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Coronavirus: Vatican publishes guidelines for Easter celebrations

The Vatican department for liturgy published guidelines on Friday for bishops and priests on the celebration of Holy Week, the Triduum, and Easter liturgies...

African countries among world’s least happy

South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the Central African Republic (CAR) are amongst the unhappiest countries in the world, according to the UN’s World Happiness...

Coronavirus scare: Man takes chloroquine overdose

A Nigerian man has reportedly been rushed to the hospital unconscious after he reportedly took an overdose of malaria drug, Chloroquine, over the Coronavirus...

Dutch’s Health Minister resigns after collapsing on camera during coronavirus briefing

The man in charge of leading the Netherland's fight against the coronavirus has resigned after collapsing during a government debate. Medical Care Minister Bruno Bruins suddenly keeled...

Coronavirus fears fuel mad rush back to the villages

It was a few minutes to 2pm. Nairobi was boiling hot. At the country bus station, popularly known as 'Machakos Airport', Ms Esnah Bosire sat...

Coronavirus: Togo’s first patient recovers

The first patient to contract Covid-19 in Togo has tested negative but is still under medical observation, state TV quotes the Health Minister...

Coronavirus: Deeper Life holds crusade despite ban on large gathering

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Kumuyi, held a crusade last night despite a ban on large gathering by the...

Diamond Platnumz’s manager tests positive for Coronavirus

Bongo Flava star Diamond Platnumz’s manager, Sallam Sharaff, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19).  Sallam took to his Instagram page to confirm the news to...

Don’t stop paying your tithes even if you lose your job over Coronavirus – American pastor [Video]

American televangelist, Kenneth Copeland, has ignited a new wave of controversy following his comment about what Christians must do in the wake of the...

Parliament distributes nose masks to MPs over Coronavirus [photos]

Nose masks have been distributed to Members of Parliament (MPs) as part of enhanced measures against Coronavirus. The masks were handed over to the...

Coronavirus: Doctor describes dying patients’ last moments as they beg to see loved ones

An Italian doctor has described the heartbreaking moment a patient dying from coronavirus begged to speak to loved ones. Doctor Francesca Cortellaro, who works at the...

Kenyan pastor suspended for calling coronavirus a hoax

A Kenyan pastor who called the coronavirus pandemic a hoax and ridiculed hand washing as a means of preventing the virus has been suspended...

Teacher’s heartbreaking fear for some pupils after schools coronavirus shut down

From today, 20th march, 2020, schools across the UK will closed until further notice. The UK death toll has now increased to 144, with more...

Kenyan youth stone man to death after they suspected him of having coronavirus

A suspected coronavirus sufferer in Kenya has been beaten to death by a group of youth armed with stones. The man, named locally as George Kotini Hezron,...

Coronavirus cases in Ghana rise to 16; 4 not imported

The novel Coronavirus cases in Ghana have increased to 16. The Ghana Health Service’s website dedicated to updating Ghanaians on COVID-19 cases confirmed the development. All...

Buhari’s daughter self-isolates after UK trip

A daughter of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Burhari and First Lady Aisha Buhari is self-isolating after returning from the UK. Mrs Buhari said their daughter...

Nigeria coronavirus cases rise to 12

Nigeria has confirmed four additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 12. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said on Thursday that the four new...

Woman with coronavirus gives birth to healthy baby

A woman who tested positive for coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby at an Athens hospital, Greek media reported on Thursday. The 24-year-old woman...

Two arrested for drinking disinfectant to avoid coronavirus

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on Thursday ordered the arrest of two people who appeared in a video drinking disinfectant in a bid to stave...

1 Iranian dies from coronavirus every 10 minutes, health ministry says

Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a tweet today that every 10 minutes, one Iranian is killed by the coronavirus. Every hour, at...

20 Nigeriens arrested in Ghana amid COVID-19 fears

Ghana is finalizing processes to repatriate 20 Nigeriens who were arrested by the country’s immigration officers at Juaso in the Asante Akim South District...

WHO debunks 14 common myths about coronavirus disease

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has exposed the falseness in popular beliefs held by some people about the dreaded coronavirus disease. Below are some of...

Italy is now world’s deadliest hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic

Italy overtook China as the country with the highest recorded death toll from the coronavirus on Thursday, with the pandemic gathering pace in Spain...

Muslims are naturally immune to coronavirus – Islamic scholar claims

An Islamic Scholar, Dr. Abubakr Imam Aliagan, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari government, the Sultanate Council and Muslim authorities not to shut down...

Coronavirus: Iran pardons 10,000 prisoners

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10,000 more prisoners including political detainees in an apparent bid to combat the coronavirus epidemic. The...

How I contracted coronavirus – Lady shares bitter experience

Below is a narration from a Nigerian lady on how she contracted coronavirus and how she has been battling to save her life. According to...

Why coronavirus vaccine is taking so long to be ready – and when we can expect it

The world is in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 200,000 people now confirmed as suffering from COVID-19. Spain and Italy are...

She voluntarily gave me s3x – Kidnapper who abducted and raped a pregnant married woman says

A kidnapper, who was arrested for the abduction and rape of a middle-aged woman, has claimed she gave him sex voluntarily and didn't fight...

Couple caught making love in a car arrested for breaching coronavirus lock-down rule

A couple caught having sex in a car were arrested for breaching coronavirus quarantine rules in Italy.  The 23-year-old Egyptian man and 40-year-old Tunisian woman were caught in...

Japanese flu drug ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, says China

Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on...

Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband breaks silence on accusation he’s ’40-seconds’ man

Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, has broken silence on accusations that he's a 40 seconds man, allegations made by his wife in the heat of...

Coronavirus tears Kardashian sisters apart in self-isolation practice – Kim Kardashian laments

'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star, Kim Kardashian, has opened up on how the novel coronavirus has forced her family to keep away from...

How Singapore stayed one step ahead of the virus

In Singapore, one of the first places hit by coronavirus, detectives are tracking down potential positive cases to try to stay one step ahead...

Amazing: Man manufactures creative hand-washing sink from scraps [Photos]

An unidentified South African man is being held in high esteem after coming up with a creative hand-washing technique to combat spread of coronavirus. He...

Coronavirus: Lagos shuts down public and private schools

As the deadly Coronavirus spreads, the Lagos State Government has ordered that all public and private schools in the state be shut from Monday, March 23,...

Nigerian school sends pupils on airport excursion amidst coronavirus

Nigerians have condemned the Airport authorities and management of a school who took its students on an excursion to the Abuja Airport amidst the...

Covid-19: Dutch Health Minister collapses in Parliament due to ‘coronavirus fatigue’ [Video]

The Dutch Health Minister collapsed today in parliament because of 'fatigue from intense weeks' of working against the coronavirus crisis. Bruno Bruins, 56, fell behind the speaker's...

Coronavirus: Top celebrities who have tested positive for Covid-19

While the globe is ultimately fighting off the coronavirus pandemic, top celebrities around the world have been diagnosed with the viral illness. Talk about...

China’s virus center has no new cases after two-month ordeal

The Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak reported no new infections for the first time since the pathogen emerged more than...

Four tourists denied entry to Sierra Leone over Coronavirus fears

Four Japanese tourists were on Wednesday barred from disembarking at Sierra Leone's main airport in the capital, Freetown, over suspicion of a possible coronavirus...