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Nigeria records 12 deaths in 1 day as Coronavirus cases reach 27,564

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, July 3, released the latest updates of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic as it affects states...

Auditor-General Domelevo’s leave period extended from 123 to 167 days – Presidency

The Office of the Presidency has extended the leave period of the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo from 123 days to 167 effective July 1, 2020. This...

UN suspends 2 officials caught making love in its vehicle

The United Nations (UN) on Thursday said it had suspended two of its staffers for suspected sexual misconduct after a video clip surfaced last...

Oxford researches feel COVID-19 pandemic will end on its own; won’t need a vaccine

Oxford researches feel COVID-19 pandemic will end on its own; won't need a vaccine It has been over six months since we first heard of...

Anthony Joshua’s heartbreaking explanation for never allowing his son to box

Anthony Joshua is one of the most successful boxers in the world - but nothing is more important to him than family. The two-time world...

From Uganda to Nigeria, activists are calling on govt’s to remove colonialists names from streets

Ternan Avenue, a long stretch of road named after British Col. Trevor Ternan lies beside the presidential state house in Uganda. In the heart of...

Dubai Police, FBI agree to extradite Hushpuppi, partners to the US

Dubai Police has released a statement after it reached a consensus with Director of Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to hand over "notorious hacker"...

Nigeria: Law School audit uncovers unauthorised payments to ‘cleaner’

Several oddities have been uncovered in the financial records of the Nigerian Law School by the Office of Auditor-General of the Federation. The 2015 Audit...

Nigeria ‘still testing Covid-19 herbal cure’

Nigeria’s health minister says Covid-Organics – a herbal tonic produced in Madagascar and touted as a cure for coronavirus – has ingredients used for...

Inside UK factory hit by coronavirus where workers can’t afford to be sick

Inside one of Britain’s meat  processing factories, where there is an ongoing outbreak of Covid-19, Alex is working “shoulder to shoulder” with his colleagues. One...

Moment white woman pulls gun on black family after they accuse her of racism

A white woman held a black mum and her teenage daughter at gunpoint after they accused her of being racist in a horrifying confrontation...

Coronavirus has mutated into a new, more infectious strain, scientists warn

cases around the world are now at over 10.6 million, and now a new study suggests that most of those cases are caused by...

Man arrested for pushing 86-year-old from lift ‘to protect himself from virus’

A 72-year-old man has been arrested after pushing another, aged 86, from a Miami Beach apartment block lift, claiming he was protecting himself and...

What is happening to Christians, churches qualifies as persecution – Pastor Chris

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Church has said that the COVID-19 guidelines given to churches qualifies fully as persecution of Christians. Oyakhilome stated this...

India’s second COVID-19 vaccine cleared for human trials

In some positive development, Indian pharmaceutical company, Zydus Cadila received the green signal from The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to start phase...

Hushpuppi handed over to United States for ‘fraud accusation’

Social media celebrity and his accomplice have been extradited to the United States of America (USA) after being arrested in Dubai last month. Raymond Abbas,...

Tesla becomes the most valuable automobile company on the planet

Elon Musk's electric car business exceeds the value of almost every company in the S&P 500, including some iconic American companies. Shares of Tesla (TSLA) were up 4% in...

Jealous family dog mauls newborn twin girls to death

Newborn twin sisters died after they were savagely attacked by their family dog in Brazil. The premature twin girls — Anne and Analú —...

All the countries that have still not reported a single case of coronavirus

As global cases of coronavirus pass ten million and deaths now exceed 500,000, the full impact of the deadly virus can be felt around...

Egypt reopens pyramids after coronavirus closure

Egypt has reopened major tourist attractions including the Great Pyramids of Giza after a three-month closure. The pyramids were the country’s first tourist attraction to...

Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana

Mystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern...

When Sir John appeared before Supreme Court panel [Video]

The late former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, was a man who...

Coronavirus patient suffers four-hour erection due to blood clots in his penis

A coronavirus patient was left with a painful four-hour erection after Covid-19 triggered blood clots in his penis. The man, 62, was in hospital in...

I studied law, but didn’t graduate – Fake lawyer confesses

The Ogun state police command has arrested a man allegedly parading himself as a lawyer in the state.  Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi...

Govt reacts to Ghana’s exclusion from EU travel list

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says Ghana's exclusion from the European Union (EU)'s travel list as it opens its external borders is not surprising. The...

Why Princess Diana wore two watches on her wrist

Princess Diana was a style icon, and her bold looks inspired women's wardrobes around the world. She used her clothes to send statements to royal...

Coronavirus: Top gov’t official asked to wear mask assaults female worker

A government official in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has been arrested after he was caught on camera assaulting a female co-worker. Police...

Ivory Coast to reduce fees paid by domestic cocoa exporters

Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) is introducing reforms aimed at boosting domestic exporters, including by reducing fees they pay when acquiring beans,...

Recovered coronavirus patients are reporting ‘freak pains’ months later

Doctors have been left baffled after several coronavirus patients have reported freak pains, lung problems and psychological issues, months after recovering. The team from Bnei Brak, Israel’s first community...

Woman sues neighbour over the paternity of her ‘dwarf’ goats

A woman in Florida has gone to court over the paternity of five goats she bought from her neighbor because she was of the...

Covid-19: US strikes an ‘amazing deal’ on remdesivir

US President Donald Trump’s administration has secured almost all the world’s upcoming supply of the drug remdesivir. The drug, produced by the firm Gilead Sciences,...

Flying snakes? Here’s how they can glide through the air

For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air? Chrysopelea paradisi - the...

The secret life of a doctor: 10 doctors share the biggest struggle of being in the profession

Doctors reel under unrelenting work pressure, they work for inhumane hours, suffer from severe burnout, undergo sleep deprivation and anxiety but despite all of...

Man who lost IT job due to coronavirus pandemic takes his own life

A heartbroken wife found the body of her husband in their garage a few weeks after he lost his job due to the coronavirus...

Visitors from three African nations on EU safe list

Algeria, Morocco and Rwanda are among 14 countries named by the European Union whose citizens are deemed "safe" to be let in from 1...

South Korea church hit by Covid-19 says members to give plasma for research

In February and March, a massive outbreak among members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus made South Korea the scene of the first large...

Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial to restart

Trials of the controversial anti-malarial drug taken by United States President Donald Trump to try to prevent catching coronavirus are to be resumed. United Kingdom...

World Social Media Day: UN says ‘take care before you share’ in bid to tackle misinformation

The United Nations urged social media users to “pause — take care before you share” on Tuesday to mark World Social Media Day and...

Belgian king says he ‘regrets’ his country’s colonial past in Africa

Belgium’s King Philippe has spoken about his country’s colonial past in Africa saying he “regrets” it. According to King Philippe, Belgium’s reported “acts of violence” and “suffering”...

Survivors of coronavirus ‘at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder’

People who were seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus need to be urgently screened for post-traumatic stress disorder, leading doctors say. The Covid Trauma Response...