Following series of allegation of racial discrimination against Nigerians and other black Africans in China, the Chinese government on Tuesday explained why it resorted to the strict measures being misinterpreted…
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France extends lockdown for a month, Macron apologises as death toll hits 15,000
French President, Emmanuel Macron has announced that the nationwide imposed Coronavirus lockdown will continue for the next one month as the death toll has now hit the 15,000 mark in…
Breaking: EU gives Nigeria €50m to fight Coronavirus
The European Union has giving a whopping €50 million grant to Nigeria to aid the fight against COVID-19. The grant was announced today by the Head of EU delegation in…
Serving NYSC medical doctor tests positive for Coronavirus in Ondo
A medical doctor and servicing corps member has been confirmed as the third positive case of COVID-19 in Ondo State. A statement by the state information and Orientation commissioner, Donald…
IMF approves Debt Relief which cancels 6 months debt for poorest Countries
The International Monetary Fund has approved $500 million through the IMF Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust to cancel 6 months of debt service for Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African…
Police arrest Chinese man for illegal Coronavirus rapid testing
A Chinese national was arrested on Sunday for illegally conducting rapid COVID-19 tests on the public with newly-delivered kits stolen from the health ministry. The Police in Peru arrested the…
Heartbreaking: Baby who survived open heart surgery, now has coronavirus
A six-month-old baby who just survived a heart surgery, now has to battle Coronavirus after she tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus. The baby Erin Bates, nicknamed ‘miracle baby’ is now…
Breaking: Nigeria records 20 New cases of Coronavirus, toll jumps to 343
Nigeria has recorded twenty new cases of coronavirus in five states, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in teh country to 343. Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) announced…
African ambassadors in China lodge formal complaint over racism
African ambassadors in China have written to the Chinese foreign minister to express their concerns over the discrimination against Africans, especially those living in Guangzhou. Several African countries have separately…
Woman loses entire family to Covid-19 as husband and son die within 3 days (Photos)
A woman from Michigan has been left devastated after losing her husband of 35 years and her son to Coronavirus within three days. Sandy Brown of Grand Blanc said she’s…
NCDC reveals how many Coronavirus tests it has conducted in Nigeria
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed the number of Coronavirus tests the centre has conducted so far across different states in the country since the outbreak of…
Breaking: President Buhari extends lockdown by 2 weeks (Read Full Text)
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the ongoing lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic by two weeks. In a presidential broadcast on Monday evening, Buhari said: “It has become necessary to extend…
Breaking: Lagos discharges 6 more fully recovered COVID-19 patients
Six more persons have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, after their full recovery and testing negative twice for COVID-19. The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the…
Patience Jonathan’s hotel to become isolation centre as she strikes deal with Aisha Buhari
Nigeria’s immediate past Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan has struck a deal to release her 200-bed hotel as COVID-19 Isolation and treatment centre. The Abuja hotel, which is believed to…
FFK Rebukes Melinda Gates for saying “Dead bodies will litter streets in Africa” (Video)
American philanthropist, Melinda Gates, who is also the wife of billionaire Bill Gates made a prediction at the weekend that the streets of Africa will be littered with dead bodies…
Breaking: President Buhari to address Nigerians by 7pm today
President Muhammadu Buhari will by 7pm today, Monday, April 13th, address Nigerians as many awaits the next line of action over the two weeks lockdown declared in Lagos, Abuja and…
Just in: Governor Hope Uzodinma Coronavirus Test result released
The COVID-19 status of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State was on Monday revealed by the Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba. Emelumba, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital,…
Okonjo-Iweala Bags New Africa Union Appointment
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance and renowned economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed as a Special Envoy of the African Union to mobilize international support to cushion the effect of COVID-19…
Adeboye tackles TB Joshua, says “COVID-19 will not end until God proves to the world that He is God”
The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic would not end until God proves to the world that…
Botswana locks up stubborn MPs who flouted coronavirus quarantine
Barely 24 hours after the Botswana government announced that all lawmakers were supposed to observe a period of quarantine for COVID-19, the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of…
