AFRICA

The founder and president of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has reacted to the decision by governors in Nigeria to ban church activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In his view, allowing Christians to worship especially during the Easter festivities will not spread the virus …

Police in Delta State, Nigeria have arrested two men for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in the Abasa suburb of Delta State, Nigeria.     A Nigerian activist, Harrison Gwamnishu took to Facebook to break the news to the world. According to in the suspects are in police …

Three pastors have sued Kenyan government after church services stopped operating due to the coronavirus lockdown put in place to halt the spread of the deadly disease. Justice James Makau of The High Court revealed on Friday that three pastors, Don Mutugi Majau, Joan Miriti, and Alex Gichunge sued the …

Lagos State Government has said that it will commence a house to house search for individuals infected with COVID-19 in the state. Professor Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made this known during a press briefing on COVID-19 intervention held in Alausa, Ikeja on Thursday, stating that the Coronavirus …

The largest water park in West Africa, Park Vega, is set to launch in the country. Park Vega is a member of International Association of Amusements & Attractions( IAAPA) and World Waterparks Association (WWA), and it is acclaimed to be the first international standard water park in Nigeria and West …

Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC). As the daily number of new infections appears to be falling in parts of the world, some fear the epicentre of …

The government of Togo has put in place a universal income scheme to help the most vulnerable people and families cope with the measures put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Ghana’s eastern neighbour. Togo has, so far, confirmed 76 cases with three deaths and 25 …

Few days before the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was to be declared over, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that a new case has been confirmed. Over 3,400 people have been infected and 2,200 have died since the outbreak was announced in DR Congo …

South Africa has 2 003 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with 24 deaths. On Friday, 10 April, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the country has recorded 410 recoveries. To date, Gauteng has the highest number of positive cases with 801, followed by the Western Cape with 541. KwaZulu-Natal …

School holidays may be scrapped in order to recover lost time as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga contemplates the best way to salvage the 2020 academic year. This is one of the proposals being considered by the department. Even before the lockdown started last month, Ramaphosa announced that schools would be …