China must write off all debts and pay damages to Africa for its coronavirus failures, By Oby Ezekwesili

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Former Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that China would have to pay damages and liability compensation to Africa for their failure to ‘transparently and effectively’ manage this global catastrophe termed the Coronavirus pandemic. In an article she wrote for Washington Post, Ezekwesili said Africa’s economic gains since the last global crisis has been eroded […]

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Shade Okoya’s massive bathroom causes a stir online (Video)

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Billionaire wife, Shade Okoya, shared a video of her bathroom online on Thursday and social media users can’t stop talking about it. Shade posted the video on her Instagram page and wrote “During this period of self isolation I have been spending most of my time in my bathroom reflecting on all the lessons I […]

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Chad’s Idriss Déby As Odogo’s Wife, the Incriminator, By Festus Adedayo

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Yoruba people have been serially accused of over-explanation of their world. Perhaps, just like every other tribe in Africa. Chinua Achebe’s explanation of “the word” to the Igbo is that they regard the art of conversation very highly, to the extent that “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.” Traditional Yoruba society […]

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Alaafin of Oyo’s queen denies having affair with Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (KWAM1)

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Ikubabayeye, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s wife, Olori Badirat Ajoke Ola, has finally responded to the allegation that she slept with Fuji Maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall ‘KWAM 1’. It was alleged that the Queen was sent packing from the palace over her alleged adulterous affair with KWAM 1 and the news was […]

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NTA staff allegedly brutalized by Nigerian soldiers over coronavirus lockdown (Photos)

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A staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has cried out after allegedly being brutalized by soldiers of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment in Akure, Ondo State who were effecting a lockdown order issued by the state government. The Engineer who disclosed that the incident occurred at Ondo Road where the NTA and the Barracks […]

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Six conditions for ending coronavirus lockdown —WHO

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Director General (DG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday that countries that want to lift coronavirus restrictions must meet a row of conditions to prevent another surge of infections. In his weekly address to Geneva-based diplomats, Tedros said that easing social and economic curbs “must be done extremely carefully.” […]

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Nigeria’s IGP confirms arrest of four alleged killers of Funke Olakunrin, Afenifere leader’s daughter (Photos)

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Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of four men suspected to have murdered Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, those arrested were Lawal Mazaje, […]

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Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son dies of coronavirus in London

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Son of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the late environmental activist, writer and poet, Mr. Menegian Saro-Wiwa, has died of coronavirus in London. Menegian died on Monday after he was hospitalised following COVID-19 complications. Sister of the deceased, Noo Saro-Wiwa, made this known on Thursday through a Facebook post. Noo said her 1970-born brother had underlying health conditions before […]

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Residents of African community use female underwear, fashioned it into coronavirus facemasks (Photos)

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A section of Murang’a residents in Kenya have been reduced into wearing female underwear cut out to look like a face masks after they were duped by unscrupulous traders. Speaking to Inooro TV, some of the residents said they had been lured into buying the masks by their low cost. The flimsy mask costs a paltry […]

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14 more days of ‘hunger down’, By Abimbola Adelakun

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When Nigeria announced a lockdown of parts of the country in late March, people rightly questioned the possibility of surviving a lockdown in a country where the most basic infrastructure was missing. How do you remain indoors without a guaranteed supply of electricity, food, security, and even WI-FI? At least in the countries where the […]

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Nigerian man allegedly beats breadwinner, pregnant wife to death

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Nigerian nurse who was 8-months pregnant has died and her husband has been accused of beating her to death. The woman, identified as Ms Anya Adaeze, aka Mummy David, was allegedly beaten by her husband, Olabode Oluwasanmi, in Akure, Ondo State. According to sources, the incident happened last week. The deceased was 8-months pregnant when the domestic […]

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No ventilators at all in 10 African countries –CDC

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday. While South Africa has some 1,500 ventilators – breathing machines that can be essential to saving patients with serious COVID-19 -“there […]

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China, COVID-19 and African Anger, By Olusegun Adeniyi

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Following a meeting in Beijing last Thursday, the ‘Group of African Ambassadors’ wrote a joint letter to Chinese authorities to express their displeasure with the growing “discrimination and stigmatization” of people from the continent. Without a single report that African nationals have violated Chinese government anti-pandemic regulations, the ambassadors said, “we have received disquieting reports […]

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Nigerian composer, Professor Akin Euba, dies

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Nigerian prolific composer, musicologist, pianist, and author, Professor Akin Euba has died less than two weeks to his 85th birthday. Professor Euba died on the evening of Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Dr. Akin Euba was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh until his retirement in 2011. Euba’s scholarly interests include […]

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Nigerian doctor treating COVID-19 patient in Lagos, dies of the virus

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A medical doctor in Lagos, Dr. Emeka Chugbo, has become the first health worker in Nigeria to die of COVID-19 after he contracted the virus from a patient he was treating. The doctor, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Wednesday after being rushed to the facility Monday, was said to have managed […]

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Woman arrested for lockdown breach, strips naked, jumps on police car (Video, photos)

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A 41-year-old woman stripped naked and jumped on top of a police car following a court appearance for flouting Spain’s coronavirus lockdown. The woman was first arrested after neighbours alerted police to a woman streaking during the daily round of applause for emergency workers in the Costa del Sol resort of Torremolinos. She was filmed resisting arrest with her […]

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