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Female MP compares coronavirus to bad boyfriends

A Kenyan MP has tickled many with her comparison of coronavirus to lousy men and bad boyfriends. Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to...

Man buried in his favourite car according to his last wish [Video+Photos]

Instead of traditional coffin, a man in Eastern Cape, South Africa was buried in his car with a safety belt on. Apparently, two years ago...

Ladies with long and artificial nails are at high risk of contracting Coronavirus – Health Expert

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

Photo: Meet the lady who murdered COVID-19

A Nigerian lady, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, who tested positive to coronavirus has revealed that she has murdered the deadly virus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks...

Coronavirus: Check out how much Nigerian billionaires, banks donated

Some top businessmen and banks in Nigeria have donated huge sums of money to support the government's coronavirus fight. ALSO READ: Lockdown: Military officers punish man...

Prophet T.B. Joshua speaks after ‘failed’ Coronavirus prophecy

Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T.B. Joshua, the renowned Nigerian televangelist, has subtly responded to those who were anticipating a heavy rainfall...

Catch me if you can: How defiant Kenyans dodge cops during curfew

Catch me if you can. That was the message some Kenyans sent to security officers on Saturday as they defied the dusk-to-dawn curfew set by...

Prayer moves online for people across Africa

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised...

Coronavirus: Dangote tests negative

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote Sunday has tested negative for coronavirus. Disclosing this via his verified Twitter handle, Dangote said: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted...

Coronavirus: Buhari to address Nigerians today

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will, at 7pm today March 29, address the nation. This was made known in a statement released by the Presidency. ALSO READ: Former...

Coronavirus: 4 bridegrooms arrested for violating lockdown order

Four bridegrooms have been arrested by the Zaria Zonal Command of Kaduna state Vigilante Service (KadVS) for violating a lockdown order instituted by the Kaduna...

Mali goes to the polls despite coronavirus fears

Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country's first coronavirus death. The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday's kidnapping...

Coronavirus: Zimbabwean broadcaster died ‘alone and scared’

Cooped up in an isolation ward, a young Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, pleaded with his family for help. Thirty-year-old Zororo...

Quarantined woman ‘kills herself’

Kenyan media is reporting that a woman, who was being quarantined in the Western city of Nakuru, has taken her own life. ...

Coronavirus: Obasanjo donates his house as isolation centre

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State as an isolation centre for victims of...

Coronavirus: Pastor Chris, Benny Hinn lead two billion people in prayer

In a clear response to recent happenings across the globe, over two billion people have indicated interest in participating in a two-hour ...

Bring anyone with coronavirus for treatment – Bishop dares

A Nigeria pastor has has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with coronavirus should be referred...

Coronavirus patients charged with attempted murder

Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged.  One of them is a...

Coronavirus: Couple arrested for ‘calling virus a hoax’

Police in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam are holding a couple for allegedly spreading false information about coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new...

Last known survivor of transatlantic slave trade discovered

A woman, who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old, has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new cases, number up to 136

Ghana has recorded four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, shooting the number up to 136. Below is a confirmation by the Ghana Health Service...

Coronavirus: South Africa reports first death as lockdown begins

South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. "This morning, we South Africans woke...

UBA announces $14m for coronavirus relief support across Africa

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over $14 million through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response...

Coronavirus: Prophet T.B. Joshua’s head on the chopping board

The coronavirus outbreak has kept many at home with the hope of it ending soon. So many people are hoping that scientists and medical researchers finding...

Coronavirus: South Africa begins three-week lock down

South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. All but essential movement...

Coronavirus: Sex workers want to be considered as essential service providers

The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and the National Movement of Sex Workers in South Africa (Sisonke) are appealing to President...

Revealed: Why this bucket is called ‘Veronica Bucket’

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the campaign on constant washing of hands with soap under running water, has made the veronica buckets very...

Coronavirus: Drug gangs impose strict curfew on residents

Drug traffickers and militias in Rio de Janeiro's lawless Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in Brazil, have taken the law into...

Mali on lock-down after recording first two cases

A nationwide curfew was announced on Wednesday, March 25 by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, after the West African country reported its first two coronavirus...

Catholic Priest found dead in his car in Nigeria

The parish priest of Holy Cross Parish in Oroma Etiti community of Anambra State, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Charles Okeke-Odogwu was found dead in his car...

5 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Nigeria, total now 51

Five new cases of patients affected by the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the...

DR Congo president’s aide dies of Covid-19

The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a respected human rights lawyer and an aide...

Ugandan baby diagnosed with coronavirus

An eight-month-old baby in Uganda, whose father recently travelled back from Kenya's western city of Kisumu, has tested positive for coronavirus. The baby girl is...

Coronavirus: Police shoot two people for defying lock-down orders

Rwandan police shot and killed two people who defied lock-down orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Coronavirus can’t survive in the body of Jesus – Magufuli (video)

Tanzania's President, John Magufuli, has revealed why his government cannot close down churches and mosques in the East African country over coronavirus.  ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Coronavirus: Panic buying as South Africans brace for lockdown

There is panic buying in South Africa as people stock up on food and other essentials ahead of a lockdown on Thursday. The country has...

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s vice president tests negative

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who went into self-isolation after President Muhammadu  Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari tested positive for coronavirus, has ...

Video: Naked demo hits coronavirus

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Jy9DtjcMJ/ Some mothers in Abeokuta, Ogun state, came out topless to pray against the deadly coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Medikal and Fella to distribute toiletries to needy...

Father, mother, 2 kids die in sleep

A family of four, made up of father, mother and two children, has died in their sleep in Lagos, Nigeria. According to Lagos-based Facebook user,...

Kenyan woman in forced quarantine mingled with church members

The Narok County emergency response committee has forced a woman who jetted back into the country from Sweden on Wednesday to quarantine after members...