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I did not test positive for coronavirus Lagos health commissioner

Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, says he is not infected with coronavirus. The commissioner had earlier on Thursday announced that 10 persons associated...

Coronavirus could kill up to 190,000 in Africa in first year if not contained WHO

The novel coronavirus could kill between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect between 29 million and 44 million...

Coronavirus: Tougher measures as Kenya’s cases jump by 47

Kenya has hit another record high in terms of the number of coronavirus cases recorded daily, reporting 47 more positive test results on Wednesday. The...

Coronavirus: Tougher measures as Kenya’s cases jump by 47

Kenya has hit another record high in terms of the number of coronavirus cases recorded daily, reporting 47 more positive test results on Wednesday. The...

Nigeria virus patients protest against ‘poor care’

Dozens of coronavirus patients held a protest outside a treatment centre in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Gombe, saying the authorities were not taking...

Coronavirus: ‘A third world war without the bombs’ – Raila Odinga

African Union official and former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is the latest politician to deploy the language of war when it comes to...

Nigerias coronavirus cases hit 2,950

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria have reached 2,950. This was after Nigeria recorded 148 new cases of coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Governments urged to improve access to water for Africans

The World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Office has called on governments, private sector partners, innovators, scientists and communities to invest in access to...

Coronavirus: Most Africans ‘will go hungry in 14-day lockdown’

More than two-thirds of people surveyed in 20 African countries said they would run out of food and water if they had to stay...

22-year-old man stabbed to death in Nigeria over face mask

Tragedy struck at the Coca Cola Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, when a 22-year-old man, Mr Cletus Chisom, was reportedly stabbed to death...

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