The World Bank Group says Coronavirus (COVID-19), is taking Sub-Saharan Africa towards its first recession in 25 Years. The bank stated this in a statement released on Thursday. It explained that growth in Sub-Saharan Africa had been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, and was predicted to fall sharply from 2.4 per cent in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1 per cent in 2020. The bank stated that it based its forecast on the latest Africa’s...

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has confirmed a second case of Coronavirus incident in the state, saying that patient died soon after presenting self at isolation centre. The governor confirmed this on Thursday on his verified Facebook page. He said that investigation revealed that the patient had visited Lagos two weeks ago and that the case was presented late to the facility. Okowa said though the patient died, contact reading had begun to stop the...

Abia government has relaxed its lockdown for three days to enable residents to restock foodstuffs in their homes ahead of the Easter celebration. The state introduced the lockdown on April 1 as part of the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic into the state. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kalu Okiyi, announced the measure on Thursday in Umuahia. He said that government took the initiative so that residents could purchase foodstuffs to celebrate...