London, June 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have continued to drive the rising cases of coronavirus in Africa with the latest daily infection figures not anything cheering yet South Africa sets Africa’s highest daily figure of infection on Thursday when it recorded 6, 579 new infection followed by Egypt’s 1,420 new cases, a ...

London, June 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has fixed June 25, for the arraignment of two supermarkets and two pharmacy stores charged with hiking the prices of key hygiene products such as hand sanitizers and face masks needed for the prevention of covid-19 pandemic The companies were charged in ...

London, June 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has recorded 315 new cases of Covid-19; bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 12801. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said 4040 out of the total number have been Discharged and 361 Deaths recorded. The Centre on its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, shows the breakdown of the new cases confirmed on Monday the 8th ...

London, June 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria and Israel are to sign bilateral agreement on the use of Methanol Fuel Production Technology for mutual benefits. This was made known when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Shimon Ben Shoshan paid a courtesy call on Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, in Abuja the nation’s ...

London, June 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Uganda on Friday started mandatory Covid-19 testing for ministers after staffers in the prime minister’s office tested positive, the health ministry confirmed. Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda said he was self-isolating despite testing negative for the virus. “Friends, I have gone into self-isolation after some of my contacts tested positive for ...

London, June 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian Government may remove the restriction on interstate travels on June 21, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Sani Aliyu said. The interstate borders have been closed since March to curtail the spread of COVID-19. But Aliyu said the restrictions may be relaxed when domestic flights resume ...

London, June 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos, in partnership with the Mobihealth on Tuesday launched the first home Teleconsultation COVID-19 self-swab test kitin the country. Prof. Babtunde Salako, Director-General of NIMR, said the do-it-yourself test kit “swab testing’ would help to increase the number of testing. “Today, NIMR and Mobihealth ...

London, June 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Federal Government has directed the police to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gang-rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, in Benin FG gave a simlar directive in the case of the serial sexual abuse of a minor in Jigawa State by 14 ...

London, June 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egypt has become the first African country to record over one thousand death from coronavirus. The latest figures is 1005 after the government reports new 46 fatalities on Monday. On Monday the ministry of health announced a further 1,399 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 26,384 READ ...

London, June 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has advocated greater focus on information and communications technology (ICT) as the sector’s contributions to the nation’s economy grew by 1.87 per cent to 14.07 per cent in the first quarter of 2020. Pantami, who expressed delight at the increase, noted that ...