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Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 reportes in Nigeria

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21

Naomi Watts to play Princess Diana in biopic

    Actress  Naomi Watts  will play  Britain 's  Princess Diana  in a new feature film about the last two years of her glamorous life that ended in tragedy, Britain's  Ecosse Films  said on Thursday.     Called "Caught in Flight", the movie is thought to be the first big screen film about Diana, whose death in a Paris car crash in 1997 has been chronicled in several, mostly U.S., television movies.     Watts, last seen in "J.Edgar" and political movie "Fair Game", who was born in  Britain  and raised in Australia, said she was honored to be chosen. American newcomer  Jessica Chastain  ("The Help"), was previously attached to the project. "It is such an honor to be able to play this iconic role. Princess Diana was loved across the world and I look forward to rising to the challenge of playing her on screen," Watts, 43, said in a statement.

Queen Elizabeth celebrates 60 years on throne (Photos)

      Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone today february 6,2012 with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.      The 25-year-old princess was on tour in Kenya when she became queen on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI. She immediately flew back to Britain where she was welcomed by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill.     The royal family has been through tumultuous times since then. Three of the queen's four children have divorced and every personal crisis has been dissected by world media.    The most extreme case was the 1997 death of Princess Diana, ex-wife of the queen's eldest son Prince Charles, a rare moment of mass unpopularity for the monarch who was criticized for not showing enough emotion amid a national outpouring of grief.      During her reign, the royal family has also repeatedly c