Egypt’s famed Great Pyramid was emblazoned Monday evening with messages of unity and solidarity with those battling the novel coronavirus the world over. “Stay safe”, “Stay at home” and “Thank you to those keeping us safe,” flashed in blue and green lights across the towering structure at the Giza plateau, southwest of the capital Cairo. […]
The Gombe State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Musa Mohammed, has called on civil servants in the state to remain calm. Mohammed stated this at a joint minimum wage committee meeting which held in the office of the state Deputy Governor, Manassah Jatau. He said workers in the state should be calm and appreciate the current […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the world and particularly in Africa, the need for information has never been more important but in the midst of all that too the battle against misinformation rages. The World Health Organization, WHO, called the scourge of fake news, an infodemic, that is even a more potent […]
Leaders across East Africa and the Horn of Africa met via video conferencing for a meeting aimed at forging a regional plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In all four presidents – Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Djibouti – were joined by two Prime Ministers – Ethiopia, Sudan – and the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority […]
THE agriculture sector will operate with skeletal staff during the 21-day lockdown to ensure workers are not exposed to or spread the Covid-19 pandemic, Government has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri encouraged farmers to make every effort possible to ensure that labour engaged was either resident on farm, or from […]
Egypt’s second richest man has urged authorities to order people back to work once a curfew ends, and threatened to commit suicide if the measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus exceed two weeks. In a TV interview widely criticised by labour rights advocates, Naguib Sawiris said Egyptians should go back to work after […]
Six more passengers that came to Eritrea prior to the ban on flights, (enforced on March 25), were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 during tests carried out in the past three days. Five of these are women while their age ranges from 32 to 60. Four of these patients were quarantined originally on arrival at Amara […]
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode said he was pleased with the nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on coronavirus on Sunday. Buhari had on Sunday briefed the nation on the coronavirus after much pressure had been mounted on him. Fani-Kayode, a strong critic of Buhari, said he commended the president for an encouraging, responsible and inspiring national […]
There are growing concerns about the health of Queen Elizabeth II following the diagnosis of her son, Prince Charles, who tested positive for Coronavirus. The monarch was reportedly exposed to the virus during one of her weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive during the week. The monarch held a face-to-face with […]
Across the African continent, First Ladies are generally considered the ‘Mother of the Nation’, and are often expected to be unifying figures, serving the president of the nation and the voters who entrusted him the mandate to lead. While the position of first lady is not legally or constitutionally provided for in many countries, many […]
National leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated over half a million dollars to the coronavirus combat in the country. Tinubu, a former Lagos state governor on Sunday pledged the sum of 200 million naira (about $522,000). He noted that the amount was to be split between the Lagos […]
The South African Football Association has expressed the FA’s gratitude for the R1 billion donation during this pandemic period. Mamelodi Sundowns’ President, Patrice Motsepe, has donated the money as Mzansi continues with the 21-day COVID-19 lockdown, which has already infected over 1 000 people in Mzansi. On March 28, it was confirmed that the Motsepe […]
Nigerian music diva, Tiwa Savage stepped out in style after ten days of self-isolation to get some fresh air amid coronavirus outbreak in the country. The single mother of one shared clips of her on the road as she revealed that she also needed to go and re-stock her safety kits as she hadn’t been […]
Social grant recipients will in the next few days make use of many ATMs and retail shops as possible to get their money without incurring high bank charges so they can practice social distancing. This is because banks were expected to “significantly” reduce their charges to increase the number of pay-points the grant beneficiaries can […]
Air Peace has evacuated about 274 Israelis from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Israel’s major city, Tel-Aviv. The flight, which airlifted 65 passengers from Lagos and 209 passengers from Abuja was operated by Air Peace Boeing 777-300 with registration number 5N-BWI. The Chairman and Chief […]
Mama King, Tonto Dikeh is using this medium to encourage everyone to still find a reason to smile even when there’s no reason to. The actress and philanthropist says: We will always find reasons to smile.. It takes only a smile to make the tougher days seem pleasant… Don’t Give up your Sunshine. Tonto has […]
Malians vote Sunday in a long-delayed parliamentary election, despite a raging terrorist conflict, the recent kidnap of a leading opposition politician and the coronavirus pandemic. Experts see the vote as a key step towards leading the West African state out of its spiral of violence and closer to a political solution to stop the bloodshed. […]
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for the dreaded novel COVID-19. The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory has gone into self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a video he shared on social media, the Governor confirmed the report and […]
