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President Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun as Nigeria battles Coronavirus

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 …

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Prayer moves online for people across Africa

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 …

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Coronavirus: Israel evacuates 274 nationals from Nigeria

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 …

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South African workers freed from mask-making factory

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 …

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CONVID-19: Buhari is set to address Nigerians

Following the social media protest that President Muhammadu Buhari must address the Nation on the coronavirus update, presidency has responded that all is now set for the president to address Nigerians. According to the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, “President Muhammadu Buhari will …

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Angry youths burn down police station after police officers stopped them from observing their Friday prayers

Rampaging youths in Kusada town in Katsina State burnt down a Police station after the officers attached to the station stopped them from observing their Friday, March 27th Jumat prayers. The state government on March 25th, announced a ban on social gatherings including religious gatherings to prevent the spread of …

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Mali goes to the polls despite coronavirus fears

Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country’s first coronavirus death. The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday’s kidnapping of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé by suspected Islamist militants. The elections were supposed to have taken place in 2018, but have been put off a number …

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South Africa struggles with lockdown as it records first coronavirus death

Bustling streets and long queues at supermarkets highlighted South Africa’s struggle to adapt to a new lockdown on Friday, as the country recorded its first Coronavirus death.   In the poor township of Alexandra near Johannesburg’s financial district, a group of men drank openly in the street until police intervened and ordered …

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Rwanda: Govt begins distribution of essential goods to citizens affected by coronavirus lockdown

The Government has on Saturday, March 28, inaugurated a support initiative to vulnerable families who have been affected by the lockdown aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19. The move is in line with what President Paul Kagame had highlighted in his address to the nation on Friday, March 27, …

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Uproar over police brutality during virus curfew in Kenya

Uproar has greeted the manner in which police officers executed curfew orders on Friday, with some rights groups calling for civic education for them and the public. In Nyanza, lobbies said the government must protect civilians’ rights in effecting the indefinite 7pm-5am curfew aimed at curbing spread of the deadly …

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