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A top-flight South Korean side has apologised after fans accused them of using sex dolls in the stands. FC Seoul insisted they were “premium mannequins” rather than sex dolls – but did admit they came from a supplier that produces sex toys. And some of the dolls were holding signs advertising x-rated websites – despite pornography being banned in South Korea. The mannequins’ manufacturer told the BBC they had apologised to FC Seoul. But they also reiterated that the dolls were merely “premium mannequins”. What happened at the match? On Sunday, FC Seoul played their first home match of the…

Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari will be addressing the nation on Monday at 8pm contrary to reports that he would do so. Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and publicity to the President said the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 will hold its daily briefing. In a tweet on Monday, he said, “No presidential broadcast on COVID-19 updates today. None was planned,” he said. Buhari address Nigerians Monday He added that, “Rather, the Presidential Task Force will during its usual media briefings bring the nation up to speed on the next steps. Aliyu Sani, national coordinator of the…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has not received any COVID-19 palliative for sharing to its personnel from government or private individual

At least 80 people were killed during ethnic clashes in the volatile nation of South Sudan, an official said on Monday.

The alliance of countries that have responded to Australia’s call to launch an independent investigation into what had caused the COVID-19 pandemic has grown to 116

Prosper Chiebuka Chinonso is not just your regular six-year old boy, he is an industrious and full of life six-year old boy. He has big dreams and great visions, he hopes to rewrite history someday by saving the world but all that could be truncated if he does not get a bone marrow operation quick. He needs about N25 million today for a Stem Cell Bone Marrow Transplant in India. His family is shattered, they have done all they could but funds are scarce, this is why they are calling on Nigerians home and abroad to help save Prosper Chiebuka…

FCT Police Command and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are searching for a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who tested positive for COVID-19, but fled when a team came to evacuate him at the weekend. It was gathered that the CSP (names withheld) attached to 21 Police Mobile Force (PMF), Nyanya, Abuja, was billed to be evacuated from his residence at Garki Barracks around 2pm on Friday. The officer, have been quarantined and undergoing treatment at the National Hospital Abuja Isolation Centre, after he tested positive for the virus. It was however not clear how and why the senior…

The government of Madagascar has asked Nigeria to pay €170,000 (euros) for the COVID-19 cure drugs sent to the Federal Government, it was learnt at the weekend. The quantity of the consignment sent to Nigeria through Guinea Bissau could not be ascertained yesterday. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau, who visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Saturday, brought the drugs allocated to Nigeria by Madagascar. President Buhari said Nigeria would take the drug through intensive test to determine its suitability. A source on Sunday told The Nation that: “For our consignments in Guinea Bissau,…

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday 18th May, 2020 address the nation in a broadcast as the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown comes to an end. This was disclosed by Aliyu Sani, national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Buhari will in the 8pm broadcast announce to Nigerians whether or not the country would go ahead with the second phase of the easing of the lockdown. Buhari to address Nigerians at 8pm President Buhari met with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 led…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 338 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Sunday. The 338 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 5959. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 122 patients from isolation centers across the country and six deaths were also reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with a whooping 177 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 2550. “Sixty-four new cases were reported in Kano and…