Africa's health watchdog has warned that the smallpox epidemic is still not under control, andappealed for resources to prevent a pandemic ‘more serious’ than COVID-19.‘The situation is not yet under control, but the general trend…
Breaking: Nigerian airline layoff employees amid Coronavirus crisis
Nigeria's major airline, Air Peace has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Faced with "the devastating outcomes on its operations and monetary health", the management of Air Peace stated in a statement that it had…
Breaking: After 15 years shoprite exits Nigeria
Africa's biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, is exiting the continent's most populated country, Nigeria, after 15 years. The Cape Town-based retailer has started a formal method to consider the practicable sale of all or a majority…
Breaking: 20 Years in Prison for 13 Military…
2 Decades Behind Bars Fifteen militiamen have been sentenced to twenty years in prison, introduced the Congolese army court stated Wednesday, for their participation in a political uprising in Ituri in the northeastern region of…
Breaking: 404 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria
Nigeria on Wednesday night time recorded 404 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which established this on its Twitter handle, said the clean instances had been recorded in 19 states of…
Zimbabwe: Minister Shiri dies at 65
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has died. His deputy, Cde Vangelis Haritatos confirmed that Minister Shiri died early this morning. “Sadly this is true. Hon. Minister Shiri passed on this morning,”…
Breaking: Group advocates dialogue between Algerian govt’, Hirak…
The International Crisis Group has urged dialogue between the Algerian government and the anti-regime movement ‘‘Hirak’‘ to avoid what it calls a major economic crisis. The Group cites the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and…
Tanzania: Tundu Lissu jets back from Belgium after…
Tanzania opposition politician Tundu Lissu jetted back to the country Monday with hundreds of supporters showing up at the airport to welcome him home. Tundu returns home from Belgium where he spent three years seeking…
Breaking: Buhari told to sack Akpabio immediately
Eric Omare, Esq., a lawyer, Niger Delta rights activist and on the spot past President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for the on the spot sack of Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of…
Breaking: Africa’s coronavirus cases surpass 800,000, rising in…
Africa's complete range of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed 800,000. That's according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. South Africa has well over 1/2 the suggested instances on the 54-nation continent, however…
Nigeria: President Buhari finally wears face mask
Nigerians finally get to see their president with a face mask since the coronavirus pandemic started. Muhammadu Buhari has never been sighted with a mask through his official engagements back home. But that changed when…
Breaking: Mali protesters set to cool off till…
Members of Mali’s opposition movement on Monday, announced plans to suspend all demonstrations in the country, as members gear up towards the Muslim festival, Eid-ul Adha. The leaders of the group resolved to withhold all…
The ruling party in Ivory Coast wants Ouattara…
Ivory Coast’s ruling party, RHDP, wants outgoing President Alassane Ouattara to contest as its candidate for October presidential polls. The choice comes on the lower back of the demise of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who…
Breaking: Top Zimbabwean journalist detained after his home…
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono; was violently detained at his home in the capital Harare by state agents Monday. His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was cited by local media outlets as confirming the early morning raid…
Breaking: Load shedding is over, but load reduction…
Eskom released a statement on Friday evening, announcing that it would implement load reduction in the Nkangala District Municipality in Mpumalanga from on Saturday morning from 05:00 to 09:00. The statement comes at the end…
Breaking: US authorities move to seize Yahya Jammeh’s…
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used bribery proceeds and stolen government funds to buy a mansion in a suburb of Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities allege in a lawsuit seeking to seize the property. The west…
Breaking: Ladol and NPA’s N16bn allegation
Nigerians and the international business community were shocked in late 2019 when the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) reportedly sanctioned the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), operator of LADOL Free Zone in Lagos for shortchanging the…
The World: China strongly condemns U.S. bill on…
China strongly opposes and condemns U.S. President Donald Trump's signing of the so-called "Hong Kong Autonomy Act," China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. This U.S. move has grossly interfered in China's internal…
Breaking: UNHCR aids Acholi Quarters pitch upgrade
The Aliguma Foundation annually organises a slums soccer tournament at the Acholi Quarters The Acholi Quarters community has seen a transformation in football following the Aliguma foundation partnership with them over the past three years.…
