Humble yourself like Wizkid, angry mom tells Davido
By Sylvester Kwentua An angry mother, Wunmi Praise, who could not stomach what Davido did to her son, has lambasted the ‘Fia’ crooner, advising him to humble himself like some of his colleagues. Few days back, a video went viral on the internet and in the video, a loyal fan of Davido was seen trying […]
France bans gatherings, frowns on kissing, to fight coronavirus
France is banning all indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people to slow its snowballing spread of coronavirus cases and recommending that people no longer greet each other with kisses. The number of French cases almost doubled, to 100, on Saturday. Of those 86 are hospitalized, two have died and 12 have recovered, said […]
New Coronavirus: Over 85,000 infected globally, over 2,900 deaths
Coronavirus outbreak that began in China has infected more than 85,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it. The latest figures, based on WHO and national counts: — Mainland China: 2,835 deaths among 79,251 cases, mostly in the […]
Trump says additional coronavirus cases ‘likely’
United States President, Donald Trump, says 22 people in the U.S. have been stricken by the new coronavirus and additional cases in the United States are “likely.” Trump provided an update on the virus after the first reported U.S. death Saturday, of a woman he described as being in her late 50s and having a […]
Man in Washington state first in US to die from new coronavirus
A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States. State officials issued a terse news release announcing the death, gave no details and scheduled a news conference. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center, Kayse Dahl, said the person died in […]
Liver-Pulled! Watford spank Reds 3-0 to end unbeaten Premier League run
Liverpool’s 44-game run without defeat in the Premier League came to a crashing end as relegation-threatened Watford thrashed the European champions 3-0 on Saturday. Ismaila Sarr’s double and Troy Deeney’s strike 18 minutes from time ended Liverpool’s hopes of romping to a first league title in 30 years with an unbeaten season as they lost […]
Accidents: Reps ask Works Ministry to install traffic signs on highways, military checkpoints
To prevent accidents and other traffic mishaps, the House of Representatives has asked the Ministry of Works and Housing and other relevant agencies of government to immediately install traffic signs on the federal highways across the country.
First coronavirus death reported in US
The first death from the novel coronavirus has been confirmed on US soil, in Washington state, health officials said Saturday, after a handful of cases of unknown origin were detected, indicating the disease was spreading in the country. The fatality occurred in King County, the most populous in the state and home to Seattle, a […]
Militia kills 24 people in northeastern DR Congo
Militia fighters in Democratic Republic of Congo killed 24 people and injured 12 others, local officials said Saturday, the latest attack in the restive northeastern province of Ituri. The killings took place late Friday in a region where some 700 people have died since a surge in intercommunal violence in 2017. Dozens of militia groups […]
Jailed UK-Iranian woman fears she has coronavirus ―Husband
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, believes she has contracted the new coronavirus as Iran struggles to contain a surge in new cases, her husband said on Saturday. The 41-year-old detainee complained that prison authorities are refusing to test her for the COVID-19 virus, despite suffering from a worsening “strange cold”, according to […]
Guinea opposition urges president to scrap delayed referendum
Guinea’s opposition on Saturday called for the cancellation of a referendum on changing the constitution, as fresh protests against President Alpha Conde’s government broke out in the capital Conakry. Conde on Friday announced the referendum, planned for Sunday, would be postponed — possibly for two weeks — following growing domestic and international criticism over the […]
