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Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to Angelique Kidjo

The African Giant, Burna Boy, has finally disclosed how he felt when Angelique Kidjo was mentioned as the winner of Best World Music Album...

Coronavirus: CNN anchor tests positive

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Covid-19. He is feeling well, and will continue to anchor his 9:...

Man buried in his favourite car according to his last wish [Video+Photos]

Instead of traditional coffin, a man in Eastern Cape, South Africa was buried in his car with a safety belt on. Apparently, two years ago...

Student dies of coronavirus weeks before graduation

Weeks before he was set to graduate at the Western Michigan University, a Nigerian-America student, Bassey Offiong, died from coronavirus after being refused a...

Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus

The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, has died in Paris from complications related to coronavirus. He was 81 years old....

US to evacuate nationals amid Nigeria lockdown

The US is evacuating its nationals from Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, and the capital, Abuja, after the two cities were placed on a...

Coronavirus: King ‘isolates’ with 20 women

Thailand’s playboy king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according...

Scientist gets magnets stuck up nose after Coronavirus experiment goes wrong

A scientist of all people was the one with a stuffed snout. Daniel Reardon, an astrophysicist from Melbourne, Australia was screwing around with a...

Drake’s baby mama shares more family photos with 2-year-old son Adonis

Drake's son Adonis made his Instagram debut on Monday, more than two years after his birth. And after the rapper, 33, posted series of snaps...

Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with prison inmates while awaiting trial [Watch]

A footage has emerged showing football icon Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with fellow inmates in a Paraguay prison while awaiting trial. Ronaldinho, who turned 40 on...

Coronavirus: Kenya wants 50 MPs tested

Kenya’s lower parliamentary chamber wants some 50 lawmakers to be tested for coronavirus amid fears they may have contracted the virus from a member...

Police arrest pastor for holding church service despite stay-at-home order

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne said he wouldn't close the doors of his Tampa, Florida, megachurch until the End Times begin. The police weren't willing to...

Ladies with long and artificial nails are at high risk of contracting Coronavirus – Health Expert

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

Photo: Meet the lady who murdered COVID-19

A Nigerian lady, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, who tested positive to coronavirus has revealed that she has murdered the deadly virus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks...

Coronavirus: Niece dies, 16 members infected after attending funeral of aunt killed by virus [photos]

An 86-year-old woman, Sheila Brooks from the United Kingdom died last month from coronavirus and now the family has come out to encourage...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles recovers

Prince Charles is out of self-isolation and is in good health after testing positive for coronavirus. ALSO READ: Lockdown: Military officers punish man for...

COVID-19: Many faces of social distancing

As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, it is necessary to adopt social distancing measures aimed at curtailing further spread of the...

Wuhan records no coronavirus case for six days

China on Monday reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number...

The US needs foreign doctors and nurses to help fight coronavirus

Right now, the biggest worry is whether the medical system has enough ventilators and protective equipment to treat patients with Covid-19, the disease caused...

Coronavirus: 2Baba donates N10million, plans e-concert on Easter Day [Video]

In a bid to rally support and unify Nigerians against the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria, Afro-pop music legend, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly...

Lockdown Tales: Man hides wife in car boot but gets caught

A driver flouted the coronavirus lockdown to pick up £15 windows with his wife in the boot of his car. The man, who had bought...

Coronavirus: Check out how much Nigerian billionaires, banks donated

Some top businessmen and banks in Nigeria have donated huge sums of money to support the government's coronavirus fight. ALSO READ: Lockdown: Military officers punish man...

Libya releases prisoners to contain virus spread

Libya has become the latest country in the Middle East to release detainees in response to Coronavirus. The internationally recognised government in Tripoli has ordered...

Prophet T.B. Joshua speaks after ‘failed’ Coronavirus prophecy

Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T.B. Joshua, the renowned Nigerian televangelist, has subtly responded to those who were anticipating a heavy rainfall...

Coronavirus: India’s prime minister seeks ‘forgiveness’ over lockdown

India's prime minister has asked for his country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping lockdown that he said had hurt millions of poor people. Criticism has...

Catch me if you can: How defiant Kenyans dodge cops during curfew

Catch me if you can. That was the message some Kenyans sent to security officers on Saturday as they defied the dusk-to-dawn curfew set by...

Prayer moves online for people across Africa

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised...

Full text of President Buhari’s speech on Coronavirus

Read below the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari's speech on the fight against Coronavirus today, March 29: MORE: Coronavirus: Finance Minister commits suicide over crisis Private...

President Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun as Nigeria battles Coronavirus

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has restricted movement in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria....

UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home...

Coronavirus: Dangote tests negative

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote Sunday has tested negative for coronavirus. Disclosing this via his verified Twitter handle, Dangote said: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted...

Coronavirus: Buhari to address Nigerians today

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will, at 7pm today March 29, address the nation. This was made known in a statement released by the Presidency. ALSO READ: Former...

Coronavirus: Finance Minister commits suicide over crisis

The Finance Minister of Germany's Hesse State, Thomas Schaefer, has committed suicide apparently after becoming "deeply worried" over how to cope with the...

Coronavirus: 4 bridegrooms arrested for violating lockdown order

Four bridegrooms have been arrested by the Zaria Zonal Command of Kaduna state Vigilante Service (KadVS) for violating a lockdown order instituted by the Kaduna...

Coronavirus: Pope prays to empty St Peter’s Square[photos]

Pope Francis has given a solitary prayer service to an empty St Peter's Square as Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 9,000. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: First patient...

Coronavirus: First patient breaks silence

One of the first coronavirus patients in Wuhan, China, said "a lot fewer people would have died" if the Chinese government took action...

Mali goes to the polls despite coronavirus fears

Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country's first coronavirus death. The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday's kidnapping...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles shares a health update

The Duke of Cornwall, Prince Charles, has taken to Instagram to provide fans with an update on his health after testing positive for coronavirus. Prince...

Coronavirus: Zimbabwean broadcaster died ‘alone and scared’

Cooped up in an isolation ward, a young Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, pleaded with his family for help. Thirty-year-old Zororo...

Quarantined woman ‘kills herself’

Kenyan media is reporting that a woman, who was being quarantined in the Western city of Nakuru, has taken her own life. ...