HEALTH

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday pledged $1 billion to the global fight against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.Dorsey said he would be taking $1 billion...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 deaths. While the virus was slow to reach the continent compared to other parts of the...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of $21.13 million to Sierra Leone amid coronavirus economic crisis."This disbursement underscores the Fund’s ongoing commitment to help the country tackle any potential...

The death toll from the coronavirus in the United States has skyrocketed above 12000 with New York State recording at least 731 deaths in 24 hours.According to statistics site Worldometers, at least...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, making an opening remark at a meeting between the Leadership of the National Assembly and the Finance Ministry on Tuesday in Abuja.Minister of Finance, Zainab...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) a day after its black Director General, Ethiopian Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,  condemned extremely racist comments made by two French doctors.

Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42% of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: even if we devote 100% of our income to rebuilding our...

Ethiopia has recorded eight new coronavirus cases, including a 9-month-old infant, Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse announced on Tuesday.The eight new cases were recorded from 264 laboratory tests conducted in the past...

More than 1200 people died from coronavirus in the United States in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to nearly 11,000 as of Tuesday morning, according to statistics site Worldometers.As...

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa is visiting the Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation COVID-19 Command Center at Rand Water in Johannesburg, where he will be briefed on the operations of the center in response to...