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Coronavirus: Popular actress charged for violating lockdown rules [video]

Actress Funke Akindele and husband JJC Skillz have pleaded guilty after they were arraigned in court for disobeying an order restricting movement due...

Nigeria records 8 new cases of coronavirus, confirmed cases now 232, 5 deaths

Nigeria has recorded eight new cases of the novel coronavirus, the country’s Centre for Disease Control made this public on its social media handles....

Coronavirus: Popular author worries about her doctor husband after losing aunt

Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has expressed fears over the coronavirus pandemic because her husband is a doctor and is in the frontline. In a...

Lockdown: Couple hold wedding in living room [Photo]

A couple in Taraba state, Nigeria defied all odds to have their wedding despite the statewide restriction of movement and social gatherings due to...

Coronavirus: Nigerian actress under fire for Lagos party amid lockdown

Prominent Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has been widely criticised for holding a party during the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. The party in her Lagos...

I killed my mother-in-law to save my marriage – Suspect

A lady, identified as Rosemary Osegba claimed she hacked her mother-in-law to death to save her marriage, following her arrests in Nassarawa State. The...

Nigerian coronavirus patient ‘savagely bites a nurse [ photos]

A Nigerian Coronavirus patient has been detained in China for allegedly attacking and biting a Chinese nurse as he attempted to escape ...

Lockdown: Police officer arrested for assaulting worker who was picking up a friend [video]

A Police officer has been arrested for assaulting a ports worker who was picking up his friend who works with a medical equipment company...

Coronavirus: Anyone who assaults a pastor is in danger – Pastor Chris [Video]

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has warned against the arrest and assault of pastors amid the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The founder of Loveworld Ministries, popularly...

Coronavirus lockdown: Nigerian Police officer arrested for assaulting civilian

A Police officer has been arrested for assaulting a ports worker who was picking up his friend who works with a medical equipment company...

Video: Soldiers vow to infect Warri women with HIV

A disgusting video of Nigerian soldiers vowing to s3xually abuse and rape Warri women without condoms, and subsequently infecting them with HIV/AIDs has surfaced...

Davido appreciates mothers’ effort after wife tests positive for Covid-19

Singer Davido says he finally respects mothers for how they’re able to raise kids because it has been tiring for him after his fiancee...

Buhari’s daughter reunites with family after self-isolation

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter has completed two weeks of self-isolation and reunited with the first family. First Lady Aisha Buhari’s spokesperson Aliyu Abdullahi, in...

Rejoinder: Deeper Life holds crusade despite ban on large gathering

On the 20th of March 2020, we published a story with the headline, Coronavirus: Deeper Life holds crusade despite ban on large gathering. The said...

Musician releases her own naked pictures to shame blackmailer

The days are hard and people are not smiling as they look for every possible means to make money at all costs. A legendary...

Coronavirus: Mothers giving children sanitisers to drink

Some mothers in one of the states in Nigeria are using unconventional ways to protect their children from the deadly coronavirus. ALSO READ: China concealed extent...

Meet the herbalist with anti-coronavirus plant

A female herbalist in Anambra State, Mrs Flora Ilonze, has stated that she has an anti-coronavirus plant in her garden. ALSO READ: Lockdown: 15 traders arrested...

Nigeria confirms 4 new cases, Coronavirus cases rise to 139

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria. According to the agency, three of the new...

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...

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: 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...

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...

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....

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: 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...

Bring anyone with coronavirus for treatment – Bishop dares

A Nigeria pastor has has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with coronavirus should be referred...

Coronavirus: Prophet T.B. Joshua’s head on the chopping board

The coronavirus outbreak has kept many at home with the hope of it ending soon. So many people are hoping that scientists and medical researchers finding...

Popular Nollywood actor dies on set

Popular Nollywood actor, Alkali 'Matt' Mathew, also known as 'Dareng' of the African Magic series ‘Halita,’ has died. According to report, the fast rising thespian...

Catholic Priest found dead in his car in Nigeria

The parish priest of Holy Cross Parish in Oroma Etiti community of Anambra State, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Charles Okeke-Odogwu was found dead in his car...

5 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Nigeria, total now 51

Five new cases of patients affected by the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the...

Coronavirus: How a politician scared his colleagues with a sneeze

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, frightened his colleagues with a sneeze during plenary on Tuesday. Adamu represents Nasarawa West Senatorial District. The...

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s vice president tests negative

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who went into self-isolation after President Muhammadu  Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari tested positive for coronavirus, has ...

Video: Naked demo hits coronavirus

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Jy9DtjcMJ/ Some mothers in Abeokuta, Ogun state, came out topless to pray against the deadly coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Medikal and Fella to distribute toiletries to needy...

Father, mother, 2 kids die in sleep

A family of four, made up of father, mother and two children, has died in their sleep in Lagos, Nigeria. According to Lagos-based Facebook user,...

Buhari tests negative to coronavirus

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative for Coronavirus as his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has allegedly tested positive to the virus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Buhari’s...

Coronavirus: Lagos Health commissioner urges attendees of AMVCA to self-isolate after one tested positive

The Lagos health commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has asked everyone who attended the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) 2020 held on Saturday, March 14,...

Coronavirus: Buhari’s Chief of Staff tests positive

Activities at the Aso Villa reportedly came to a halt today after President Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive for coronavirus.  ALSO...

Coronavirus: Couple’s dance into their wedding reception with no guests [Watch]

The novel coronavirus has cancelled many events across the world and the latest to amaze Nigerians were a couple who decided to tie the...