Eighteen nurses in Kano state have tested positive for Coronavirus.
The state chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Ibrahim Mohammed, who disclosed this...
Nigeria evacuated 250 nationals Wednesday from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Passengers arrived in the commercial hub of Lagos at about 8:30...
South African lawmakers were left embarrassed and shocked after a virtual committee meeting held over Zoom was hacked.
The meeting was interrupted with pornographic images...
Engineer Muaz Magaji, the Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructures Development, who was sacked after being accused of "celebrating" the death of late Chief...
A baby boy was born onboard an Emirates airline's flights en route to Lagos to repatriate Nigerians stranded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UEA).
After...
A middle-aged woman, who has been infected with coronavirus, has turned into a preacher while in isolation.
The controversial Nigerian woman from Benue State, Susan...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has expressed his displeasure about the different measures put in place by the Federal Government...
The total number of Coronavirus cases in Africa reached 51,698, according to data released by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on...
Kenyan health officials are giving communities safer options to substitute traditions that require physical contact in the wake of coronavirus outbreakInstead of a traditional...
Nigerian court hearings that take place over the internet must be “fair, transparent and effective”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has told the BBC.
The comments...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that an Emirates Airline is scheduled to evacuate 265 Nigerians from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The press...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kano, in the north of the country, says that one doctor has died after testing positive for coronavirus.
State...
Africa has 47,581 cases of the Novel Coronavirus and 1,862 deaths, according to data released late Tuesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control...
Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.
On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry says that 101 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus in the N'dolo military prison.
Only three infected inmates...
Tragedy struck at the Coca Cola Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, when a 22-year-old man, Mr Cletus Chisom, was reportedly stabbed to death...
Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive.
Speaking...
An Islamic Scholar, Dr Abubakr Imam Aliagan, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari government, the Sultanate Council and Muslim authorities, not to shut down...
In 2017 this troupe of Ghanaian pallbearers went viral following BBC Africa’s coverage of their flamboyant coffin-carrying dances, garnering millions of views.
Three years later...
A Nigerian woman, identified as Kehinde Afolabi, is in the grips of the police for allegedly slapping a policeman 13 times.
Reports indicate the incident...
Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were on Sunday intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command.
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Muslims, many praying shoulder-to-shoulder and without face masks, crowded mosques in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Sunday, after the government lifted an order closing...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said a pastor had tested positive for Coronavirus after praying for a deceased patient in the State.
Those...
Sudan has criminalised carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail.
Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14...
Gospel musician, Nathaniel Bassey, has advised people to seek God for help in this coronavirus pandemic and not the government.
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