The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 184 new cases of coronavirus. The number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 4, 971. In a tweet on its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov the agency of…
Colleagues, fans pay tribute to Nigerian rapper who died of COVID-19
Colleagues and fans of Nigerian-British rapper, Ben Chijioke aka TY, have paid tribute to the artiste who died after contracting coronavirus. The rapper died at the age of 47 on May 7, in the United Kingdom. His death was announced…
Bryan Adams apologises for coronavirus tirade on Instagram
Rock star Bryan Adams has apologised after posting an expletive-laden coronavirus rant on social media. On Monday, he wrote: “Thanks to some bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy [expletives], the whole world is now on hold.” Many…
Maria Branyas: ‘Oldest woman in Spain’ beats coronavirus at 113
A 113-year-old woman – believed to be the oldest woman in Spain – has recovered from the coronavirus, officials have said. Maria Branyas was diagnosed with Covid-19 after the country went into lockdown in March. But after weeks in isolation,…
Coronavirus: Cameroon ends its domestic league season
Cameroon has become the latest African country to cancel the rest of its domestic league season because of the coronavirus pandemic. PWD Bamenda, who were leading the top tier when football was suspended in mid-March, have been declared champions, according…
California inmates tried to infect themselves with coronavirus for freedom
A group of California inmates are accused of trying to intentionally infect themselves with the coronavirus — thinking they would be set free if they contracted the contagion, authorities said Monday. Prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic…
German football chief insists league will restart as planned
Plans for the top two tiers of German football to return next weekend remain in place says the league’s CEO, despite the entire squad of Bundesliga 2 club Dynamo Dresden being quarantined for the next two weeks. Dresden’s playing staff…
*Woman dies in Lagos church during childbirth, prophetess arrested (Punch) *Imminent building collapse: LASEMA seals off building, evacuates residents in Lagos Island (Vanguard)
Woman dies in Lagos church during childbirth, prophetess arrested (Punch) A prophetess, Evelyn Owoleke, has been arrested in connection with the death of one Seun Olorunto during childbirth at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Bayo Ajao Street, in the Aboru…
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ‘enjoying’ elements of coronavirus enforced break
Lewis Hamilton says he is “enjoying” some aspects of Formula 1’s enforced break because it has given him time to refresh and revitalise himself. The 2020 season is on hold until July because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hamilton, said: “There…