Members of Parliament are returning to Parliament Wednesday morning (today) after the Speaker Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye recalled them to the House, three days after he suspended sitting indefinitely. In a communique to Members of Parliament, the Speaker invoked his rights under Order Six of the Standing Orders …

  The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as “racist” the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa. “Africa can’t and won’t be a testing ground for any vaccine,” said Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The …

  Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Niyi Adebayo yesterday said the federal government is currently engaging indigenous car manufacturers to tweak their operations and commence the manufacturing of made-in-Nigeria ventilators to boost the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said the government is working with the Standards …

  The military in Mali says more than 20 soldiers have been killed by suspected jihadists in the northern region of Gao. People in the area said militants drove around their villages in cars and on motorbikes before attacking the army base at dawn on Monday. They said the insurgents …

  Confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria have increased to 238. This was after the country recorded six new cases on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its Twitter handle. Of the six new cases, the NCDC said two were recorded in Kwara State, two in Edo, …

  Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, has described the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye as a liar who is bent on maligning his hard-earned reputation. According to Sam George, the Speaker’s reference to a letter he, Sam George, wrote to Mr Speaker …

  The Niger State Government has relaxed the curfew imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus disease in the state. The new curfew takes effect from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. beginning from April 5 as against the earlier order of 10 a.m. to 12 midnight. …

  Senegalese President Macky Sall has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, the state media reported. The state of emergency first announced by the head of state on 23 March is accompanied by a curfew from 8 p.m. …

  Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has brushed off suggestions that he acted in a manner that violates Parliamentary rules. This was after he described the Speaker of Parliament Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye as a “walking illegality” after the Speaker suspended the House on Saturday, April 4, 2020, instead of adjourning …

  Global auditing firm McKinsey & Company’s is estimating that Africa would lose up to $200 billion in 2020 due to the current coronavirus pandemic. A paper put together by experts at the auditing firm said the pandemic will led to a cut of 3 to 8 percentage points to …

Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion) coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Senate President Ahmad Lawan agreed in a meeting that the crisis intervention fund …

  The police in Delta State have accused the 28-year-old man reportedly killed by a soldier in the Warri area of the state of disobeying the directives of the Nigerian Army. Joseph Pessu was said to have been shot at Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Government Area (LGA) of …

  As cases of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to rise in Nigeria and other parts of the world, a development economist and governance expert, Dr Chiwuike Uba, has warned that the situation will continue to deteriorate if government does not apply stringent measures to tackle the pandemic head on. In …

  A total of 24 people who were earlier confirmed to be infected with Coronavirus have so far been treated and discharged discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Yaba Lagos after testing negative twice, the state Commissioner for Health said yesterday. Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this at …

  Alkali Musa, is 78, years old. He is no doubt the oldest man among the 680, repentant terrorists undergoing rehabilitation and de-radicalization at the Operation Safe Corridor rehabilitation camp at Malam Sidi, in Gombe state. He is a retired civil servant. During his years of service, he worked as …

  Former President John Dramani Mahama, has called on government to reduce utility tariffs as a measure to cushion the Ghanaian public in the period of the outbreak of the coronavirus, MyNewsGh.com reports. The former President believes this move would significantly ease the burden on Ghanaians who are now challenged …

  The Minority Caucus in Parliament says the actions of the government clearly demonstrates that it is struggling to raise the remaining US$65million to shore up the World Bank and IMF loan facility of US$35million to fight the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana. Parliament on Wednesday, April 1, …

  Former Republic of Congo president Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango died in France on Monday of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), his family told AFP. He was 81. Yhombi Opango, who led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, died at a Paris hospital, his son Jean-Jacques said. Yhombi …

  The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Sa-eed has disclosed that, Ghana’s attempt to repatriate the ten (10) foreigners who were apprehended, quarantined and later tested positive for the COVID 19 in Tamale has proved futile. According to him, Ghana’s engagement with the Guinean authorities was unsuccessful as they registered their …

  Florida officials have arrested the pastor of a megachurch after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. According to jail records, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon …

  Vocal member of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yayra Koku has alleged that the government of Ghana is hiding the names of government officials who have contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and that the true number of persons infected in the country is also being suppressed. In a …

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered the mass production of emergency stockpiles Chloroquine for possible clinical trial treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Chloroquine was reported to have demonstrated marked efficacy and acceptable safety in treating COVID-19 associated pneumonia in multi-centre clinical trials …

  The National Communications Officer of the opposition, National Democratic Congress(NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has announced that the party has suspended all in-studio discussions in lockdown areas. The government has imposed a partial lockdown on some areas in the country including Greater Kumasi, Accra, and Tema. Although there is a partial …

President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed a curfew on Lagos and Ogun states as well as on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. He announced the curfew during a nationwide broadcast at 7pm today, Sunday, Mach 29, 2020. The curfew is for two weeks, effective from 11pm tomorrow, Monday, March 30, …

  A 32 year old Man, suspected to be a Cultist has confessed to the police that he kills his victims very Quickly. Ahmed Kabiru, from Kano State who confessed to being the chief butcher of the ‘Aiye Confraternity’ in Lagos said he dispatches his victims very quickly during operations. …

  The Minority in Parliament is questioning the basis of Dominic Nitiwul’s attack after the side was absent for Saturday’s sitting. Members of the minority had earlier through its leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said they will not be able to attend sitting on Saturdays as working overtime amid the Coronavirus scare …

  The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor has stated categorically that the relationship between the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Dr. James Kofi Annan is a forgone conclusion. He observes that no amount of prayers and machinations will force him to rejoin …

  A Lagos based trader, Kenneth Ugwu has murdered his son for desecrating the land by killing and cutting his mother’s head for ritual purpose at Iheaka community in Igbo-eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State National Light reports that Kenneth’s father, Mr. Cyril Ugwu murdered his son for …

  The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a respected human rights lawyer and an aide of President Félix Tshisekedi. Jean-Joseph Mukendi Wa Mulumba was the acting head of President Tshisekedi’s legal advisory council. He is likely to have contracted the respiratory …

  Former members of the Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance (PHD) ministries in Cape Town have accused the church of scamming them out of money they invested in housing and other projects. Founded in 2012 by Walter Magaya, PHD is one of the controversial prosperity gospel churches in southern Africa that …