NIGERIA has recorded her third case of coronavirus today after a 30-year old lady who recently returned to the country from the UK tested positive in Lagos and was subsequently placed in isolation.

NIGERIA'S high commission in the UK has followed the lead of the American embassy in Washington and suspended the issuance of passports until further notice in response to the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe.

AFRICA'S richest man Aliko Dangote will need to find about of €700m if he wants to purchase English Premier League side Arsenal after a recent valuation of the club costed the squad alone at of €626m.

By Ayo Akinfe

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[2] Water leaf
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[8] Ugu pumpkin leaves
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It cannot be coincidental that the coronavirus is weakest in Africa. It is either that we have some immunity in our bodies, the tropical heat kills it off, or there is something in our diet that repels the virus.

EKITI State's Governor Kayode Fayemi has become the fourth governor across the southwest geo-political zone to sign the bill creating the regional security outfit known as the Amotekun Corps into law.

NIGERIA'S embassy in Washington has suspended the conducting of passport interviews and the capturing of biometric details from applicants in definitely in response to the raging coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe.

SIX Nigerian soldiers have been killed yesterday morning after they were ambushed by Boko Haram, terrorists in the Banki area of Borno State some 130km away from the state capital Maiduguri.

ISLAMIC human rights group Muslim Rights Concern (Muric) has expressed displeasure at the suggestion by Yoruba socio-cultural group Apapo Oodua Koya (Aokoya) that the former emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi should leave Lagos and go back to northern Nigeria.

PLANS to organise a series of mouth-watering Nigerian seminars and symposia in the UK were launched yesterday when the Nigerian Independence Day Annual Lectures (Nidal) UK held its first meeting and began discussing its 2020 programme.

TOTTENHAM Hotspurs manager Jose Mourinho is reported to be considering a £20m bid for Anglo-Nigeria midfielder Ebere Eze in the hope that he can prize him away from Championship side Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in the summer.