Some Chinese coronavirus ventilators 'could kill patients' if used in UK, doctors warn

Some Chinese coronavirus ventilators ‘could kill patients’ if used in the UK, several senior British doctors have warned. According to a letter seen by NBC News, doctors have warned about 250 ventilators that the UK bought from China. The doctors reportedly warned that the...

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Man r.a.p.e.s teen wife to death days after marriage in Jigawa

Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Alasan Audu, for allegedly r.a.p.i.n.g his wife to death days after she denied him s.e.x for 20 days after their wedding. Audu reportedly r.a.p.e.d 17-year old Hansa’u to death on the 21st April, 2020, at Kankarelu...

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Tragedy averted as tankers spill fuel in Lagos

A petrol-laden tanker fell and spilled its content on the road on Wednesday at Western Avenue, Ojuelegba area of Lagos State, thereby sparking panic amongst residents of the area. The Punch gathered that the yet-to-be-identified driver lost control of the vehicle after it...

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Photos: Internet fraudsters bag two years jail term in Kaduna

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office has secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters on April 29, 2020. The convicts whose names were given as Idahosa Bobby and Aidamebor Israel were convicted for offences bordering on internet fraud. A...

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Photo: Three Togolese arrested in Oyo for illegal migration

Three Togolese were arrested wednesday by men of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, at Odo-Omu area of Iseyin Local Government after they escaped the border patrols from the Republic of Benin through Saki to arrive Iseyin on Tuesday. It was learnt that...

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Zamfara declares COVID-19 patient wanted

Zamfara State Government has declared wanted, one Jamilu Shinkafi, who was tested positive for coronavirus but could not be found afterward. The state Health Commissioner, Yahaya Kanoma told The Punch that Shinkafi absconded after he was confirmed positive for the virus, noting...

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Facebook to allow artists charge fans to access their live streams during this pandemic

Due to the global pandemic, many artistes’ shows have either been postponed to new dates or indefinitely. But fortunately, their inability to tour is gaining a new way for them to make money during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook has announced it’s adding an option that will...

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Just in! NURTW boss, MC Oluomo loses mother

Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has lost his mother, Alhaja Zinat Abebi Omotowo. According to Mc Oluomo, she passed on around 7am today. Her Janazah (interment) already...

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TV anchor caught with half-n.a.k.e.d woman during live broadcast - and it's not his girlfriend

The Spanish TV host, Alfonso Merlos has been accused of cheating after a half-n.a.k.e.d woman walked into shot during one of his at-home news broadcasts – a woman who was not his girlfriend. Merlos, 41, was presenting a report on the Estado de Alarma channel from his home...

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Kylie Jenner wants company to drop the STORMI name saying her daughter is the famous one

Kylie Jenner is in court with a company over trademark. Kylie filed new legal documents going after a company called Business Moves Consulting -- which filed to trademark "Stormi Couture" a month after Kylie and Travis Scott welcomed their baby, Stormi Webster, into the world. Kylie...

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Two year-old girl rescued from uncompleted building in Abia

Officials of the gender-based violence response team of the Vicar Hope Foundation, Umuahia, have rescued a two-year-old child suspected to have been locked up for several days in an uncompleted building at the Zone 5 Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia State. The baby, whose...

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Mompha shows off his N180m Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII 2020 [ first to own it in Africa]

Mompha has showed off his N180m Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII 2020, saying he is the first to own it in Africa. Well he can get that fact from the manufacturer. Boasting about taking the new delivery, he said the car has arrived his garage in Dubai and said he couldn't wait...

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Sad! 25-year-old man dies of COVID-19 in Lagos

A 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The state’s Commissioner for Health made this known via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said, “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The total number of confirmed...

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CMD of Yaba Infectious Disease Hospital reportedly tests positive for coronavirus

The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters gathered that Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why you haven’t...

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Biden under pressure to address s.e.x.u.a.l assault allegation

US presidential hopeful Joe Biden said Wednesday he has a proud history of campaigning against s.e.x.u.a.l violence, as he faces mounting pressure to respond to an assault allegation made by a former aide. The presumptive Democratic nominee has been accused by Tara Reade of...

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Bible verse of the day: 2 chronicles 7:14

Heal our land Lord!...

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US goverment analysis fingers Wuhan laboratory as most likely source of COVID-19

A Wuhan laboratory is the “most likely” source of the COVID-19 outbreak now ravaging the globe, according to a U.S. government analysis that catalogues the evidence and concludes that other explanations for the origin of the coronavirus are less credible. The document, compiled...

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South African anti-apartheid veteran, Denis Goldberg is dead

Denis Goldberg, a veteran anti-apartheid activist in South Africa who was imprisoned for 22 years, has died at the age of 87. “His was a life well-lived in the struggle for freedom in SA. We will miss him,” the BusinessLIVE news portal quoted Goldberg’s family as saying in...

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Charging our phones is now a blessing! Nigerians mourn popular dancer, Kodak

Nigerians have taking to twitter to mourn video vixen and dancer Kodak who sadly died yesterday in Omole while charging her phone. Talking about how charging our phones is now a blessing and how much she would be missed, tributes poured in for her thus; ''I pray that your...

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Cover toilet before flushing to control coronavirus, microbiologist tells Kenyans

The threat of the coronavirus pandemic requires improved habits of hygiene and adoption of other essential habits such as covering the toilet before flushing, which unfortunately is not a common habit among locals, who have never understood the function of the toilet cover. A...

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We aren’t in a hurry to reopen airports – Federal Government

The Federal Government says it is not in a hurry to re-open airports in the country. Minister of Environment, Mahmood Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said the sector is such a specialised one...

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Why I did not marry Tanasha despite being ‘1 million per cent’ sure she was the one - Diamond

Tanzanian heavy-hitter, Diamond Platnumz, has said he could not marry Kenya’s Tanasha Oketch because they differed sharply on how to raise their family. Speaking on Tanzania’s Wasafi FM on Monday, April 27, the Jeje hit-maker said his 15-month relationship with Tanasha — which...

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11 year-old boy commits suicide after losing fight over TV remote control to sister

An 11-year-old boy from Mulalio Village in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Kenya allegedly committed suicide after he lost a fight over TV remote control early Wednesday, April 29. Canton Litiku, a Class Five pupil at Kakamega Hill School, is said to have disagreed...

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Lockdown: Police nab three while breaking into shops at Alaba International market [photos]

Men of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos state police command have arrested three men who are specialists in snatching phones and bags. As their criminal business has not been booming due to lockdown, they decided to break into shops. As they broke into shops yesterday at...

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Nigerians react to 195 new cases of Coronavirus... wants lockdown extended

Toor! Some Nigerians on twitter have reacted to the new cases of coronavirus announced late last night, demanding the Federal Government extend the ongoing lockdown. Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 195 new cases with Lagos recording 80. Recall the President...

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Ooni storms Lagos to donate locally invented fumigators to fight coronavirus [photos]

Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife was on Tuesday at the Lagos State government house, Marina to donate two of his invented locally made Modular motorized Fumigation Equipments designed to curb and totally eradicate the ravaging...

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Kano state loses another prominent indigene

The alarming rate of mysterious deaths in the ancient city of Kano has claimed another victim. Dr Ghali Umar of the Department of Architecture of the Kano State University of Science and Technology, died on Monday, fuelling fears in the city. Vice-Chancellor of the institution,...

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German, French doctors pose n.u.d.e to protest lack of personal protective equipment [photos]

Healthcare workers in Germany and France are baring it all to raise awareness about shortages of personal protective equipment as they battle the coronavirus. A German website called “Blanke Bedenken” shows medics posing in the buff using medical equipment, including stethoscopes...

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"F**k social distancing": Youths at funeral for a friend say as they kiss and booze while mocking lockdown

A group of youths were pictured at the funeral of a friend kissing and boozing as they shunned coronavirus lockdown measures. The group were seen at the wake in an image posted to social media - where some wrote: "F**k yer social distancing'. Around 30 people drank alcohol...

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