President Muhammadu Buhari says Muslims must keep their spirits high despite the coronavirus pandemic. According to Buhari, the pandemic has “caught the world off guard, and has put a damper on what would otherwise have been a time of celebration for the Muslim faithful to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period.” Buhari in…
Burna Boy was enmeshed in a messy faceoff with his neighbors who called in police officers to arrest him and his father over the noise in the neighborhood. The singer’s neighbors who compared him to Jude Ighalo who lives quite close said the footballer maintains decorum in the neighborhood and is not noisy. They also alleged that…
Twenty-one members of a household in Jos North local government of Plateau State have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state, as of yesterday, to 76. In an interview with journalists, yesterday, Management Committee Chairman of Jos North local government, Hon. Shehu Bala Usman, said the council’s meagre…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has said only a big miracle can make COVID-19 leave the world completely. Adeboye stated this on Sunday during a live broadcast to his members on Dove TV. The cleric urged Christians to trust God because he is in charge and cannot…
The United Kingdom said at the weekend that it will arrange three more special flights to evacuate British citizens from Nigeria. In a statement at the weekend, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, said the scheduled trips may likely be the last charter flights available. She said the flights will take place in three…
Zambia’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Dora Siliya on Saturday, May 23, announced that she has tested positive for Coronavirus. Siliya went into self-isolation after revealing that she is asymptomatic (has not shown any symptom) and does not feel ill. Siliya who confirmed this in a short video she shared on Twitter, said she tested positive despite taking all…
More than 40 people who attended a church service after the lockdown was eased in Germany earlier this month have contracted coronavirus in Frankfurt, the head of the city’s health department told a news agency on Saturday. The service was held on 10 May at a Baptist church in Frankfurt, the department’s deputy chief Antoni Walczok told…
27 more staffers of iSon Xperiences, a telecom call center, have tested positive to coronavirus in Oyo State. The new cases bring to 132 workers in the firm who have been infected with COVID-19. They are part of the new 38 new cases confirmed in the state. However, nine fully recovered patients have also been…
Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino said he was open to coaching again in England’s Premier League. According to him, he will make a decision on his future based on the kind of project put to him by any potential employer, whether in the top six or not. The Argentine took Spurs to the Champions…
President Trump on Friday demanded that states allow places of worship to reopen “right away” and threatened to overrule any that defy him. Marching into the White House briefing room for a hastily called announcement, Mr. Trump declared places of worship “essential” operations that should hold services in person this weekend regardless of state quarantine…