In a humid coastal stretch near Lagos, trucks still crawl through narrow links and rough edges. And that daily grind sits behind a big headline now. Nigeria secures USD 1.26 billion financing for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a major funding step tied to a key section of the planned coastal road. The deal signals serious money […]
Across African campuses and training rooms, the term “language” gets treated like a daily tool, then suddenly like a technical object. Linguistics does that. It takes ordinary talk, street signage, radio call-ins, and prayer chants, and studies the hidden system behind them. The goal is clarity, not drama. And yes, students still want a clean […]
Security personnel in a number of African countries are aggressively implementing lockdown and curfew measures announced by their respective presidents. While the security organs, mainly local police, are working under their primary mandate of implementing law and order to enforce the directives, their modus operandi makes them a potential chain for contracting and spreading COVID-19 […]
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has confirmed that no player in the continent scored more goals in the history of Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) than Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o. CAF made this known in a post on its official website on Thursday. Eto’o, who retired from football in 2019, scored a record of […]
South Africans queued outside a clinic in Johannesburg Friday to get tested for the coronavirus. With increasing number of cases in th country, the government is stepping up ability for testing. “I came to the clinic to do my BP (Blood Pressure) test because I am a hypertension patient. I saw people outside getting tested […]
Sonia Morales, ex-wife of Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has expressed gratitude that the Coronavirus pandemic never happened while she was with him. According to the mother of one, staying indoors because of Coronavirus would have been bad if it happened 5 years ago because she was staying in a house without a steady light and […]
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded South Africa’s credit rating further into “junk” territory on Friday, another blow for Africa’s most industrialised economy, which is still smarting from a Moody’s downgrade last week. Fitch lowered its long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to ‘BB’ from ‘BB+” and assigned a negative outlook. The agency cited “the lack of a […]
The European Union has agreed to try to channel more aid to Africa to help it cope with the coronavirus pandemic. After chairing a foreign ministerial video-conference Friday, EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrel said it is in Europe’s best interest to support the continent. “If we don’t solve the problem in Africa, we will […]
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o have slammed suggestions made by two France-based doctors that Africa should be used as a test site for a solution to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. COVID-19 has decimated sport, with major events across the world suspended indefinitely amid pandemic. Professors Jean-Paul Mira of Cochin Hospital in Paris and Camille Locht […]
Scenes of traffic jams are expected to become rarer in downtown Kinshasa from Monday April 6. The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for two weeks because of the coronavirus, the city’s governor announced Thursday. This measure mainly concerns the residential commune of La Gombe where the seat of government and […]
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa is exacerbated by poor heath systems and ill-equipped facilities in most parts of the continent. One medical equipment that has assumed star status in the wake of the current pandemic are ventilators. They are basically breathing machines that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failures. They buy […]
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, is the country’s most impacted with coronavirus infection. As of April 3, Lagos alone accounted for 98 out of 190 cases recorded across Africa’s most populous country. The state government led by governor BabaJide Sanwo-Olu weeks back announced a stimulus package to cushion the less vulnerable members of the state. But […]
Several people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in KwaZulu-Natal after coming into contact with a 45-year-old teacher who died of Covid-19. The teacher, from Platt Drive Primary in Isipingo, south of Durban, died on Tuesday after testing positive about a week ago, according to the Department of Education. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed the […]
As residents of Cairo in Egypt try to cope with a curfew, one Egyptian man decided to use his gifts to lift spirits up. Mohammed Aly, a college student serenaded his neighbours from his balcony with his violin on Tuesday March 31. “I wanted to share this with people here, especially since the coronavirus is […]
Police in South Africa on Thursday forced the evacuation of hundreds of foreign migrants who had been sheltering in a church premise for months. Wearing riot gear, the police officers broke down the front door of the church and forced their way. The migrants refused to leave the church, demanding that the government relocates them. […]
Officials in Mali said Thursday that voter turnout for the country;‘s legislative elections was just 36 percent. Mali’s territorial administration minister, Boubacar Alpha Bah said many chose to stay away from the ballot box due to threats of violence and COVID-19 pandemic. “A total of 797 out of 22,147 polling stations could not open, accounting […]
In an interview with this week, Mabhuti Khenyeza pointed out one of the challenges he is facing as a head coach during the COVID-19 lockdown. The former AmaZulu FC assistant coach was appointed at the helm of GladAfrica Championship side, TS Galaxy in February this year, a few days after the club parted ways with […]
There are deep concern among internally displaced persons in the north-eastern region of Maiduguri in Nigeria over the spread of the coronavirus. Around Maiduguri in the north-east, thousands of displaced people are crammed into state-controlled camps. “We’re always praying and that’s all we can do, it is a test from almighty God so we ought […]
Malawi has reported its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus, the nation’s government has confirmed. The southern African nation was among the few African countries yet to report coronavirus cases. Others include Lesotho, Comoros, South Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe. President Peter Mutharika made the announcement in an address to the nation on Thursday […]
The management of the Calabar Mall and SPAR has debunked claimed that the mall collapsed. “The Calabar Mall building did not collapse as suggested through fake claims on the internet, and the shops remain open to customers,” it said. Mrs. Egbunu Kemi, the Management of the Mall has stated on record that the External Advertisement […]