The Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, said the banning of some media houses from covering activities in the Presidential Villa was unjustified. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, had in a statement on Tuesday restricted the coverage of activities in the Villa to 13 media organisations excluding AIT,…
A total of 67 Italian priests infected with the novel coronavirus have died since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country last month, the Avvenire newspaper said Wednesday. The youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53. “Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,” the Avvenire wrote. The…
A 21-year-old lady, identified as Chloe Middleton from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire has become the youngest person to die of the novel coronavirus in the UK. An 18-year-old boy died from the virus in the UK on 23 March, but he was being treated for “significant underlying health issues” as confirmed by Professor Kiran Patel, chief…
A man – dubbed a moron – who filmed himself licking a toilet bowl while taking part in the “coronavirus challenge” is now reportedly ill in hospital with the deadly disease. In a video shared on video sharing platform, TikTok, the man is seen placing his mouth around the toilet bowl and extending his tongue…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that cases of coronavirus in the country have hit 51. The NCDC on its website said, “On the 25th of March, 2020, six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 51 cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and one death…
A Nigerian doctor, Debola Olayinka, has shared a new tip about the coronavirus currently ravaging the world. According to the doctor, a negative test result for Coronavirus is not an all-clear result as one can test positive later. She took to her Twitter handle to pass this message, and her tweet was retweeted by the…
Chinese authorities have been sued for $20 trillion over the spread of coronavirus which has caused the death of many and also halted activities in different countries around the world. The Chinese government, the Chinese army, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Director of Wuhan Institute of Virology Shi Zhengli and the Chinese army’s Major General…
Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo of Kingsway International Christian Centre has directed his members on how to pay their tithes and offerings online from their home over the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world. The UK based Nigerian pastor stated this in a viral video on social media after the United Kingdom banned public gatherings of more…
Against several calls from some Nigerians including the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello should go for test to ascertain his status on the current deadly coronavirus pandemic that have claimed several lives in the world, the governor has come out to state that those wishing that he…
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment Nasarawa West Senator, Abdullahi Adamu removed his face mask to sneeze into the air during plenary. The Senator’s action drew a stern look from his colleague sitting close to him as they also burst into laughter. However, it received harsh criticism from Nigerians on…