Ghana has refused an amount of GH¢20 million ($1.8 million) aid from MTN Ghana that was supposed to assist in financing the evacuation of its citizens who were attacked and repatriated from South Africa due to xenophobia. The Ghanaian government has said that it is already well prepared financially to undertake the operation. The Ministry […]
An attack on a patrol of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which was headed to Pajut in Jonglei State, has taken the lives of UN peacekeepers and resulted in seven injuries caused by armed men, whose identities remain unknown, ambushing the patrol on August 24, 2026. The UN has criticized this attack and […]
Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Senate President Ahmad Lawan agreed in a meeting that the crisis intervention fund would pull in cash as loans […]
King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned more than 5,000 inmates to prevent the new coronavirus from contaminating Moroccan prisons, the Justice Ministry announced. The monarch “granted a pardon to 5,654 inmates and ordered to take all necessary measures to strengthen the protection of inmates in prisons,” the ministry said in a statement. The pardoned detainees […]
Malawi’s president and cabinet will take a 10% salary cut and redirect the money towards the fight against coronavirus, President Peter Mutharika said on Saturday as he announced a stimulus package in an address on state television. Mutharika announced a number of measures aimed at cushioning small- and medium-sized businesses, including tax breaks, a reduction […]
Algeria will extend curfews it has put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus from Sunday, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the number of confirmed cases rose to 1,251. The curfew will last from 3 p.m. until 7 a.m. in the capital Algiers and eight other provinces, and from 7 p.m. […]
A group of students in the United Kingdom has found productive ways to eliminate the boredom of a lockdown by making yourself useful against the coronavirus. This group of students has returned to classrooms in the UK to produce protective equipment. The masks are designed using 3D technology. “We have a total of 500 orders. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nigerian singer and DMW boss, David Adeleke otherwise known as Davido has opened up on his financial status and also confessed that he’s never had the 30 Billion he sang about in his hit song ‘IF’. The Father-of-three who is currently taking care of his son as his fiancee, Chioma battles coronavirus was asked to […]
The Paris Club of creditor countries have agreed to restructure Somalia’s external public debt with an immediate cancellation of 1.4 billion U.S. dollars. Somalia has been pushing for the cancellation of its ballooning debt, some of which dates back over four decades ago when the country was fighting the regime of Siad Barre, who was […]
The Provost of Luminar International College of Alternative Medicine, Enugu, Prof. Joseph Akpa, says he has found a cure for coronavirus pandemic. Prof. Akpa, made the claim to newsmen in a press conference held in Enugu on Wednesday. According to him, he had already made energy health medicines superficially meant to boost the human immune […]
The presidency has replied Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka over his comment that the declaration of total lockdown in Lagos and Ogun by President Muhammadu Buhari was illegal. The presidency, in a statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu lambasted Soyinka over his comment. “Yesterday, the esteemed Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka made comments on […]
Close places of worship: Orthodox church follows Islamic council Barely twenty-four hours after the Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, EIASC, announced cessation to all prayers in mosques, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church, EOTC, announced a similar measure. The church’s Holy Synod at a press briefing on Wednesday said as of tomorrow followers of the Church, the […]
Veteran Nollywood Yoruba actor, Sadiq Abubakar Daba, better known as Sadiq Daba is on the verge of losing his sight as his health condition worsens. Popular social media commentator, Faleye Oluwatosin shared the actor’s health condition on his platform stating that the actor needs help. He wrote, “It is a tough time as Government is […]