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The United States successfully evacuated 385 Americans from Nigeria on Monday via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos over the coronavirus pandemic. The Americans departed around 4:25 pm in an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-300 aircraft enroute Washington DC. The US embassy had…

Nigerian singer, Afeeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley has submitted himself to the Police in Lagos. Marley was among high-profile Nigerians declared wanted for breaking coronavirus lockdown orders to attend a party organised by Funke Akindele on Saturday. "Where there is a violation…

German champions, Bayern Munich, on Monday resumed training after the club confirmed Hansi Flick's first-team squad would follow the German government's guidance on coronavirus precautions. The Bundesliga was suspended on March 13 initially until April 2, but a meeting of clubs on March 31…

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has pleaded guilty to hosting a birthday party on Saturday in violation of a lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. The movie star appeared before a Chief Magistrates Court in Ogba, Lagos, alongside her husband JJC Skillz on Monday. Police Public Relations…

Chairman of Ejigbo Central Local Government Area in Osun State, Gbenga Ayegbayo, is dead. The council boss died in the early hours of Saturday. He was said to have suffered complications due to high blood pressure and diabetes. “The chairman has been in and out of hospital for a while,” a…

By Bukola Olasanmi An Information and Communication Technology expert, Jide Awe, has described rumours linking coronavirus to the roll-out of 5G technology as baseless conspiracy theories and misinformation. Awe, the Chief Executive Officer of Jidaw Systems Limited, made this known in an…

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been taken into hospital in an ambulance for tests nine days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. The Prime Minister has been confined in isolation after being diagnosed with coronavirus. A Downing Street spokesperson said: “On the advice of his…

By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal Government has set machinery into motion to evacuate willing Nigerians from the United States of America (USA) over the COVID-19 pandemic. In a memo titled evacuation of Nigerians from the US by the Consulate General of Nigeria, Nigerians interested in leaving…

By Bukola Olasanmi Bauchi State has recovered three new Coronavirus cases. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. It was gathered that Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed who tested positive earlier, is now negative after fourteen days of isolation and…

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, on Saturday played host to friends and family to celebrate her husband, JJC Skillz, who turned 43. In spite of a lockdown imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari to curb the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, a birthday party was held for the man born Abdul…