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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...

Coronavirus: India’s prime minister seeks ‘forgiveness’ over lockdown

India's prime minister has asked for his country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping lockdown that he said had hurt millions of poor people. Criticism has...

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...

Full text of President Buhari’s speech on Coronavirus

Read below the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari's speech on the fight against Coronavirus today, March 29: MORE: Coronavirus: Finance Minister commits suicide over crisis Private...

President Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun as Nigeria battles Coronavirus

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has restricted movement in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria....

UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home...

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: Finance Minister commits suicide over crisis

The Finance Minister of Germany's Hesse State, Thomas Schaefer, has committed suicide apparently after becoming "deeply worried" over how to cope with the...

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...

Coronavirus: Pope prays to empty St Peter’s Square[photos]

Pope Francis has given a solitary prayer service to an empty St Peter's Square as Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 9,000. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: First patient...

Coronavirus: First patient breaks silence

One of the first coronavirus patients in Wuhan, China, said "a lot fewer people would have died" if the Chinese government took action...

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: Prince Charles shares a health update

The Duke of Cornwall, Prince Charles, has taken to Instagram to provide fans with an update on his health after testing positive for coronavirus. Prince...

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 ...

Coronavirus: UK Health Secretary tests positive

UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has tested positive for coronavirus, just hours after Prime minister Boris Johnson announced he had also contracted...

15 yr-old girl hangs herself over four-year ‘burden’

A Walvis Bay teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday evening after leaving a note saying she has been living with a burden for four...

Covid-19: People are cutting their own hair during lockdown – and it’s not going well

In the UK, restaurants, pubs, gyms and any other shops that do not provide an essential service have been forced to close following...

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...

Boris Johnson breaks silence after testing positive [Video]

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus and has taken to social media to confirm the news in a...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street says. His symptoms are mild and he will continue to...

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...

FBI arrests actor who claims he has coronavirus cure

The FBI has arrested a Southern California man who officials said falsely claimed to have developed a cure for the coronavirus and solicited investments...

COVID-19: Video reveals lung damage in coronavirus patient

A video shows the lungs of a man who had been asymptomatic a few days earlier. Now, the patient has Covid-19 and his lungs are...

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...

As they rush to save lives, health care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plans

The first time Andrea Austin, 35, considered her own mortality, she was flying into Iraq aboard a C-130 military plane. Though the emergency medicine...

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...

U.S. surpasses China with most coronavirus cases worldwide

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with at least 82,404 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated...

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...