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Taraba inaugurates committee to check influx of refugees from Cameroon
Cameroon is bordering Nigeria across four local government areas of Taraba state, Kurmi, Sadauna, Ussa and Takum local government areas.
Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus
Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango died on Tuesday, 24 March after contracting the new coronavirus, his representatives have confirmed.
Cameroonian music maestro tests positive for coronavirus
Famous Cameroonian musician Emmanuel N'Djoke Dibango, popularly known as Manu Dibango, announced Wednesday that he tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Cameroon, Burkina Faso record five new cases of coronavirus
Burkina Faso and Cameroon have recorded five new cases of COVID-19, Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Cameroon reports second case of coronavirus
The central African country on Friday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after a 58-year-old French national who had arrived in the capital Yaounde on February 24 tested positive.
Samuel Eto’o: Cristiano Ronaldo is the best of all time
Samuel Eto’o offered an interview in Italy in which he spoke about the past and future of Inter Milan. Still, in the comparison with Juventus, the name Cristiano Ronaldo came up, who the Cameroonian called “the best of all time”.
Africa free of coronavirus as Egyptian suspect tests negative
But four days later, the Egyptian health ministry and the World Health Organisation announced that repeated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis, a test conducted on coronavirus patients, came out negative when the patient was examined
African students trapped in coronavirus-hit Wuhan plead for help
"You wake up every morning and realise you are trapped," he says. "You keep checking your temperature - you can't help but wonder if you are infected but just have not started showing symptoms."
2021 Afcon: Toni Conceicao reveals Cameroon aim to win tourney
Cameroon boss Toni Conceicao has stated he and his staff are aiming to win the nation’s sixth Africa Cup of Nations title.
Cameroonian soldiers go on trial over shooting of women, children
The trial of seven Cameroonian soldiers accused of participating in the killing of two women and two children has begun behind closed doors, two judicial sources said yesterday, after a video of the incident sparked an international outcry.
Three Nigerian, Cameroonian nationals jailed over $65,800 fraud in Vietnam
Vietnam court has sentenced three men from Nigeria and Cameroon to 15-18 years in jail for cheating two Vietnamese women to the tune of more than VND1.5 billion ($65,800).
Peter Etebo happy to make winning LaLiga debut with Getafe
Oghenekaro Peter Etebo is delighted to see Getafe record a win in his maiden LaLiga appearance for the club.
Troops clear Boko Haram enclaves, rescue captives in Borno
The Nigerian Army says its troops have cleared Boko Haram terrorists’ hideouts and rescued five captives including an octogenarian, three women and a minor across Borno state in the past few days.
CAF awards: Edwin Okon drums support for Assisat Oshoala
Speaking with a sports radio programme, ahead of tonight’s CAF awards, Okon believes Oshoala will see off the pair of Cameroonian Ajara Nchout and South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana, who are also in contention for the annual awards.
Super Eagles skipper wins Saudi Super Cup title with Al Nassr
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa played a key role as Al Nassr won the Saudi Arabia Super Cup title following a 5-4 penalty shootout win against Al Taawon at the King Abdullah Stadium on Saturday night.
Boko Haram gunmen disguise as traders kill 50 fishermen
At least 50 people, mostly fishermen, have been killed in raids by Boko Haram terrorists on Lake Chad in late December. The militants had disguised as traders and attacked the fishermen.
Boko Haram militants massacre dozens in Lake Chad attack
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC.
Mixed reaction to Cameroon’s renewed threats to separatists
There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to President Paul Biya's renewed threat to crush separatist fighters in the country's two English-speaking regions. Many Cameroonians were expecting Biya to announce new peace measures in an end-of-year message.
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Coronavirus lockdown excites married women in Ekiti
Some married women in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday say the ‘stay-at-home’ order occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, has turned out to be a blessing in guise for them.
Nigeria opens another coronavirus test site, recruits medical lab scientists
Nigeria now has seven functional laboratories to test for the Covid-19 virus, the health minister, Osagie Ehanire, said on Wednesday.
President Buhari mourns Nigerian author Phoebean Ogundipe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday mourned the death of a foremost Nigerian educationist and author, Phoebean Ogundipe.
Coronavirus death toll hits 196 in African countries
The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries has reached 196 as confirmed cases surpassed 5,786, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Wednesday.
Over 188,000 recover from coronavirus globally
One hundred and eighty-eight thousand, three hundred and fifty-two people have so far recovered globally from the novel coronavirus, according to data published by Worldometers, a website providing real time statistics on the infection around the world.
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APC: President Buhari leading fight against coronavirus ‘like a legendary troop commander’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for vigorously leading the fight to curb coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria ‘like a legendary troop commander’.
SEC unveils regulatory framework for crowdfunding
In a bid to further deepen the nation’s capital market and enable it provide development capital for medium and small-scale enterprises of the economy, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the weekend unveiled an exposure draft of its regulatory framework for crowd funding in the country.
Nigerian Army denies reports about plans to enforce lockdown
The Nigerian Army has debunked publications in some media platforms about a purported Federal Government’s plan to enforce military lockdown on Friday.
Nigerian governors agree to hold weekly virtual meetings
The 36 state governors under the platform of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have agreed to hold their weekly meetings via tele-conferencing to check the spread of COVID19 in the country.
Lockdown: Nigeria releases 70,000MT of grains to nationals
The Federal Government Wednesday announced that it has released 70, 000 metric tonnes of grains from the Strategic National Reserve to alleviate the sufferings of many low-income earners whose sources of livelihood have been cut off by the two-week lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.