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Coronavirus: Anyone who assaults a pastor is in danger – Pastor Chris [Video]

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has warned against the arrest and assault of pastors amid the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The founder of Loveworld Ministries, popularly...

Coronavirus lockdown: Nigerian Police officer arrested for assaulting civilian

A Police officer has been arrested for assaulting a ports worker who was picking up his friend who works with a medical equipment company...

Video: Soldiers vow to infect Warri women with HIV

A disgusting video of Nigerian soldiers vowing to s3xually abuse and rape Warri women without condoms, and subsequently infecting them with HIV/AIDs has surfaced...

Indian couple names twin babies Corona and Covid

The pandemic caused by a new virus has brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh...

Lockdown Breaches: Diasporans suggest better ways of dealing with defiant citizens

Some Ghanaians living abroad have suggested better ways of dealing with people who may go against the restrictions imposed on parts of the country. With...

Ghanaian resident in UK narrates how wife survived covid-19 [listen]

A Ghanaian resident in the United Kingdom (UK) has narrated how he managed his wife who was infected with the novel coronavirus. According to Eric...

Ghanaians abroad share lockdown experience, call for strict compliance

Some Ghanaians in countries under lockdown over the spread of the infectious coronavirus disease have explained why the measure is important in Ghana. They...

Coronavirus: UK builds hospital for infected persons in 9 days

United Kingdom's (UK) newest and largest hospital facility is preparing to open its doors to take in coronavirus patients needing intensive care treatment. East London's...

Tanzania extends visas for stranded tourists

Tanzania’s immigration department has extended visas for foreign nationals who can't leave the country because of the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign visitors, who applied online, were...

Davido appreciates mothers’ effort after wife tests positive for Covid-19

Singer Davido says he finally respects mothers for how they’re able to raise kids because it has been tiring for him after his fiancee...

The coronavirus pandemic is making Earth shake less

Once-crowded city streets are now empty. Highway traffic has slowed to a minimum. And fewer and fewer people can be found milling about outside. Global...

Buhari’s daughter reunites with family after self-isolation

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter has completed two weeks of self-isolation and reunited with the first family. First Lady Aisha Buhari’s spokesperson Aliyu Abdullahi, in...

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this morning

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT. 1....

Rejoinder: Deeper Life holds crusade despite ban on large gathering

On the 20th of March 2020, we published a story with the headline, Coronavirus: Deeper Life holds crusade despite ban on large gathering. The said...

Confirmed global coronavirus cases pass one million

More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University – another grim milestone...

Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs

Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat. ALSO READ: READ: NDC’s COVID-19 Technical Team’s proposal...

Philippines president warns people violating coronavirus lockdown will be shot dead

People who don't obey coronavirus lockdown rules in the Philippines should be shot dead, the country's president said. In a chilling televised speech, Rodrigo Duterte...

Coronavirus: Morgue the size of two football pitches being built in UK [Photos]

A morgue the size of two football pitches is being built near the new London hospital for coronavirus patients. The temporary mortuary is under construction on Wanstead...

Musician releases her own naked pictures to shame blackmailer

The days are hard and people are not smiling as they look for every possible means to make money at all costs. A legendary...

Tracking Africa’s coronavirus cases

Less than two months after Egypt became the first country in Africa to confirm a coronavirus case, the outbreak appears to have reached almost...

Ghana Embassy in US to launch COVID-19 fundraising campaign

The Ghana Embassy in the United States (US) has announced plans to raise funds to support the fight against coronavirus. According to the High Commissioner,...

Chinese city bans dog and cat meat trade amid coronavirus outbreak

A Chinese city has banned the dog and cat meat trade amid the coronavirus crisis. Shenzhen passed the law prohibiting the consumption and production of dog and...

Covid-19: Topless dad interrupts daughter’s news broadcast [photos]

As many of us slowly get to grips with the ups and downs of working from home, it's not a skill which has been...

Lightning kills 20 people during Congo’s virus lockdown

Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in Congo Brazzaville, the authorities say. The incident happened on the first...

Coronavirus: Mothers giving children sanitisers to drink

Some mothers in one of the states in Nigeria are using unconventional ways to protect their children from the deadly coronavirus. ALSO READ: China concealed extent...

Coronavirus: Police raid sex party during lockdown

Police in Thailand busted a secret sex and drugs party packed with naked women during the coronavirus lockdown in Thailand. Earlier this week, officers were alerted by furious neighbours...

China concealed extent of virus outbreak – U.S. intelligence

China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, under-reporting both total cases and deaths it suffered from the...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles speaks after recovery

Prince Charles has spoken for the first time about suffering Coronavirus which he described  as a 'strange, frustrating and often distressing experience.' The 71-year-old Prince...

Coronavirus: Amazon workers strike over virus protection

Amazon has fired a New York warehouse worker who organised a protest over the safety precautions taken by the firm to deal with the...

Coronavirus: The unusual ways countries are managing lockdowns

Countries across the globe are taking unprecedented measures to prevent the coronavirus spreading, ranging from the extreme to the relaxed to the creative. We've taken...

Coronavirus: Woman, unborn baby die during emergency CS

A woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 and her baby have died during a caesarean section. The 37-year-old mother-to-be died in hospital in Spain on...

Meet the herbalist with anti-coronavirus plant

A female herbalist in Anambra State, Mrs Flora Ilonze, has stated that she has an anti-coronavirus plant in her garden. ALSO READ: Lockdown: 15 traders arrested...

Over 15,000 Zimbabwean returnees dodge coronavirus testing

Less than 200 people have gone through coronavirus testing out of 16,032 returnees who arrived in Zimbabwe after the outbreak of the world pandemic,...

Coronavirus: Top South African HIV scientist dies

Tributes are being paid to world-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee, who died on Tuesday of Covid-19 complications. Prof. Ramjee had recently returned home from...

Nigeria confirms 4 new cases, Coronavirus cases rise to 139

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria. According to the agency, three of the new...

Boy, 13, dies in London after testing positive for coronavirus

A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, King’s College Hospital Trust in London said. A spokesman for the trust said the boy’s...

All set for Rihanna to have 4 kids with or without partner

Sensational singer, Rihanna, has revealed plans to expand her family in the next 10 years. The songstress disclosed that she is aiming to have four kids...

Former Congo President dies of coronavirus

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He...

Female MP compares coronavirus to bad boyfriends

A Kenyan MP has tickled many with her comparison of coronavirus to lousy men and bad boyfriends. Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to...

Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in US [audio]

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States o f America (USA) have died of COVID-19. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases;...