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. He said this during a nationwide broadcast on Sunday. The curfew will begin from Monday, March, 30 by 11:pm. Read the speech below: Based on the …

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised services on Sunday. The continent has some of the world’s most committed Christians, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center, and the inability …

Israel evacuated 274 of its citizens from Nigeria on Sunday. The move was connected to the exploding cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The Israelis were evacuated via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Tel-Aviv, Israel. The flight, operated with the Air Peace’s …

Fast-rising rapper and singer from Kumasi, Qwaku Premo has denied rumours suggesting a secret love affair between TV icon, Nana Aba Anamoah of GhOne TV and himself. Qwaku Premo, who was in the studios of Kessben TV last Friday to promote the visuals to his latest song, ‘I’m dating’ on …

Ghana striker Jordan Ayew performed an incredible feat by using his leg to make a string on a basketball hoop from about 20 yards in an outstanding display in the #StayAtHomeChallenge. The Crystal Palace goal-poacher used his legs to hit the ball to land in the mini basketball hoop in …

The authorities in the South African city of Durban have freed 14 workers who had been “locked up in a [mask-making] factory since Monday”, a local government minister said. They also arrested the owner of the business. The workers “were forced to manufacture hundreds of masks to meet the demand …

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Two flights will be ferrying as many as 600 passengers with more flights being arranged in the coming days. …

A plane carrying coronavirus supplies to Japan, used by the Philippine health department, has crashed as it took off from the Manila’s airport, killing all onboard. The light aircraft was carrying eight people, including the pilot and two crew members, a doctor, a nurse, a flight medic and an American and a …

Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he …

Officials and security personnel are working with their counterparts in West Africa to ensure the repatriation of some 10 Guineans diagnosed with coronavirus in Ghana. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made this known at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday, March 29, 2020. According to him, the 10 Guineans …