Azam Khan, who is regarded as one of the world’s best squash players, passed away at the age of 95 in London after a week-long battle with coronavirus. Khan tested…
Mali recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday, a day before the West African country voted in a long-delayed parliamentary election threatened by both the pandemic and security concerns. The…
The Presidency on Saturday tweeted a video and pictures showing President Muhammadu Buhari meeting with the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for…
Trains packed with thousands of passengers arrived in Wuhan Saturday as the Chinese city that was Ground Zero for the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened after months in lockdown. Returnees, some…
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US President, Donald Trump Signs $2 Trillion Recovery Plan As COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket In US
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by the novel coronavirus, on a day the nation’s total count of…
A US-based lab has unveiled a portable test that can tell if someone has COVID-19 in as little as five minutes, it said in a statement Friday. Abbot Laboratories said…
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COVID-19: FG Moves To Support Persons With Disabilities, Other Vulnerable Groups With Cash, Food Items
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has begun moves to support the poor and vulnerable, the elderly, refugees, IDPs, persons living with…
The world’s economy has entered a recession and requires massive funding to help developing nations, Ms Kristalina Georgieva has declared. Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
The US has overtaken China in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. According to the latest figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the US has more confirmed cases…
This is sad! Popular Nollywood actor, Alkali “Matt” Mathew also known as “Dareng” of the African Magic series ‘Halita,’ has died! According to the report, the fast-rising thespian died on…
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Corona Virus: Chinese billionaire – Jack Ma , donated coronavirus kits arrives Nigeria, Uganda & Kenya (Photos)
Medical supplies donated to African nations by Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, have arrived Lagos and two other countries. The shipment, which came in via an Ethiopian Airlines flight,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced four new coronavirus infections in the country. The announcement states that Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections now peak at 40. The NCDC made the…
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Scores of Persons with Disabilities have mobilised to challenge the Kaduna State Government over allocations for their welfare
The physically-challenged persons, who were mobilised by Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), protested discrimination against them by the government in the provision of amenities that would mitigate their plight.…
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Int’l Women’s Day: Deaf Woman Inspires Africans With Disabilities, Receives Two Awards
Aneth Isaya, the Founder and Director of Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) which in Swahili language when translated to English to mean the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, which is the Federal Government organ in charge of the paramilitary services, has barred persons who stammer or have “gross malformation…