AFRICA

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had …

Prophet T.B Joshua, Head and Founder of Synagogue Church Of All Nations has disclosed when the deadly Coronavirus will end. In his Sunday service, he noted that the Coronavirus pandemic will end on the 27th of March 2020. “I came out at the beginning of this year saying lat year …

South Africa has announced strict measures to limit foreign visitors, following the example of Kenya. On a continent which the virus has been slow to penetrate – there is a sudden sense of urgency. The virus is now confirmed to be present in at least 26 nations across the continent. President …

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and many others injured after an explosion at a gas processing plant on Sunday in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the explosion was caused by a truck that hit gas cylinders piled up at the plant …

There is palpable tension in Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was allegedly killed during a melee involving suspected smugglers. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday night when officers of the NCS engaged the said …

A routine question from her doctor about menstruation set Kenyan Julian Peter, now 29, down a path that led her to discover she was born without a womb, cervix or a vagina. Twelve years on she shared her story with the BBC’s Anne Ngugi. I was born with a condition …

A South African king, a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela, has been arrested after allegedly going on the rampage with an axe in the palace. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, freed from jail on parole in December, broke into the Thembu royal palace in the early hours. Witnesses said he was searching …

A bricklayer is currently in hot soup after he was caught trying to strangle a four year old girl in the oyero area of Ekiti in Nigeria. The suspected child abductor, Ola Ibidapo, had held his victim, Tola by neck and was about to strangle her in an umcompleted building …

Nigeria, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia account for 50 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Brookings Institution, a globally renowned American research group said in a new report. The report, titled Illicit Financial Flows in Africa: Drivers, Destinations, and Policy Options, said revelations …

A Western Cape man has told News24 that his attempts to get tested for Covid-19 on Thursday proved futile. Cameron Jansen, 26, says he went to the Melomed Mitchells Plain Hospital to get tested as a precautionary measure, after being in contact with a colleague from India. It is believed …