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Coronavirus: 39-year-old mother of quadruplets dies after contracting deadly disease

The deadly coronavirus has claimed the life of a mother of five identified as Shabnum Sadiq  - The 39-year-old woman was said to have contracted the virus during a trip to Pakistan  - The deceased, who was a councillor in Slough, England, left behind five children including quadruplets A mother of five identified as Shabnum Sadiq has died after contracting coronavirus during a trip to Pakistan.  The 39-year-old woman died on Monday, April 6, after suffering complications from the deadly disease, Metro reports.<x gathers that the deceased, who  served on Slough Borough Council, England, left behind her husband and five children, including 13-year-old quadruplets.  Council leader James Swindlehurst said: "This is very shocking for all of us and our thoughts are with her family and friends.  "Shabnum was a dedicated councillor and, despite only being in her first term, she had made a contribution far beyond the years she’d spent in the council chamber....

China imposes restrictions on research into origins of coronavirus

 - The Chinese government has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus  - According to the government, all academic papers on Covid-19 will be subject to extra vetting before being submitted for publication  - With this, studies on the origin of the virus will receive extra scrutiny and must be approved by central government Academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus has been restricted.  The restriction was imposed by the Chinese government according to a news report.  CNN reports that according to a central government directive, all academic papers on Covid-19 will be subject to extra vetting before being submitted for publication. It reported that studies on the origin of the virus will receive extra scrutiny and must be approved by central government officials.  Meanwhile, a Chinese researcher who spoke on condition of anonymity said the move was a worrying development.  The...

Ikorodu Lucky Dube - Burna Boy gets dragged after he taunted Nigerians over fina...

- Burna Boy is currently being dragged online for a recent video he posted on social media  - The singer had reacted to the office of the accountant-general burning down in Abuja, mocking Nigerians in the process  - This appears to have angered a lot of Nigerians who took to the Twitter platform to slam him Earlier on, As reported the news of how Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy mocked Nigerians over the office of the accountant-general that got burnt in Abuja.  Burna Boy said that Nigerians deserve everything they are going through.  Well, this didn't seem to go down well with many social media users and they held no words back in express their outrage, disgust and some, disappointment over the now controversial video. According to them, considering Nigerians were his biggest fans, he had no right to mock them especially when they were the ones that made him the star that he is today.  They tagged him prideful and insensitive ...