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A court in Bahirdar, northern Ethiopia, has sentenced the country’s former communications minister and close ally of late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to six years in prison for corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended public-spirited Nigerians and organisations for their financial and material support as Nigeria continues to curb coronavirus. The President’s remark comes as the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 continues to roll out measures on how to contain the spread of the pandemic in the country and manage its health and economic implications. Citing the provision of isolation, treatment and laboratory centres/facilities by individuals and companies such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Guaranty Trust Bank and Thisday Newspapers and partners among others in several states and Federal Capital Territory, the President called on other privileged…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Incident Commander in Lagos state has announced the discharge of 42 coronavirus patients in the state. Providing update on the coronavirus pandemic, the governor said 42 more persons – 22 males and 20 females, all Nigerians have been discharged from isolation facilities on Friday, adding that, they have been allowed “to reunite with the society”. He said, “The patients, 32 from Eti-Osa (Landmark), eight from Lekki and two from Onikan Isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings. “This brings to 448, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the single highest number of coronavirus cases in one day in the country. The 386 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control on Friday takes the total number of confirmed cases to 3912. However there is more hope of recoveries as 78 patients were discharged and 10 deaths reported. Lagos, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported a staggering 176 cases, the second highest number of cases in a single day. The northern states of Kano and Katsina both recorded 65 and 31 cases of COVID-19 respectively while the…

Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has called death on anyone against the opening of churches across nations of the world

The Ekiti State Government has disclosed its readiness to set up a COVID-19 laboratory facility in the state to increase the capability for more tests for residents.

The Lagos State Government is projecting that the Coronavirus pandemic may explode to 120,000 cases across the state by July or August

Two persons were killed, while seven others sustained serious injuries in an accident involving a truck, three other vehicles and two motorcycles along Toll-Gate, Sango-Ota

South Africa has placed around 12 percent of its prison population on parole to combat the spread of coronavirus in correctional facilities, the presidency said

Teams will be allowed to use five substitutes when the season resumes after a Fifa proposal to help with fixture congestion was approved