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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

India Launches First Bollywood 'Walk of Fame'

Kareena kapoor at the event     India's Bollywood has launched its own Walk of fame . Indian cinema's "Walk of the Stars" was officially opened Wednesday on a seaside promenade in the  Bandra  district of Mumbai, the country's entertainment capital.     Mumbai's new pathway will bear handprints and signatures of numerous actors along with a handful of life-size brass statues depicting some of the Indian greats.    From one of Bollywood's acting dynasties, movie star Kareena Kapoor was the main guest at the launch in a nearby hotel, where she unveiled a statue of her legendary grandfather, the late Raj Kapoor, sitting on a bench.       The Kapoor family are the first to be honoured on the street " because they're technically the first family of Bollywood, " said Nikhil Gandhi, business head of the UTV Stars television channel that has set up the walkway.     The original Walk of Fame in Hollywood was established in the 1950s and now displays