South African billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe said, on Saturday, his group of companies would donate 1 billion rand ($57 million) to help fight the coronavirus outbreak that has forced the country into total lockdown as infections climb. South Africa entered a 21-day lockdown
There is a very urgent need for World Health Organisation-supervised comprehensive tests to be conducted on Nigeria’s public office holders, their families and associates. This will not only be done to truly ascertain the number of infected persons among the country’s ruling class
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported eight new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total number of infections to 97. According to the NCDC, two of the cases were in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, four in Oyo
National center for Disease Control has recorded 11 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 81. NCDC made this known late Friday. It said eight new cases were recorded in Lagos State, two in Enugu
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. He is self-isolating but says he will continue to lead the nation from home after testing positive for Covid-19. “I’ve developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that’s a temperature and a persistent cough,”
A queue of cars are seen at the Maseru Bridge border post between Lesotho and South Africa on March 24, 2020, as residents and retailers of Lesotho head to South Africa to stock up on groceries and other essential goods after South African
The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent Coronavirus Ransomware Application, which claims to provide updates on the virus and infections near the user. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus, her spokesperson said Sunday. Steffen Seibert, the spokesperson, said a doctor gave her a vaccination on Friday, then tested positive for the virus shortly after.
While the Federal Government has taken stringent measures to effectively manage the novel Coronavirus, the former Deputy Governor of State, Prince Eze Madumere has expressed worries over community spread of the dreaded scourge, raising fear over the model of Nigerian market structures. The
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