*Man rejected by Lagos hospital over COVID-19 fear dies (Punch) *WARIF takes COVID-19, sexual violence awareness to rural communities (Guardian)

Man rejected by Lagos hospital over COVID-19 fear dies (Punch) A man, identified simply as Joel, has lost his life after he was allegedly refused treatment by the Isolo General Hospital in Lagos State over fear of being a COVID-19…

Odion Ighalo: China return likely for on-loan Man Utd striker

Striker Odion Ighalo looks set to return to China when his loan deal expires on 31 May, with Manchester United struggling to agree an extension with Shanghai Shenhua. The Nigerian, 30, was signed on a short-term loan deal in January…

Trump walks out of press conference after altercation with female reporters

Donald Trump abruptly ended a press conference on coronavirus testing after a testy exchange with a female reporter of Asian descent who questioned why he advised her to ask China about the global death rate. He then sparred with a…

‘Kim Jong-un dead’ – multiple sources claim North Korean dictator died Saturday night

Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader is dead – according to multiple sources coming out of North Korea and the Far East, though due to the hyper-secretive nature of the pariah state the exact picture remains unclear tonight. It was…

Africans feel targeted by china over coronavirus

In a video shared with VOA, a Congolese student in Guangzhou, China, peeks through a cracked-open door and pleads for permission to leave his apartment. Speaking in Mandarin, he tells a masked Chinese worker that he has been in his…

Five Nigerians test positive for coronavirus in China

Five Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus in China, according to Dailymail.co.uk. Four of them had recently visited the same eatery, ‘Emma Food’, multiple times, announced the Guangzhou Health Commission on Tuesday. The restaurant owner, alongside her daughter and another…

*Sanusi arrives in Lagos (Guardian) *179 People quarantined for Coronavirus in Lagos, Ogun test negative, released (Guardian)

Sanusi arrives in Lagos (Guardian) The former emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II arrived in Lagos late Friday from Nasarawa State via Abuja. His departure from Nasarawa came after Justice Anwuli Chikere of a federal high court in Abuja declared…

Coronavirus: Cameroonian student in China gets infected, first African

The first African known to have contracted the deadly coronavirus is a Cameroonian student in China. The university where he studies confirmed the situation in a statement. According to Yangtze University, the 21-year-old was being treated in hospital in southern…

Lagos hospital clears China returnee of Coronavirus (Nation)

The Lagos State government has debunked insinuations that the dreaded Coronavirus had found its way into the state. In a statement at the weekend, the government said: “The attention of Lagos State has been drawn to a story of a…

Anambra gives coronavirus advisory, says it’s a clear and present danger

The Anambra State has said that the coronavirus pandemic, which may have started in Wuhan, China, is still a clear and present danger to the international community, including Anambra State. According to a statement by Commissioner for Information & Public…

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