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Chinese restaurant in Zambia closed for denying locals entry

A Chinese restaurant in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka has been closed by authorities for reportedly discriminating against locals. According to local media, the Zambian authorities moved...

Every little headache scared me – Actor recounts COVID-19 near death experience

One of Nigeria’s leading actors, Femi Adebayo, has revealed how Covid-19 forced him to cancel shows in the United States and run into isolation...

Rwanda is using Robots to attend to coronavirus patients [photos]

Rwanda on Tuesday said the country will put five high-tech robots into use to fight COVID-19 in its treatment centres. “The use of robots in...

Africa’s Covid-19 cases rise to 88,172, disease agency says

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across Africa rose from 84,634 Monday afternoon to 88,172 by Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control...

Rwanda president’s son lands top state job

The eldest son of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has been appointed to the board of a government agency that oversees business registration and tourism. Ivan...

WHO chief vows to continue leading virus response after Trump threat to quit

The head of the World Health Organization vowed on Tuesday to continue to lead the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, after President Donald...

UK clamps down on TV station belonging to Pastor Chris over coronavirus conspiracies

Loveworld Television Network, a TV stationed owned by popular Nigerian Christian preacher Chris Oyakhilome, has been sanctioned by the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom, for...

Coronavirus: Pastor with ‘cure’ dies of virus

A pastor who lay his hands on dozens of confirmed and suspected cases of Covid-19 in Cameroon has died of the illness on Saturday. Frankline...

Why people with asthma or lung conditions shouldn’t wear a face mask [read]

People with asthma or other lung conditions should avoid wearing face masks, experts have warned. The official advice from the United Kingdom (UK) government amid the coronavirus pandemic is...

Nurse ‘flouts coronavirus travel ban to visit boyfriend’

The government has restricted travel in and out of Nairobi except for cargo trucks to curb the spread of coronavirus. Health workers are among...

Woman comes home to find husband has turned home into giant ball pit

A cheeky dad surprised his wife and children by turning his home into a giant ball pit. Joel Conder decided to dump 250,000 plastic balls...

Watch: Mother ties 10-year-old son in sack for this shocking reason

A woman is trending online for tying her son in sack for four days over allegation of being possessed with evil spirits. In the now...

Man invokes millipedes on wife’s family

A man, who reportedly paid 1.8 million naira as bride price, has invoked millipede to the family house of his bride after she ran...

COVID-19: Pastor denies church members to avoid arrest for defiance

'Save yourself first' is what an unidentified Nigerian pastor did when police raided his church for conducting services despite the social gathering ban. The said...

COVID-19: Vaccine developers need to take their time

The fast pace at which various laboratories are working on vaccines against Covid-19 carries both promise and peril. On Monday, Moderna Therapeutics Inc. announced...

20 Ghanaians die from coronavirus in the US

The Ghana Embassy in the United States of America (USA) has revealed that 20 Ghanaians have died from the coronavirus in that part of...

Coronavirus: Buhari orders lockdown of states as virus rapidly increases

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that precision lockdowns be implemented in areas recording high rates of coronavirus infections in the country. The chairman of the...

Inside the ‘plane graveyard’ storing nearly 300 jets grounded by coronavirus

While many airports around the world have ground to a halt with flights cancelled, one runway located in the middle of the Arizona desert...

Woman nearly killed by ex lover shares horrible wounds

A woman who was scarred for life when her ex tried to murder her with a bread-knife has shown off her “war wounds” as...

Why America, African nations and others are indebted to China – T. B. Joshua reveals

Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has advised America to concentrate on what China is doing to grow its economy....

European countries set to further ease lockdowns

Italy and Spain are among a number of European countries that are set to further ease their coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday. Most businesses in...

Coronavirus: Bishop Oyedepo ‘heals’ church members

According to Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, the church received 62 testimonies of persons healed of...

Omotola celebrates 25 years in entertainment with stunning photos

Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde fondly called Omosexy by her fans, recently took to social media to celebrate 25 years in entertainment. The mother...

Uber ‘expected to lay off thousands of workers’

Uber is reportedly preparing to cut thousands more jobs in another wave of layoffs just weeks after 3,500 employees were laid off during a Zoom...

Man seals wife’s genitals with superglue

Residents of Tharaka Nithi are still in shock after a man sealed his wife’s genitals with super glue. Police officers started a search for...

Covid-19: Couple, guests run as task force storms wedding [Video]

Members of the Cross River state Covid-19 taskforce disrupted a wedding that was in session at the Christ Apostolic Church in Calabar, the state capital...

Obama criticises Trump administration’s virus response

Former US President Barack Obama has criticised his successor Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. In an online address to graduating college students, he...

Buhari receives Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal drug

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken delivery of the Madagascar native formulation against the Coronavirus. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea...

My wife and I came face-to-face with death – Nigerian coronavirus survivor narrates

Narrating the trauma his wife and himself suffered at the isolation centre after testing positive for coronavirus, Chief Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special...

Madagascar registers its first Covid-19 death, but has not quit World Health Organisation

Madagascar has not quit the World Health Organisation, neither has it asked other African countries to follow suit. The President of the island nation off the...

Pregnant COVID-19 patient delivered of baby boy

Gbagada Isolation Centre in Lagos has been thrown into a state of excitement and thanksgiving after one of its patients was successfully delivered of...

Coronavirus: This is why President Buhari does not wear face masks

The Nigerian presidency has denied that the country's leader, Muhammadu Buhari, is breaking any safety rules by not wearing face masks. The denial was...

Coronavirus: Trial begins to see if dogs can ‘sniff out’ virus

A UK trial to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin. The dogs are already trained to...

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines Even as countries toy with the idea of relaxing lockdown and restarting life in the COVID...

Miss Rwanda Plus-Size on her coronavirus recovery [photo]

Vivine Uwizeye, also known as "Miss Vivy", is the only coronavirus patient to have been publicly identified in Rwanda. It happened when a photo of...

Missing seven-year-old girl found dead inside co-tenants vehicle

Olujoda area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Friday, was thrown into mourning when the corpse of a 7-year-old girl Olagoke Morire, was found...

Coronavirus: Pastor sells boiled eggs as churches remain closed [Video]

A pastor and a father of six has decided to go to the streets to hawk smokies after he was forced to cancel worship...

Church sues Zoom after porn clips appear during Bible study

A historic San Francisco church is suing Zoom, claiming the video-conferencing app’s security failures enabled a hacker to stream porn into a Bible-study class. The X-rated content,...

Man charged for disclosing patient’s coronavirus status

A Zimbabwean man has appeared in a court in the capital, Harare, for allegedly disclosing the status of a Covid-19 patient on a WhatsApp...

‘Dear Mr President, please give my cigarettes back’

A desperate South African has reportedly addressed a letter to the president himself, asking that the national ban on the sale of cigarettes during...