Tunisia orders general lockdown in bid to contain coronavirus
Issued on: 20/03/2020 – 17:50Modified: 20/03/2020 – 17:50 Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday ordered a general lockdown, restricting public…
How are African nations coping with the continuing spread of coronavirus?
Issued on: 19/03/2020 – 23:25Modified: 19/03/2020 – 23:25 As the World Health Organization warns of an extremely “rapid evolution” of…
Exclusive report: Investigating massacres in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region
Issued on: 20/03/2020 – 16:46Modified: 20/03/2020 – 16:51 Since 2003, the Sudanese region of Darfur has been ravaged by a…
EU criticises Delhi gang-rape executions while condemning crime
The European Union has criticised the execution of four men in India for the gang rape and murder of a…
Ben Bruce loses wife – News Agency of Nigeria
By Femi Ogunshola Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce on Friday took to his Facebook page to announce the death of his wife,…
Covid-19: NEC receives report on impact on economy
By Ismaila Chafe National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday receives the report of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) on…
Baru lauds FG on new PMS pump price of N125 per litre
By Edith Ike-Eboh Dr Maikanti Baru, Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commended the…
FMBN, labour unions to deliver 600 housing units in 6 states
By Sunday Onoja/Perpetua Onuegbu Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and organised labour unions are poised to deliver 600 affordable…
PPPRA to begin monthly price regime for petroleum products April 1
By Edith Ike-Eboh The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), says it plans to begin monthly price modulation for petroleum…
Coronavirus: WHO tells African countries to ‘prepare for the worst’
Issued on: 18/03/2020 – 23:24 The head of the World Health Organization has sounded the alarm over Africa’s preparedness for…
Dozens of Malian soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attack
Issued on: 20/03/2020 – 00:26Modified: 20/03/2020 – 00:26 Suspected Islamist militants killed 29 Malian soldiers on Thursday in an attack…
Minister calls for sports development in schools
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, called for early exposure of young talents to sports to develop well-rounded…
Buhari inaugurates committee, tasks armed forces to finish Boko Haram remnants
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Federal Government will ensure that permanent peace and stability returned to…
ONSA, UNDP collaborate on violent extremism prevention, response
By Sumaila OgbajeThe Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have…
25m people could lose their jobs because of COVID-19 – ILO
By Joan NwagwuThe International Labour Congress (ILO) says almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of…
COVID-19: NGF constitutes sub-committee, pledges functional isolation centres
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has set up a seven-member sub-committee to review trend of the Coronavirus…
Covid-19: Lagos govt. orders closure of all schools
By Wale Ojetimi The Lagos State Government is closing all public and private schools from Monday March 23, 2020 as…
COVID-19: Ogun Govt. bans high density gatherings
By Olawale Jokotoye The Ogun government has announced ban on gatherings that would bring 50 or more persons together in…
Four years after Ebola crisis, Liberia braces for coronavirus
Issued on: 17/03/2020 – 22:37 Governments across Africa are scrambling to increase their capacity to deal with an expected surge…
Burkina Faso reports Sub-Saharan Africa’s first coronavirus death
Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday recorded its first COVID-19 death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the…