Nigeria confirms five new cases of coronavirus; total now 214

Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country has risen to 214 as five new cases were announced on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The agency said the five new cases were found in Bauchi and Abuja. Three were found in Bauchi and two in the FCT.

As at the time of reporting, 13 states and the FCT have recorded at least a case of the disease.

NCDC said “as at 10:10 pm 4th April there are 214 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in Nigeria.”

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes football’s first billionaire

Cristiano Ronaldo is doing his bit to help Juventus save money during the coronavirus outbreak but due to the astronomical success of his business ventures away from the pitch, he's unlikely to notice the financial hit.

Ronaldo has taken a pay cut of £3.45million, which, in line with the rest of his Juve team-mates, will help the Serie A giants save up to £100m from March until May.

But a player of Ronaldo's calibre has a number of projects off the field of play that cash-in on his profile as one of the best footballers in the history of the game. That success means he is still on the brink of taking his career earnings into the billions this year.

Osun six positive coronavirus patients escape from isolation center

Osun State residents panic as six persons who tested positive escaped from isolation centre at Gedu in Ejigbo area of the state.

According to an unofficial public announcement the state has launch manhunt for the six persons who escaped from the isolation centre on Friday night.

The announcement enlisted the names and phone numbers of the six infected persons;
LAWAL Waliyulah, Masifa Ejigbo.

08063691573; LASISI Murafat, Olugbodi’s compd Ejigbo, +22505368845; Ganiyat Alabi.

Funke Akindele celebrates her husband on his 43rd birthday

Funke Akindele Bello's husband JJC Skillz is a year older today. And his wife took to her instagram page to celebrate him on his special day.

She wrote;

''Happy birthday my darling husband❤️❤️❤️ The Lord will Grant you longer life and good health. Thank you for being a sweetheart! Our home will always be peaceful and the Lord will continue to bless us. Enjoy your day my King @jjcskillz #babaibeji''

Nigeria records 20 new cases of COVID-19, total now 210

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night confirmed twenty new cases of Coronavirus in the country.

Eleven cases were confirmed  in Lagos, three cases confirmed in the FCT, 3 in Edo, twi in Osun and one in Ondo

Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State, with twenty-five cases discharged.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 210.

Lagos discharges four more Coronavirus patients

The Lagos State Government on Friday said four more Coronavirus patients have been discharged after they tested negative twice.

This bring to 24, the total number of Coronavirus patients so far discharged in Lagos State.

The state government had on Thursday discharged 11 Coronavirus patients, after having discharged nine people earlier.

Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this at a news conference to give update on Coronavirus situation in Lagos at the Island Maternity Hospital on Lagos Island, Lagos.

Couple names twin babies Corona and Covid

An Indian couple have done the unthinkable by naming their newborn twins as Corona and Covid, names connected with the pandemic raging in the world.

For the couple based in Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, the two words may evoke fear and devastation to the world.

But for them, they symbolise triumph over hardship.

The names remind them about all the hardships they overcame amid the lockdown, to have a successful delivery of the babies in the night of March 26-27 at a government hospital.

Nigeria records six new cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded six new cases of COVID19. The six cases are in Osun State.

With the six cases, there are now 190 confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria.

Twenty have been discharged so far, with two records of death.

China's 'wet markets' like the one where Covid-19 outbreak began have reopened

Wet markets where live animals are sold, slaughtered and skinned, as customers browse the stalls, have reopened across China.

Terrifying scenes of animal cruelty are being recorded throughout the Asian country as it returns to normality following the lockdown.

The Wuhan wet market, has been widely blamed as the source of the virus, which has killed thousands of people across the world, and will continue to take the lives of many more.

A pangolin infected by bats is widely believed to be the source of the outbreak.

Inside insane life of king with 20 mistresses, four wives and a £24billion fortune

Many of us are struggling to find things to keep us occupied while we're in coronavirus lockdown - not so the King of Thailand.

It has been reported King Maha Vajiralongkorn -  also known as Rama X - has self-isolated in a hotel in Germany with 20 of his girlfriends.

The 67-year-old is said to have moved his entire harem of concubines into the high end Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Bavaria after he was given permission by authorities.

Bavaria is under lockdown, like the rest of Germany, and the hotel should be closed down along with all the others but it was apparently been given "special permission" to remain open for the king and his bizarre court.

Salawa Abeni leaks her old n.u.d.e photos after being blackmailed by an unknown guy

Veteran singer, Salawa Abeni has shared her old n.u.d.e photos after being blackmailed by an unkonown guy in Osun.

''She shared screenshots of her chats with the blackmailer, revealed that the man who identified himself as Jason and a resident of Osun state is threatening to tarnish her image and destroy her career of over 45 years.


Good morning my Family, friends and Fans. I have something very important to tell you and I will really appreciate your audience. I am very disappointed that someone somewhere will try to tarnish my image and threaten to destroy my career of over 45 years.

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases jump to 151 with 12 new cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Coronavirus, with total number of cases in the country rising to 151.

According to NCDC, the new cases were discovered in Osun, Edo and in Ekiti States respectively.

NCDC made the disclosure in a tweet via its verified Twitter account.

“Twelve new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Osun, 2 in Edo and 1 in Ekiti State As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths,”NCDC confirmed in a tweet.

Burna Boy reveals he felt "totally sick" when he lost at the 62nd Grammy Awards

Burna Boy has finally disclosed how he felt when Angelique Kidjo was announced the winner of Best World Music Album category at the 2020 Grammys.

In an interaction with his fans on Twitter, one asked Ye’ hitmaker, “how did you feel losing the Grammy?”

“Sick. Totally sick,” Burna Boy, who was in the category with his album ‘The African Giant’, answered.

However, according to him Angelique Kidjo – the six-time Grammy winner – explained to him the ins and outs of the highly anticipated award event.

I made a joke about Coronavirus but the disease is real - Governor Seyi Makinde

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, says though he made a joke about COVID-19, the disease is real.

At a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally held in Ibadan on March 18, the governor had said the disease is not in his party.

“They said we should not do this rally because of coronavirus. It was their leader that said coronavirus is in their party, yes or no? Have you used your hand sanitiser? There is no coronavirus in our own party,” the governor had said.

In a telephone interview with Fresh FM, a radio station based in Ibadan, on Tuesday, Makinde said he had never doubted the existence of COVID-19.

Former Marseille boss Pape Diouf dies at 68 from coronavirus

Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting the new coronavirus, the football club and a family source said on Tuesday.

Diouf, who was born in Chad but had French and Senegalese citizenship, led the club between 2005-2009 and helped build the side that lifted the Ligue 1 title in 2010.

He was hospitalised in Senegal after contracting the virus there and became the country's first COVID-19 fatality.

Diouf had been due to leave for Nice earlier on Tuesday to be treated in France, but a sharp deterioration in his health -- which saw him placed on a respirator -- prevented him from boarding the plane.