A quarter of the Italian population was in lockdown on Sunday as the government took drastic steps to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe, while Iran recorded another 49 deaths and the national airline suspended flights to Europe. Italy’s COVID-19 death count is now 233, more than any other country outside […]

The Lagos State Police Command said on Sunday a 16-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 49-year-old security guard, Babatunde Ishola, to death while trying to rape her. The Command spokesman, Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in a statement, said the deceased was a friend to the girl’s father. She claimed that the […]

United States President, Donald Trump, signaled Saturday that he has no intention of halting campaign rallies despite surging coronavirus infections, as a case was confirmed for the first time within miles of the White House. The president struck a defiant tone as he spoke to reporters about the outbreak at his Mar a Lago resort […]

A 64-year-old man died of the novel  coronavirus Saturday in Argentina, authorities said, making him Latin America’s first fatality in the global epidemic. The Buenos Aires man had returned from  Europe on February 25, Argentina’s health ministry said in a statement, without specifying which country or countries he had visited. He became ill on February […]

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Sunday congratulated Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as a member, Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) of South Africa.