi…

Residents of Rivers State especially persons living close to Mbiama, a border community between the state and Bayelsa, have begged Governor Nyesom Wike to review his total ban on markets across the…

In view of the coronavirus pandemic altering socio-economic activities around the world and as part of the on-going efforts to mitigate the effect on businesses and taxpayers, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the…

Late basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s towel has been sold for over N12million ($33,000) at an auction. Bryant wore the towel over his shoulders during his farewell speech after his final National Basketball League. With the towel draped…

Former Manchester United center-back, Rio Ferdinand asks for the season to be scrapped except an immediate fix can be found for the Coronavirus pandemic. The United favorite insists that Premier…

The Rome-based Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance forecasts the novel coronavirus epidemic in Italy to end by May 5. The institute’s epidemiological scenario is based on an algorithm that takes into account all major…

Russia’s Lower House of Parliament gave its final approval on Tuesday to legislation to send quarantine violators to prison for up to seven years. According to the legislature, if a person  violating a quarantine measure causes an…

The government of the United States of America has made known the reason why it is keen on evacuating its citizens from Nigeria following the spread of Coronavirus pandemic. The US mission in Nigeria had earlier announced that its…

Lagos, Africa’s biggest city and business hub of Nigeria has initiated a total lockdown, with the restriction of all movement of people and closure of businesses and…