Patients who have suspected coronavirus can have a “spit” test to see if they have the disease, it is announced today.
Until now, potential sufferers...
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a...
Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from Covid-19.
The grim milestone comes amid growing political unrest...
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is looking into two separate theft reports relating to donated Coronavirus equipment in March when the Ministry of...
Why in Britain, in 2020, are black people still marching against racism and injustice?
In a hard-hitting series, launching today on Windrush Day – the...
A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the novel coronavirus, local media reported Saturday.
“It is our passion...
A 15-year-old pregnant woman on admission at the Ikorodu General Hospital, Lagos, has died from health complications similar to coronavirus symptoms.
It was learnt that...
Some Covid-19 frontliners had a struggle of their lives when they tried 'arresting' a suspected patient who had escaped from an isolation centre.
The incident...
Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election.
Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was...
Burundi's president-elect, 52-year-old Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is expected to be sworn in Thursday, is highly regarded as a "humble" and "religious" man.
He was among...
Twitter released its much-awaited feature and it has made a lot of buzz around the world, especially Ghana.
Some Ghanaians have used the app already...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients.
Data from...
Three suspected ritualists, including a native doctor and a couple, were caught while allegedly performing some fetish rituals.According to a source, the incident happened...
South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...
China has promised to give priority to African countries once COVID-19 vaccines are ready to use.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted by the...
A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in...
A game-changing blood test that spots 98 per cent of coronavirus cases could identify tens of thousands more victims - and might be available from next...
Researchers have announced that a drug called dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of deaths among ventilated Covid-19 patients by around 33 per cent.
A team of...
Bizarre footage shows the moment two apparent ghosts work out at an outdoor gym, leaving police officers baffled.
In the video, three officers stand around...
As various campaigns against rape heighten, Ugandan media personality, Faith Mulungi, has claimed that a mother hired thugs to rape and humble her daughter...
A five-year-old boy who was told he would never walk has taken his first steps.
Poignant video footage captures Camden Brooks Hanson move unaided across a room...
