Category: Foreign
Kenya president, cabinet take salary cut to boost fight against coronavirus
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has announced that he is taking an 80 percent salary cut alongside the vice-president to help fight the coronavirus [...]
Coronavirus: 14 per cent of recovered patients in China test positive again
Up to 14 per cent of the recovered coronavirus patients in China have tested positive again, medical experts have revealed. Research showed about thre [...]
US places $15m bounty on president of Venezuela
The United States is offering $15 million for information leading to the arrest of the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro on drug-trafficking cha [...]
Coronavirus test kits from billionaire, Jack Ma arrive in Nigeria
Nigeria’s share of the coronavirus test kits donated by Jack Ma Foundation and Ali Baba Foundation to Africa Union Member States has arrived the count [...]
Coronavirus: China donates medical supplies, equipment to FG
In a bid to curb the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the country, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has donated medical supplie [...]
Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19
Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus. The 71 year old heir to the throne is said to have displayed mild symptoms but otherwise remains i [...]
Coronavirus: Kenyan president bans sex for 6months
The Kenyan government has told members of the public to avoid unnecessary sex and have at least two beds in one household. The government also discour [...]
Coronavirus: UK death toll jumps to 336 as confirmed cases soar to 6,650
A total of 336 people have now died in the UK from coronavirus, an increase of 54 since yesterday. This comes after a further 46 people in England die [...]
Tanzania isn’t closing churches, president says coronavirus cannot survive in the body of Christ
President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli has said that the country will not shut down places of worship over the coronavirus pandemic because that i [...]
Coronavirus: Biggest risk from people returning to Nigeria – NCDC DG
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has raised an alarm about the activities of travellers returning to the country amid the coronavirus pan [...]