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The Defence Headquarters has concluded plans to recall its retired medical personnel back on active duty to help deal with the response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)pandemic. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the preparedness of the military to support the fight …
Read More »50 houses destroyed as bomb goes off in Ondo
Over 50 houses, including a church, have been destroyed by a bomb that exploded at about 12midnight at Eleyewo in Akure North local government. The bomb was said to being conveyed by a lorry. Security operatives have condoned off the area. It was gathered that the vehicle conveying the bomb …
Read More »Virus-free Sierra Leone shuts borders after Guinea, Liberia closures
Virus-free Sierra Leone on Friday announced closure of its borders for a 30-day period barely days after President Julius Maada Bio announced a state of public health emergency. According to reports, the measure was to keep out the coronavirus which has engulfed all of West Africa except for Sierra Leone. …
Read More »Guinean voters massively back contested constitutional referendum
Guinea has voted to back a contested new constitution, the country’s electoral body said Friday, in a blow to President Alpha Conde’s opponents who fear the reforms are a ploy to extend his grip on power. The proposal to change the constitution was hugely controversial in the West African state, …
Read More »Nigeria: Lassa fever kills 176
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that the Lassa fever death toll in the country has risen to 176, amid an intensified effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. As of last week, the total number of deaths was 161, meaning 15 people recently died of the disease. …
Read More »15 yr-old girl hangs herself over four-year ‘burden’
A Walvis Bay teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday evening after leaving a note saying she has been living with a burden for four years. According to the family of 15-year-old Frieda Dhiginina Mapowe, she seemed to be in good spirits and going about her daily chores that day. However, …
Read More »Coronavirus patients charged with attempted murder
Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged. One of them is a tourist who tested positive for coronavirus while staying in the Kruger National Park but is accused of ignoring orders to self-isolate in his lodge, South African …
Read More »Teen hangs herself over four-year ‘burden’
A Walvis Bay teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday evening after leaving a note saying she has been living with a burden for four years. According to the family of 15-year-old Frieda Dhiginina Mapowe, she seemed to be in good spirits and going about her daily chores that day. However, …
Read More »Quarantined woman ‘kills herself’
Kenyan media report that a woman who was being quarantined in the western city of Nakuru has taken her own life. Health workers found her dead at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute facility where she was being held, having apparently hung herself, local media say. Local government officials also state …
Read More »SA records two COVID-19 deaths as lockdown begins
Two people have died as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19), says the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. “This morning, we wake South Africans up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” Mkhize said in a statement on Friday. The deaths occurred in the …
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