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…
Eritrea’s coronavirus cases double
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…
Concerns over Queen Elizabeth’s health amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
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…
Keeping up with the First Ladies: Gabon FL…
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…
Ex-governor donates $520,000 to Lagos, national disease control…
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…
Don’t Give up – Tonto Dikeh
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…
Breaking:Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, tests positive…
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…
Prevention measures turn violent in Parts of Africa
Health experts say the virus’ spread, though still at an early stage, resembles the arc seen in Europe, adding to widespread anxiety. COVID-19 prevention measures have taken a violent turn in parts of Africa as…
Could decades-old chloroquine be a solution to coronavirus
Could a pair of decades-old, relatively inexpensive anti-malarial drugs be the solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic? Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, related compounds that are synthetic forms of…
Coronavirus: Rwanda, two Nigerian states ‘feeding’ poor amid…
The Rwandan government on Saturday, March 28, kick started a support initiative aimed at vulnerable families adversely affected by the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. Rwanda currently has 60 confirmed cases. President Paul Kagame had in a…
Aliko Dangote, ex-Emir of Kano test negative for…
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote on Sunday (March 29) revealed that he had tested negative for COVID-19. According to him, he took the test as a global citizen and business leader. “The COVID-19 pandemic has…
Senegal’s graffiti artists join fight against coronavirus
It is the work of RBS CREW, a collective of graffiti artists who have offered up their spray cans in the cause of public health. Black and yellow block letters spell out the message "Together…
Ethiopian delivers coronavirus donation to 41 African countries…
Ethiopia PM – Ali Baba CEO Africa – wide coronavirus support Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 15 announced that he had secured a continent wide support coronavirus support from Chinese businessman Jack Ma.…
Coronavirus: Enugu records cases of Covid-19 as Nigeria’s…
Nigeria now has 81 cases of Covid-19, as 11 new cases were announced Friday evening by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The new cases were announced less than four hours after health authorities unveiled…
Chamisa backs 21-day lockdown
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday praised the decision by President Mnangagwa to lockdown the country for 21 days from Monday as a measure to contain Covid-19. President Mnangagwa, in an address to the nation…
Anti-‘Boo-hari’ tweet by Iranian topples coronavirus on Nigeria…
Despite the coronavirus pandemic dominating news and social media spaces since the last few weeks, there is a ‘competitor’ that on Friday dethroned coronavirus to become the top Twitter trend in Nigeria. Mohammed Tawhidi threw…
U.S. overtakes China, Italy as world’s worst-hit by…
The United States overtook China and Italy on Thursday as the world’s worst-hit country by the raging coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. took the morbid distinction after new 14,336 confirmed cases were added. The record figure…
Thin resources for huge crisis: Malian researcher’s coronavirus…
After keeping out the coronavirus weeks after it reached Africa, Mali this week registered two cases of the virus. With parts of the country inaccessible to state services because of insurgent violence and inter-community conflicts,…
Infected South African duo who defied coronavirus isolation…
South African police have charged two men with attempted murder for allegedly continuing to go out after they tested positive for the coronavirus, exposing others to the infection. Police minister Bheki Cele detailed the charges…
