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United Kingdom has plunged into its deepest recession on record in the first half of the year as the coronavirus lockdown saw the economy contract by more than a fifth between April and June. A recession is defined as two successive…

United Kingdom has advised its nationals residing in Nigeria against traveling to the North-east, North-west, and South-Southern states in the country over insecurity in the areas. The states include Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe,…

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has announced that 315 stranded nationals have been evacuated from the United Kingdom. NiDCOM made this known via its Twitter handle on Sunday, stating that evacuees would arrive in Nigeria…

Stranded Nigerians in the United Kingdom have expressed frustration over the delay in their evacuation by the Federal Government, Daily Trust reports. According to them, the government does not have the constitutional power of…

World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned countries against investing too much in antibody tests aimed at detecting whether a person has already had coronavirus. Antibody tests – also known as serelogical tests – detect a…

UK Foreign secretary, Dominic Raab has said Britain’s Coronavirus lockdown restriction will extend for at least another three weeks, even as hundreds across the country continue to die daily from the outbreak. Raab, deputizing Prime…

Victor Ikwuemesi, founder and CEO of Sosoliso Airlines, has on April 14 died of COVID-19 in London, United Kingdom.  The Chairman of the defunct airline died few days after he was admitted and diagnosed of Coronavirus. A source close to…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesperson in a…

Sarah Gilbert, an Oxford University professor, has said a Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September “if everything goes perfectly.” According to Metro UK, the professor of vaccinology said she is 80 percent confident that the…

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson  British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been doing 'short walks', which is the latest major sign of improvement after he was discharged from intensive care on Thursday night.  The PM was taken to…

Governments around the world, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, has given restriction directives, self-isolation rules, stay-at-home orders as well as shutdown of schools and organization and flatten the curve. This restriction…

Alfa Sa’adu Alfa Sa’adu, a Nigerian doctor practicing in the United Kingdom, has died of the coronavirus. The 68-year-old man, who is a native of Kwara State, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Kwara state commissioner for chieftaincy…

The world, even in the midst of the deadly and ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has infected over 789,000 people and killed 38,101, has also seen the recovery of about 166,000. Lagos, which is the epicenter of the virus in Nigeria,…

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the disease continues to spread rapidly across the United Kingdom, it emerged.  The prime minister, disclosed his…

President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) The European Union has…