The Brazilian city of Manaus has halted its vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus for at least 24 hours, CNN Brasil reported late Thursday,...
Prominent South African politician, Jackson Mthembu, has died of Covid-related complications, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.
Mr Mthembu, who since 2019 had been serving as...
President Joe Biden, in his first official act as president, signed series of executive actions on Wednesday night, January 20, to reverse the policies...
The Police Command in Kano on Wednesday paraded four suspected kidnappers among whom was a 23-year-old lady, Maryam Mohammed alias Hajiya, the mastermind of...
The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) has begun its Covid-19 vaccines pre-order programme for all African Union member states.
The pre-order, being done on behalf...
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday nabbed a 20-year-old housewife identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu from Doguwa Local Government Area of the state for...
In his closing remarks as President, Donald Trump promised to “always fight” and wished the incoming Biden administration “great luck.”
“You are amazing people. This is...
The Anglican Church in Uganda has suspended its former Archbishop, Stanley Ntagali, from conducting priestly duties or representing the church until further notice over...
Donald Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany, has announced her engagement on her father’s last full day in office.
A picture posted to Instagram shows Ms Trump, 27, and Nigerian-Lebanese fiancé...
India’s technology ministry has asked Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp to withdraw planned changes to its privacy policy that has drawn widespread backlash, multiple media outlets...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun authorizing use of vaccines for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., senior director...
The US has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials it says were responsible for undermining the general elections last October.
The outgoing Secretary of State,...
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday nabbed a 20-year-old housewife identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu from Doguwa Local Government Area of the state for...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines between rich and poor countries will...
United States Military troops were pictured on Tuesday morning, January 19 rehearsing in full gear ahead of Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on Wednesday.
The inauguration...
An 80-year-old man, identified as David Mluli, died at a hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while he was with his 33-year-old lover.
Mr Mluli reportedly...
Scientists have new biological evidence that the so-called South African coronavirus variant binds more readily and strongly to human cells, making it more infectious,...
The Ekiti State Government has disclosed plans to procure sophisticated drones as part of efforts to boost surveillance, expose criminal hideouts and combat insecurity.
The...
Two cemetery security guards have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of human heads.
According to reports, the guards work with a cemetery owned...
Twenty-four hour vaccination sites will be piloted in London before the end of January, the vaccines minister has said.
Mr Nadhim Zahawi said the NHS...
Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested positive for the virus.
Anti-epidemic authorities in north China's...
