The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Madagascar’s capital confined again as cases spike
Antananarivo returns to containment, two months after the easing of restrictive measures and even the reopening of schools, authorities have again decided to restrict movement in the Malagasy capital due to the spike in coronavirus…
South Africa reopens restaurants even as virus cases…
"I am breathing again," sighs Kanto Razafimandimby, on her first night out since South Africa reopened its restaurants and casinos as part of a gradual loosening of lockdown, even as the number of coronavirus continues…
Nigeria: Patient gives birth in Oyo isolation centre
OYO State has recorded the first delivery of a Covid-19 patient at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan. This is as 19 new cases returned positive while two deaths were recorded. Chairman, State Task Force,…
PSL: Date For Return To Football?
The Premier Soccer League is edging closer to a return, the Siya crew being informed that a tentative date for matches to resume has been proposed. It’s almost four months since the 2019/20 season was…
Senegal bans EU nationals after being blacklisted
Senegal announced Friday it will not re-open its airspace to EU travelers after the bloc did not include it on a list of “safe” states due to the coronavirus, according media reports. The EU issued…
Botswana coronavirus: president enters fourth quarantine
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict lockdown. President Eric Masisi…
Burundi to boost testing, president labels COVID-19 ‘worst…
Burundi’s new president has signaled that his government will take the coronavirus pandemic more seriously than his dead predecessor, calling the virus the country’s “worst enemy” and announcing new screenings. President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Tuesday…
Senegal lifts coronavirus restrictions; land, sea borders still…
Senegal is easing some restrictions that had been imposed to aid curb the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic. In a televised address, president Macky Sall said the country’s state of emergency and curfew which…
Breaking: Face mask violators arrested in Osun, shown…
The Osun State Government on Tuesday went a step further in its attempts at enforcing the use of face mask by residents, when scores of violators were arrested in Osogbo and shown videos of isolation…
Death toll in Africa from coronavirus tops 10,000
The death toll in Africa from the novel coronavirus topped 10,000 Tuesday, according to a statistics website. The number of fatalities on the continent from the coronavirus now stands at 10,166 while 195,045 people have…
AFCON moved to 2022, delayed CHAN slated for…
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON to January 2022 citing the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament had been scheduled to…
Business: IMF says South Africa loan talks occurring…
The International Monetary Fund's discussions with South Africa over a $4.2 billion loan to support its fight against the coronavirus pandemic are taking place at a "measured pace" because the country's deep and liquid capital…
Algeria to keep borders closed till COVID-19 ends
Algeria will keep its land, air and sea borders closed until the end of the COVID-19 crisis. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced this saying also that firmer measures will be taken against citizens who…
South Africa: Covid-19 cases double in KZN schools…
The reported number of Covid-19 cases in KwaZulu-Natal schools increased last week to 187, of which 139 are teachers and 37 are pupils. A week earlier, there was a total of 74 cases in KZN…
South Africa: Mbalula urges taxi industry to reconsider…
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says it is unfortunate and regrettable that taxi operators have decided to violate Covid-19 lockdown regulations, after they announced that they will fill their taxis to 100% capacity and up inter-provincial…
Nigeria coronavirus: 24,077 cases; record new cases, UK…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, became the third African country to record over 10,000 cases of COVID-19. The milestone was reached on May 31 when 307 new cases took its tally to 10,162. As Africa’s…
Peter Psquare Okoye narrates how himself, his wife,…
Ace Nigerian entertainer, Peter Okoye of the defunct Psquare group, alongside his wife, Lola Omotayo and daughter, Aliona all tested positive for Coronavirus. Peter Okoye, in a recent video, disclosed that himself, his wife and…
The world: Spain’s top researchers discover coronavirus in…
Researchers at the University of Barcelona, one of Spain's most prestigious universities, had detected the presence of the novel coronavirus in waste water samples collected here on March 12, 2019, the university said in a…
