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 …

The decision to extend South Africa’s lockdown until the end of April will create an economic disaster, the main opposition party has warned. The country has already been under lockdown for two weeks and it was due to be lifted in a week. The president has said it will be …

A team of Chinese medical professionals on Wednesday arrived at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Nigeria flying in medical equipment worth about 1.5 million US dollars. The Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, whiles welcoming the 15-man team said it is time to “reciprocate the friendship and kindness” offered by …

The United Nations has called for specific action for women on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. It urged governments to take action for women who make up about 70% of staff of health and social services, adding that the stress and mental burden they often face at home …

Human beings have always been looking for what to believe in. It is a default errand for every person on earth. You need not to necessarily agree to this and that will still amount to what I just said. Your belief in not believing in things you either don’t know …

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 378. This was disclosed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a televised address to the nation on Thursday, 9 April 2020. Six persons have lost their lives, two are in critical condition while four have fully recovered. To prevent further spread, the government …

Chadian troops have continued their massive bombardment of Boko Haram enclaves. The major onslaught commenced on Sunday March 29, 2020. Troops have been recording success to the extent that the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, released an audio asking his fleeing fighters to remain at battlefield. On Saturday, soldiers destroyed five …

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet will over the next three months take a pay cut of 33% in their salaries – as government ups the ante on the fight against the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. The drastic move was announced by President Ramaphosa on Thursday evening, while …

Pastor Henry Ezidinma of Arena GoodNews Church, Bayelsa State, Nigeria has been apprehended after allegedly killing five people in a hit-and-run accident. It’s reported that the accident occurred on the 25th of March, 2020 at Orlando Spot Junction, Opolo. The cleric allegedly rammed into a man and two of his …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that SA’s lockdown will be extended by two weeks. The lockdown was implemented to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The initial lockdown would have only been for 21 days, but Ramaphosa, in a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, said SA was …

Sheik Malam Abubakar Sarkin Aminu the Imam of Khamsu-Salawat of Abubakar Gumi Juma’at Mosque, Lowcost, Zaria-Kaduna, has on Wednesday lost his position as the Imam for complying with Kaduna State Government’s order on avoiding social and religious gatherings. Sheik Mallam Sakin Abubakar, the Imam of Khamsu Salawat Abubakar Gumi Juma’t …

Rwanda’s courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a room at Kigali metropolitan police station, suspects sat separated in masks and handcuffed. Everyone waited their turn in front of a TV screen to face the prosecution and judges, …

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East have engaged some Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to infiltrate the Nigerian Army location at 3 Battalion in the Gamboru area of Borno State, during which scores of the fighters were shot dead. The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said on Wednesday that the …

The Nigerian Government has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates across the country. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in a press conference on Thursday said the decision was taken as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in the country amid the Coronavirus pandemic. He said, “In a …

Nyaho Medical Centre, Ghana’s premier group medical practice together with ClearSpace labs, a leading Artificial Intelligence Research & Development company has launched a COVID-19 assessment tool called Serenity Health. The tool was developed to help the general public in Ghana assess their COVID-19 risk, connect with health teams and testing …

Thirty-Seven out of 214 persons under treatment for Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Upper West region have died. The Upper West Regional Director of Health, Dr Osei Kuffuor Afreh, who disclosed this at a media orientation on COVID-19 in Wa by the Ministry of Information today [Wednesday], said the situation has …

The chief of staff to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested on Wednesday in the capital, Kinshasa, after hours of questioning into the alleged misappropriation of funds. Vital Kamerhe was questioned over his role following allegations of corruption in infrastructure projects that fell under his remit …

South Africa has announced the death of five patients who were undergoing treatment for coronavirus, the highest to be reported in a day so far. The latest deaths were confirmed on Wednesday bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 18. The ministry of health tweeted a list …

President Cyril Ramaphosa will make “serious decisions” about the lockdown after considering all options based on scientific modelling and advice as well as the possible economic repercussions of the nationwide shutdown. Jackson Mthembu, the minister in the presidency, told News24 Ramaphosa had not yet taken a decision whether the current …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the healthcare fraternity that authorities will soon demystify “frontline health workers”  that has triggered intense anxiety and confusion among it circles. The President gave the assurance when he met stakeholders at the Jubilee House today April,08, 2020, as part of his government’s broad …

Frederick Drah, a patient infected with the novel coronavirus in Ghana says contracting the virus is not a death sentence. According to him, there has been vast misinformation about the virus that has gone around, with many people portraying it be to a death sentence once you test positive. Speaking …

It follows the announcement of some incentives and insurance package for those thought to be ‘frontline’ workers, especially in the healthcare sector by the President. At a meeting at the Jubilee House today, the leadership of the various categories of health workers including the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Ghana Registered …

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice ministry has freed 1,200 prisoners in new measures to decongest prisons and prevent the spread of coronavirus. Those released from prisons were minor offenders, according to Justice Minister Célestin Tunda. Seven hundred of the prisoners have been released from the Makala Prison in the …

A child has died after a portion of a building in Onitsha collapsed on her. The building is located at No. 47 Modebe Street, Onitsha, Anambra state. The portion that collapsed on the child is the lintel attachment to an existing structure, Anambra Broadcasting Service reports. Officials of the State …

A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer is in the soup after he allegedly teamed up with his colleague to sexually violate a 17-year-old girl.  This was reportedly after the law enforcement officer found the girl in the bush with her boyfriend. According to reports reaching the publication, Nomore Gotora who is …

A taxi driver was allegedly beaten to death Tuesday by Nigerian security operatives, for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. A witness @ayebechristopher, revealed that the incident occurred at Marian in Calabar, Cross River State’s capital. He said the driver, who was not wearing a face mask when …

Some soldiers deployed to the streets of Calabar, Cross River state, to enforce the coronavirus lockdown in the state, have reportedly beaten a taxi driver to death. According to an eye witness report, the driver was allegedly assaulted by the operatives for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. The …

South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months – one of which will be without pay – for having lunch with a friend during the coronavirus lockdown. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been the talk of the town since a photograph of her eating with Mduduzi Manana surfaced this week. …

South Africans will soon know if the national lockdown is working. On Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government would soon receive a scientific assessment on whether the national lockdown, which ends next week, had worked. This amid uncertainty about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and an economic meltdown …

The owner of the Nigerian government-appointed company which produces visas for people wishing to travel to Nigeria from around the world is facing charges of fraud and money laundering in Nigeria in relation to a different company, the BBC has learnt in a joint investigation with the Premium Times. There …