AFRICA

Libya’s former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril has died from the coronavirus, according to his political party. The 67-year-old contracted the virus in Egypt in late March and died at a hospital in Cairo, according to his aide. He was in power as head of the National Transitional Council during …

Even as residents of Nasarawa state are trying to grapple with the partial lockdown of the state following the outbreak of the coronavirus, they may have to contend with the woes of kidnappers. The Special Adviser to the Nasarawa state Governor on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development Mr …

Prominent Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has been widely criticised for holding a party during the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. The party in her Lagos mansion was held to celebrate the birthday of her husband, producer JJC Skillz. Akindele has appeared in a Nigeria Centre for Disease Control video to …

A lady, identified as Rosemary Osegba claimed she hacked her mother-in-law to death to save her marriage, following her arrests in Nassarawa State. The imminent threat to her marriage forced her to get an axe, walked into her mother-in-law’s room and hacked her to death in her sleep. In an …

Carolina Police and the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) arrested three men during a lockdown operation for operating a licensed liquor outlet. The men were charged with contravening section 27 (2) of the Disaster Management Act 57/2002 Regulations 11B 1(b) for operating their business during the national lockdown. The …

South Africa now has 1585 cases of coronavirus infections, and nine confirmed deaths, health minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement on Saturday. 53 937 tests have been done. Gauteng has 693 cases, most of all provinces, followed by the Western Cape with 433 cases and KwaZulu-Natal with 232. Of …

Nollywood veteran actor, Hanks Anuku, is mad at the government of Nigeria for failing to make provision for food and money for its citizens before declaring lockdown in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Sunday, a 14-day lockdown enforced in Lagos, neighbouring Ogun and the nation’s capital, Abuja to …

A video has surfaced online of an unidentified cleric was caught red handed picking human faeces in the bush in South-West Nigerian. In the now viral video, the man dressed in brown coloured native attire was on one knee down, holding unto a black polythene bag and trying to explain …

Nigerian Army has arrested the soldiers in viral video threatening to rape women and girls in Warri after some residents killed a soldier for the alleged murder of a resident during the lockdown. The Nigerian Army has released a statement revealing that the soldiers have been arrested in 9 Brigade Ikeja Military …

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested six notorious armed robbers terrorizing residents of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, made this known in a statement on Friday, stressing that the members of the armed gang were arrested between March 24 and 25th within the …