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…
Coronavirus combat: Ethiopia to free over 4,000 prisoners
Ethiopia has announced it would free thousands of inmates from the country’s overcrowded prisons as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe told state media the measure would…
Industrial pollution across Asia, Europe drops due to…
Global pollution has significantly declined thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has slowed industrial production across the world. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-5P earth-observation satellite, captured this development as northern Italy went into lockdown…
Aero Contractors suspend flights over coronavirus
Aero Contractors on Tuesday suspended all their flights for two weeks, beginning from 26 March. The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Captain Ado Sanusi announced the decision in Lagos Sanusi said the suspension is…
Rwanda enforcing coronavirus lockdown
Rwanda became one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to impose a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. The East African country is the most impacted in the region with 17 confirmed cases. With the…
Nigeria oil mogul prayerfully ‘rebukes, cancels’ coronavirus globally
One of Nigeria’s richest women Folorunsho Alakija has advanced prayer as a sure route to beat the coronavirus pandemic. According to her Africa’s most populous nation has beaten past plagues and the current one will…
Kenyans are indisciplined in fight against coronavirus –…
Kenyans are indisciplined and difficult people, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. "Kenyans are very indiscipline and it will cost us. We want responsibility among citizens, Keep your kids home..you people of the media need…
Coronavirus threatens Morocco’s street vendors
As most business owners world wide grapple with the economic effect of the coronavirus, Moroccan casual workers say the virus is threatening workers in the country’s , without contracts and without social protection. The situation…
Coronavirus: Nigeria president tests negative, chief of staff…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took a coronavirus test and was declared negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), multiple local news portals have reported. The test was carried out on Monday and the…
I don’t have Coronavirus – IK Osakioduwa
TV presenter, IK Osakioduwa, has debunked rumours that he has contracted coronavirus. IK shared a video on Instagram today Monday March 23rd in which he cleared the air on reports suggesting he had attended the…
Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases
Angola, Eritrea and Uganda confirmed their first cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa despite measures by governments to hold it back. Similarly, Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded…
BREAKING: Atiku’s son tests positive for Coronavirus
Son to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has tested positive for cornavirus. This was personally confirmed by Atiku Abubakar on his Twitter page on Sunday. He said his son has been moved to…
Rwanda in lockdown to contain coronavirus
Rwanda Saturday announced a two-week lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus, banning unnecessary movement of residents within the Central African country and closing its land borders. Unnecessary movement and visits outside…
Uganda confirms first COVID-19 case
Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus from a 36-year-old Ugandan who travelled from Dubai on Ethiopian airlines on Saturday. The confirmation comes after sub-Saharan Africa recorded at least six deaths from the coronavirus…
COVID-19: Gambia hunts for 14 quarantined escapees
Authorities in Gambia on Friday begun a hunt for 14 people who broke out of a hotel in Banjul where they had been quarantined for COVID-19. The group was among 32 passengers who arrived from…
NANS queries presidential taskforce on coronavirus
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest chapter, has urged the Federal Government not to tackle Coronavirus pandemic with deceit. This was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kazeem Olalekan Isreal, and…
Coronavirus triggers glut of unsold crude oil in…
A glut of unsold, high quality Nigerian crude continues to build up with weak global demand caused by coronavirus and surplus supplies by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Russia and other OPEC nations. Nigeria, which produces some…
Combating coronavirus the China way in Africa
China has reported no new local infections for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began three months ago, reaching a milestone in its battle with the deadly outbreak. The country has hailed its success…
Ghana tweaks mobile money charges, Nigeria revises budget
The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to…
