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WHO worried about community spread of Covid-19 in West Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is very worried about the rate of community spread of Covid-19 in West Africa. The regional head of...

Three men allegedly arrested for insulting President Buhari and his Governor

Three men have allegedly been arrested over a video they made and shared on social media, allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Katsina...

Top 6 African countries with highest COVID-19 deaths

Over 36,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in African, with over 1,500 deaths recorded, as at Thursday, April 30, according to the World Health...

Experts reveal African coronavirus trial details

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined some of the trials going on for Covid-19 treatment and vaccination in Africa. Fifty-two countries have...

Coronavirus: The poor widow cooking stones for her children

Kenyans have rallied to the aid of a widow filmed cooking stones for her eight children to make them believe she was preparing food...

Coronavirus: Russian PM tests positive

Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus kills child at Korle-BuNumber of Ghanaians tested for...

Coronavirus: People are having less sex in lockdown – Durex boss

The boss of Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Durex condoms, has said people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis. Laxman Narasimhan said condom...

Bill Gates: What you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine

One of the questions I get to ask most these days is will the world be able to go back to the way things...

Nigeria lockdown sees rise in domestic violence

Domestic and sexual violence experts in Nigeria say they have seen an increase in the number of people asking them for help. It comes as...

Nairobi hair salon defies pandemic with ‘coronavirus’ style

Through winces and grins, two girls wearing face masks and surrounded by posters of different hairstyles bowed their heads for their hairdressers. But the...

Coronavirus : ‘Traditional cure will be ready soon’

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the traditional cure for Coronavirus has reached an advanced stage and will be made available...

Buhari appoints dead man to official position

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead man into office, naming the late Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru as a board member for a government...

Lady narrowly escapes death as bus crashes into her shop (Video)

A Nigerian woman has narrowly escaped death after a bus crashed into her shop and destroyed the wooden structure. Reports indicate the lady had just...

Coronavirus: Trump says China wants him to lose re-election

United States (US) President, Donald Trump, has said China "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid, stepping up his...

Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries

Dozens of bodies have been found stored in moving lorries in New York, authorities say, after passersby complained of the smell. The Andrew T Cleckley...

Watch: Soldier, police officer fight over superiority

In a video which has now gone viral, a soldier and a mobile police officer were seen fighting over superiority in public. ALSO READ: Two alleged...

Commissioner reveals how Nigerians are ‘bribed’ to lie that they are COVID-19 patients

Cross River State Health Commissioner, Betta Edu, has alleged that some residents of the state have been receiving text messages in which they are...

From Senegal to one of the world’s best players; the story of Sadio Mane

Every superhero has an origin story. Often there is personal tragedy, suffered at an early age; there can be a long journey from a...

Coronavirus: Breakdown of cases per state as Nigeria’s tally hits 1,532

Nigeria hit a hair-raising 1,532 figure-benchmark of coronavirus cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night, April 28, announced 195...

They must be sued – Man says as foreigners imitate Ghana’s viral pallbearers

A group of foreigners whose nationalities are yet to be known has come out with their own version of the viral Ghanaian pallbearers in...

I already healed Covid-19 patients, keep your $1,000 – Pastor replies ‘witches’

The general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman in Nigeria, has replied the Association of Alleged Witches (AFAW) who challenged him...

Guinea Bissau PM tests positive for coronavirus

The health ministry in Guinea Bissau says the Prime Minister, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, has tested positive for coronavirus. Interior Minister Botche Cande and two other...

Remdesivir: Drug has ‘clear cut’ power to fight coronavirus – US officials

There is “clear-cut” evidence that a drug can help people recover from the coronavirus, say US officials. Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms from 15...

Top Manhattan ER doctor commits suicide, shaken by coronavirus onslaught

The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide after spending days on the front lines of the coronavirus battle, her family said...

Coronavirus: Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, 3 ministers test positive for Covid-19

ALSO READ: Y’asem Nie: Man shares how galamsey money was wasted on alcohol and women You can’t bring me down, you’re not God – Lil...

24-year-old lady battling heart condition dies ahead of surgery delayed by lockdown

Reports of a young skincare therapist who has passed on after battling a heart condition for several years has surfaced on social media. The lady,...

Comedian sheds tears of joy as he gets new car from a fan he has never met

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, will remain an unforgettable day in the life of an Instagram comedian, Abiola Abdulgafar, popularly called the Cute Abiola. The...

Coronavirus: Life in Wuhan after pandemic; Ghanaian shares experience[audio]

Residents in Wuhan, the city in Central China where the novel coronavirus began are struggling to adjust to their new kind of living. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of son

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son. A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said...

False belief that methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran

The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran. ALSO READ: Beware of carjackers – Police to publicCoronavirus: Doctors strip...

Horror tales of children with COVID-19-linked inflammatory disease

More 'petrified' parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised...

Uganda president blasts MPs for allocating $2.6 million coronavirus funds for themselves

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has blasted Members of Parliament (MPs) for allocating themselves a total of 10bn Ugandan shillings ($2.6m; £2m) to enable them...

Bill Gates throws weight behind WHO, has a message for Trump

Billionaire Bill Gates’s will focus all of its resources on fighting the coronavirus, according to the Financial Times. The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Corp. said that...

Obituary: Irrfan Khan, star of Slumdog Millionaire and Indian films

Irrfan Khan was one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and among its most successful exports to Hollywood. A veteran of nearly 80 films, he almost gave...

Nigerian woman dies after lockdown delayed her surgery

A Nigerian businesswoman named Judith Omonua, has reportedly died from heart problems after a surgery which was to be done on her was delayed...

Coronavirus spread frees prisoners in Cameroon

Thousands of Cameroonian prisoners have effectively regained their freedom, as ordered by the central African state’s President Paul Biya, after his government reported that...

Coronavirus: Test results of Chinese medics brought in Nigeria out

Following the completion of their mandatory 14-day quarantine, a 15-man Chinese medical team brought to Nigeria to fight Covid-19 have tested negative to the...

Implementation of the AfCFTA deal postponed due to coronavirus

The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus...

Americans losing faith in what Trump says about coronavirus

Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump’s remark that COVID-19...

Iran: Over 700 dead after drinking alcohol to cure coronavirus

More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus.  The National Coroner's Authority said that alcohol poisoning...