Nigeria eases lockdown in major cities
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will begin a “gradual easing” of lockdown in major cities from 4th of May. In a televised address on Monday night, the president…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will begin a “gradual easing” of lockdown in major cities from 4th of May. In a televised address on Monday night, the president…
Nigeria on Friday recorded 114 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total recorded in the country to 1095. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet Friday night said the new…
By Bekeme Olowola The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is an unfolding global tragedy that has led to massive death tolls, damaged economies and caused disruptions to social order across the world.…
Guinea has kicked into effect a compulsory wearing of face mask as part of government’s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus. In the capital, Conakry, police officers conducted…
Ghana’s president on Sunday lifted targeted lockdown on two major regions in the country citing improved testing of the coronavirus pandemic across the West African country. In the over half-an-hour…
Abba Kyari, one of the closest advisers to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, died Friday after contracting the novel coronavirus, becoming the highest-profile casualty of the virus in Africa’s biggest economy.…
A corpse for burial in Kogi State has been seized by the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for breaching its orders on dusk- to- dawn curfew. The curfew in addition…
Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have…
Some aggrieved casual workers of a Chinese company in Ogun Guangdong Free Trade Zone in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state have set ablaze the company’s vehicle and…
Many African countries have introduced lockdowns in order to halt the spread of coronavirus, but, as Alex de Waal and Paul Richards argue, ordinary people have to be involved in…