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United States health employees were sent to interact with repatriated Americans quarantined for exposure to the novel coronavirus without wearing protective gear or receiving training, a whistleblower complaint cited by US media…

A delighted Odion Ighalo said it’s a dream come true for him to score for the team he has always supported as a child. The former Watford star netted in the 34th minutes for Manchester United in their UEFA Europa league round of 32…

Experts in the telecommunication industry on Thursday stated that Nigeria will derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of the fifth generation (5G) networks. The experts spoke during a special panel…

The Federal Government has donated the sum of 235,000 RMB (over N12 million) to Nigerians in Wuhan, the epidemic center of the coronavirus, China. This, according to a statement by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), is…

Italy urged tourists spooked by the new coronavirus Thursday not to stay away, but efforts to reassure the world it was managing the outbreak were overshadowed by a sharp rise in case numbers. Hotel bookings have slumped and…

Dangote Cement Plc   will soon boost its export sales as it prepares to inaugurate its Apapa, Lagos, export terminal. This will be followed by Onne, Rivers State, export terminal.  The company…

The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks and respirators, which are being used around the world in an effort to combat the global spread of coronavirus, a.k.a…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named a 14-man committee to investigate the outcome of the 2019 presidential and other…

The Nigeria Medical Association has debunked claims on social media that chloroquine phosphate is a cure for coronavirus, aka COVID-19, saying the anti-malaria drug…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested three persons for allegedly and serially duping the Ibadan top chief, Oba Lekan Balogun of about…

A professor who has correctly predicted every US presidential election since 1984 says that the coronavirus outbreak could be the final straw that ends Donald Trump’s…

Former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has appealed the ruling of a Lagos High Court which struck out a suit seeking to stop the State House of Assembly…

The Lagos State government said it has begun a massive manhunt for all the people who had made a contact with Italian now in isolation in Lagos, for testing positive for coronavirus. The…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, hear constant warnings from allies about congressional losses in November if the party nominates Bernie…

A Nigerian Pastor has vowed to go to China to destroy the deadly Coronavirus that is spreading fear across the world. Prophet David Kingleo Elijah, General Overseer of Mount of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told the Federal High Court in Lagos how former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki allegedly diverted N10 billion from the…

Manchester United clinically steamrollered Club Brugge 5-0 at Old Trafford on Thursday night to book the last 16 of the Europa League. First-half goals from Bruno Fernandes, with his second penalty…

PROMINENT Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains met in Lagos on Thurtsday for return of peace to the state chapter of the party. Emerging from the closed-door parley, Oyo State Governor Seyi…

HOW Nigeria will get out of the crippling energy crisis which appears intractable has been put on the front burner in the last 72 hours by the government.…

Nigeria has recorded the first case of the deadly coronavirus, which broke out in China in January, 2020. It was confirmed by the Ministry of Health in Lagos State, which  reported it to the Federal Ministry of Health.…

An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 55-year-old father, Mr Bashiru Adeyanju, to 14 years imprisonment for attempted rape on 17-year-old daughter without an option of fine. The court found the defendants guilty of the…

Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iran vice-president for women and affairs, has contracted coronavirus. Ebtekar contracted the disease two days after Iraj Harirchi, the country’s deputy health minister, tested positive to it. Ebtekar is also known…

A former Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Dolapo Badmus, has said that officers of the Nigeria Police Force have no business with the mobile devices of Nigerians, adding that officers engaging in such an act are…

Nigeria will build the second-largest hydroelectric plant in Africa after the government settled a legal dispute that was delaying the project, Power Minister Sale Mamman said. “We have now overcome the major problem stopping this…