Abuse of Power in the Thick of a Pandemic
Residents in Lubumbashi, the economic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo are denouncing an increase in chronic insecurity supposedly brought on by the curfew decreed on December 18 in…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against taking fake vaccines that are being circulated in the country.
Speaking during a virtual media briefing on Friday, NAFDAC Boss, Prof…
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says the attitude of Nigerians will determine the imposition of a fresh lockdown amid the second wave of the pandemic.
Recall that in March 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari imposed a locked down on…
President-elect Joe Biden has announced the names of the people who will lead the COVID-19 Response Team and one of the members of the team is a Nigerian American, Osaremen Okolo.
Okolo, a Covid-19 policy advisor serves on the Biden-Harris…
With Nigeria battling the second wave of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), the federal government has ordered states to adhere strictly to its curfew.
Complying with the federal government directive, many states have either banned or…
The Republic of China has joined the growing list of countries that have banned flights to and from Britain over the new strain of coronavirus discovered in the country.
Chinese authorities in a statement by its foreign ministry spokesman …
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has accused some states of not conducting enough coronavirus (COVID-19) tests.
AFNews reports that the NCDC DG made this known during the presidential…
Major-general John Olu Irefin, a general officer commanding (GOC) six division, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state is dead. General Irefin also a land component commander, Operation Delta Safe, died of complications from COVID-19 while…
Some members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has been arrested while service was still on for allegedly violating Coronavirus pandemic protocols in Istanbul, Turkey.
AFNews understands that the congregants as seen in a now…