AFRICA

Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat. The 53-year-old paraplegic man usually sells phone cards. But an extended lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has left him stranded. The …

Security forces enforcing the lockdown in parts of Nigeria have killed more people than coronavirus itself, a local rights group says. Evidence of the killings comes from members of the public who rang their hotline or sent in videos, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) adds. It says law enforcers …

Popular Nigerian pastor, TB Joshua, has addressed his botched prophecy in which he claimed the Coronavirus pandemic would end on 27 March 2020. The religious leader said the Holy Spirit gave him the prophecy that the pandemic would end on 27 March, The Daily Sun reports. During an interview on …

Sensational Nigerian cross-dresser Bobrisky has finally admitted that he will go to hell when he dies. According to Bobrisky in a live video with Dencia, he hears all that people say about him but none of them gets into him. And besides as people claims hell awaits him since he has transformed from male …

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says some of the measures the government has put in place during the lockdown will remain once it is lifted. The minister was speaking during a media briefing by members of the national command council (NCC) in Pretoria on Thursday. The …

A South African Minister and members of society who had tuned in to a video conference got the shock of their lives when pornography was displayed instead. Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was supposed to host a video conference on the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable members …

A 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba, has committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa in Nigeria. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, said the incident happened on April 4th at Kofar Gabas quarters. Jinjiri said the …

Police have been deployed to a remote area in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Taraba following deadly ethnic clashes over a disputed fishing pond. At least 19 people were killed in the violence on Sunday, according to Taraba State’s police spokesperson. Some reports suggest the number of people killed was higher …

South Africa has recorded seven new deaths as a result of coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 34. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said five out of the seven patients who died had underlying medical conditions ranging from diabetes to hypertension. The country’s confirmed cases of the virus have …

A young man believed to be in his 20s has been shot dead by police officers in Anambra State, Nigeria. The incident occurred at Ezego Street, Nkpor. Observers alleged that there was no inducement before the shooting occurred. However, a Facebook post sighted by mynewsghana.net by Ikenna Orji reveals that there is …