The strain of virus of the second wave of coronavirus currently circulating in Senegal is “more virulent” than that of the first wave. Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, disclosed this on Saturday. In an interview with a local newspaper, Le Quotidien, Sarr said that, in terms of the aggressiveness of […]

The Uganda Electoral Commission, on Saturday, said it suspended political campaigns in 11 districts that the Ministry of Health considers COVID-19 hotspots. Paul Bukenya, the Electoral Commission’s spokesperson, said in a tweet that the suspension takes immediate effect in the districts of Mbarara, Luwero, Kasese, Masaka, Wakiso, Kabarole, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo, Kampala and Tororo. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the sacrifices of 20 doctors reportedly killed by COVID-19 in the country, saying the welfare of frontline medical workers is a priority of his government. The president had sent his condolences to the Nigerian Medical Association over the death of the doctors due to the pandemic. Reacting to the sacrifices […]

By Aliyu Dangida, Dutse Barely 24 hours after the killing of two DCO’s in a gun battle with a gang of bandits in Garki LGA, gunmen have kidnapped a nursing mother and her one-month-old baby in Gujungu town of Taura local government area of Jigawa state. The gunmen were said to have stormed the residence […]

General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major General Usman Mohammed has commissioned newly renovated blocks of classes at Army Day Secondary School (Boys), Command Children School and a 200 capacity sporting hall at the Bukavu barracks Kano to aid learning of children in the barracks and neighbouring communities.