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 …

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. …

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, …

A global approach is the only way to fight COVID-19, the UN says it launches humanitarian response plan. On Wednesday, 25th of March the United Nations Secretary – General Antonio Guterres launched a 2billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Middle East and some part of …

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. …

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, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Hon. Abena Osei-Asare, Member of Parliament for Atiwa-East donates hand washing items to the 12 CHP compounds and three health facilities in the constituency.    The gesture formed part of efforts by the MP to help deal with the threat of the viral disease, coronavirus in the country.   Some …

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 …

Bishop Sam Zuga of house of Joy ministry, the founder of both Samzuga free medical treatment and Samzuga international has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with corona virus should be referred to him for treatment” Speaking at the healing crusade organised to …

South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. “This morning, we South Africans woke up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” the Health Ministry said on Friday. Both deaths took place in …

South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. All but essential movement is forbidden and both the army and the police are enforcing the measures. Ahead of the midnight deadline there were long queues outside supermarkets as …

The coronavirus outbreak has kept many at home with the hope of it ending soon. So many people are hoping that scientists and medical researchers finding a cure or vaccine to curtail this virus. Amid all these hopes, popular Nigerian Prophet, T.B. Joshua prophesied that the virus will end today. …

The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and the National Movement of Sex Workers in South Africa (Sisonke) are appealing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to include sex workers as an essential service during the coronavirus lockdown. The move comes three days after President Ramaphosa announced a nationwide 21-day lockdown and ordered South …

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa now has 927 confirmed coronavirus Covid-19 infections. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated on Thursday that the positive cases had risen to ‘over 900’. In a short statement after the president’s remarks, Mkhize said the new infections meant the country …

A Nigerian lady who goes by the name Madam Praizzy on social media has accused her parents, Bishop Jude Nkemdilim Chukwumaife and Pastor Favor Agaezi Chukwumaife of anusing her sexually and physically. Madam Praizzy who shared a video in which she showed the injuries she sustained after allegedly being assaulted …

Editor’s Note: There is a discrepancy in the figures provided by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) which is the sole institution announcing updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. GHS confirmed Thursday morning that there have been a newly recorded 54 cases including 3 deaths. If added to the earlier 68 cases, it …

A man in Rwanda, who breached the ongoing lock-down to reportedly go fishing, has been killed and eaten by a crocodile, the mayor of the Southern Kamonyi district has told the BBC. Alice Kayitesi said the Wednesday morning incident happened in the Nyabarongo river. “He had broken the stay-home rule, …

According to Vanguard, the Osun State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Kehinde Salamat for allegedly setting ablaze her husband’s six-bedroom bungalow, worth N3 million. The incident was said to have occurred on March 18, 2020, around Adio, Ori Eru in Iwo local government area of Osun State. A source …

Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrahim Patel has reiterated that companies that are essential to the production and transportation of food, basic goods and medical supplies will remain open during the 21-day “lockdown”. He indicated that essential personnel required for the continued functioning of these companies during the “lockdown” will …

Popular Nigerian investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has revealed that the president of the Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari is very sick. According to the the investigator, the president has been coughing severely and has already tested positive for Coronavirus. She claims that a ventilator has been brought from a hospital …

A young man was electrocuted while vandalizing a transformer in Enugu. According to a Facebook user, Ifeanyi Eze, who shared photos from the scene of the incident, the deceased was trying to steal a cable from the transformer when he was burnt to death. “A young man trying to steal …

A 16-year-old girl who killed a 51-year-old man that allegedly attempted to rape her was arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State, Tuesday, March 24. The  Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3 pupil was arraigned on a one-count charge of killing one Babatunde …

Authorities have described the current situation the world over as dangerous and unusual times following the declaration of the novel coronavirus pandemic by the World Health Organization(WHO). Thousands of lives are being lost daily to the virus while the infection rate is galloping in some parts of the globe with …

At least 64 Ethiopians are believed to have suffocated to death in a lorry that had crossed into Mozambique from Malawi, officials say. Fourteen survivors were discovered in the vehicle in the Western province of Tete early on Tuesday morning. The immigration service had stopped the container truck in the …

A medical student at the University of Juba, Sudan identified as Mangong Mel Ayuel was allegedly stabbed to death by his love, Ariech Majook Kuot on Friday,20 March. Mangong met his untimely death when he was stabbed by his girlfriend for posting “Imagine The World Without Girls, Who Will Lie …

Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has said the number of coronavirus cases in Ghana has risen from 27 to 52. He made this disclosure at a presser in Accra, Tuesday. The 25 new cases, according to the minister, were confirmed among the 1,030 people who are under mandatory quarantine in the …

The President H.E Nana Addo-Dankwa Akuffo Addo today joined members of his party to mourning with the family of Rev Alex Acheampong, Chairman of NPP Germany during the final funeral rites of his late wife, Mrs Irene Acheampong at NARPO Hotel, Achimota on Saturday 15th February, 2020.   The President …