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…
Breaking: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases of COVID-19
Nigeria has recorded 182 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 8,915 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 111 new…
Tanzania – President Magufuli’s pandemic response
Tanzanian President Magufuli’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic bears many of the hallmarks of his leadership to date—but magnified. As has proved true elsewhere, the crisis has cast the status quo in a new—and sharper—light.…
COVID-19: Oando staff raise above N25 m to…
The employees of Oando Plc have contributed over N25million under The Aggregator Platform (TAP) initiative, to feed needier Nigerians as global pandemic continues unabated with millions of Nigerians living without food and basic needs of…
WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trials over safety concerns
The World Health Organization says it is temporarily halting its clinical trials that use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients over published concerns that the drug may do more harm than good. The move comes after…
Kenya: It’s time we prioritize the textile and…
COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disturbance on social, political and economic structures all over the world. World leading economies have been brought to an almost complete halt. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of…
COVID-19: We don’t have money to buy food…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged farmers to return to their farms in order to provide food for Nigerians, as there is no money for importation. Buhari, while speaking with State House reporters after Eid prayers…
Nigeria’s economy grows by 1.8% in first quarter…
Nigeria’s economy grew 1.87% in the first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, the statistics office said on Monday, shrinking from the previous quarter as oil prices and international trade fell due to…
Business: Gordhan Stakes Clout for South Africa on…
Pravin Gordhan, South Africa‘s minister for public enterprises, is staking his own credibility and that of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s government on the creation of a new airline out of the ashes of the bankrupt national…
Breaking: Voluntary ‘baby abandonment’ soars in South Africa
A Johannesburg NGO ‘Door of Hope’ is concerned more families will abandon their babies as the economic situation worsens during the coronavirus lockdown. They say Since South Africa shutdown at the end of March they…
Potential Coronavirus vaccine shows promising sign in early…
An early trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested on Canadians has found it to be safe and also prompted an immune response. A study published Friday in the Lancet journal…
Nigeria: NAPPS suggests phased reopening of schools
Private school owners in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have called on the Federal Government to embark on a gradual reopening of schools in the…
Economic distancing: 60 million face extreme poverty –…
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences could push as many as 60 million people into extreme poverty. The World Bank warns that the progress made over the past three years in the fight against…
Burundi awaits poll results as opposition alleges fraud
Polling station closed across Burundi on Wednesday in a largely incident free process in keenly watched general elections. The polls will usher in the post-Pierre Nkurunziza era. But voters also cast ballots for lawmakers and…
Impact of Covid-19 on African economies; a look…
The COVID-19 pandemic and related measures have brought the world’s economy nearly to a total halt. A UN report released on May 12 projects the global economy to contract by 3.2% this year. World trade…
Breaking: South Sudan VP, wife test positive for…
South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, his office said. In a statement, the office said Machar's wife Angelina Tang, who serves as defense minister, also tested positive for the…
NNPC set to build hospitals in 14 states
To strengthen the nation’s health sector, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, is set to build robust medical facilities in 14 states. He made the disclosure in Abuja…
Africa’s top COVID-19 technocrats: Africa CDC’s John Nkengasong
The coronavirus pandemic has seized the world in multiple ways, snuffing lives out of humans, economies and everyday activities of millions across the globe. The fight against the rampaging virus has been classed as one…
News: India sends hydroxychloroquine to Africa in war…
India is spending around $16 million -- half of it in Africa -- on pharmaceuticals, test kits and other medical assistance for some 90 countries battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The South Asian nation has already…
