COVID-19: More than 19 Million Cumulative Cases Globally

Globally, more than 19 million cumulative cases of coronavirus have been recorded. According to a CNN report, India has become the third country after the US and Brazil to record more than 2 million cases, and Africa has now recorded more than 1 million cases across the continent. The US is at the verge of reaching 5 million cumulative cases. A new model predicts the US death toll could reach nearly 300,000 by December; it’s now about 160,000. Meanwhile, countries are jockeying over who controls the most important preventative measures.…

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Facebook Plans To Grow Africa’s Economy By $57bn

The American social media platform, Facebook, said its connectivity investment would grow Africa’s economy by $57 billion in the next five years. Facebook released the findings on Wednesday, in its Impact Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a study conducted by Analysys Mason. The findings highlighted how Facebook investments in infrastructure and connectivity across the region will deliver over $57 billion in economic benefits over the next five years (2020–2024). Facebook said that according to the Economist Intelligence Unit – Inclusive Internet Index 2020, over 800 million people in Sub-Saharan…

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More Than Three-Scores Of Migrants Died On The Mediterranean As Boat Sank In Tunisia

61 bodies have been recovered from the Mediterranean since a migrant boat capsized off Tunisia earlier this month, a judicial source said on Monday. The boat was heading for Italy’s coast but sank off the Tunisian city of Sfax. Officials claimed that the boat set sail around 10 days before the incident. Some bodies had been found and recovered off the Kerkennah Islands on Sunday. The majority of the deceased migrants came from countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Sfax courts spokesman Murad al-Turki stated. It remains unclear how many were on…

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COVID-19: Global Cases Hit 7m While Africa Reaches Over 187, 000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that the number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa is now over 187,800 while the global cases are now over seven million. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on Tuesday via their official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 187,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 82,400 recoveries and 5,100 deaths,’’ it said. WHO said South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria had the highest reported cases of the novel Coronavirus on the continent.…

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Statistic Shows That Number Of People Fleeing Nigeria Has Almost Tripled From Last Year

The violence in Northwest part of  Nigeria has accounted for about 23,000 refugees to flee to Niger since April 2020.   This movement has bothers on the deteriorating security situation of Nigeria according to the United Nations.   The numbers fleeing to neighbouring Niger have almost tripled from last year when the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported the first influx of 20,000 refugees following a rebellion and banditry in northern Nigeria, which killed hundreds and displaced thousands.   The latest influx of mostly women and children started after…

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US Funds Madagascar’s Plant Based Herbal Remedy For The Cure Of COVID-19

The lastest controversial ‘cure’ to the COVID-19 pandemic came from Madagascar, Covid-Organics is a herbal remedy made from local plants that are also used to cure malaria. Last week WHO (World Health Organization) said there is no proof that the remedy works while the Presidency claims it has been tested and have cured people. WHO says the only hope is in a vaccine, but the Madagascar said they will not wait for a vaccine and the president has  for the remedy to be used for both cure and prevention. While…

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Fulani Gunmen Kill 12 In Central Mali Attack

-YOMMY AYILARA. Fulani Gunmen Kill 12 In Central Mali Attack At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali; a local official said on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit by the war-torn nation. Gunmen on motorbikes attacked several villages near the town of Bandiagara in central Mali’s Mopti region, according to a relative of one of the victims and an internal UN report. The mayor of the rural area where the attacks occurred, Ali Dolo said; “What is killing us isn’t…

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ADC Chairman, Ralph Okey Nwosu Urge Nigerians To Support The Third Force And Rid Incompetence As He Unfolds Party Initiatives; Prays That We Overcome COVID-19

According to the National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu; ADC remains the authentic third force and the only credible and alternative political platform in the country, with a membership of over five million. ADC has remained steadfast and certainly one of the well organised political party in Nigeria, he added. Our House of Representatives members are clearly stellar and have contributed intelligently to the robust debates in the Green Chambers. Our representation at the state level includes; Benue, Ogun, Adamawa, Kogi and Bayelsa. The National…

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If The Virus is Not Beaten In Africa, It Will Return To Haunt The World……

-YOMMY AYILARA. Solutions developed in Africa will help the entire world to defeat COVID-19″ -Emmanuel Macron. Emmanuel Macron took to Twitter to let out some information to Africa- @emmanuelmacron In his words; “Africa has some of the world’s most renowned researchers and scientists in the field of combating pandemics. The solutions developed in Africa will help the entire world to defeat COVID-19. The initiative we are launching today is a joint effort between Europe and Africa to together defeat the pandemic. The fates of our two continents are linked.” World…

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99 Year Old War Veteran Conquered COVID-19 In Brazil

-YOMMY AYILARA. 99-Year-Old World War II Veteran Beats COVID-19 In Brazil. A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors on Tuesday, the 15th of April, 2020 after recovering from coronavirus. Second Lieutenant Ermando Piveta, who served in the Brazilian artillery in Africa during the Second World War, was brought out of Brasilia’s Armed Forces Hospital to trumpet music and applause. In his words; “It was a tremendous fight for me, greater than in the war. In war, you kill or live. Here, you…

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