It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe (1/2) — President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) September 6, 2019   Albert Mugabe, a nephew of the late president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, said he learnt of the passing …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has paid over GH¢1.7 billion to more than 200,000 pensioners on the pension payroll as at July 2019. It has also reduced its average benefits processing time from 21 days in 2018 to 17 days and registered 106 percent of its target …

Three Ghanaians have sustained injuries in the ongoing xenophobic unrest in South Africa, the foreign ministry announced Friday. “The Mission [in Pretoria] is ensuring that the injured Ghanaians receive the necessary medical attention,” a statement said. It further added that five Ghanaian nationals are behind bars at the Sunnyside Police …

Former president Jacob Zuma has been interdicted from publishing any statement in the future that “says or implies” that senior ANC leader Derek Hanekom ”is or was” an enemy agent or an apartheid spy, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruled on Friday. Hanekom took Zuma to court to the tune of …

Defunct uniBank Ghana Limited under the receivership of Nii Amanor Duodoo has sued Dr. Kwabena Duffour, HODA Holdings Ltd, Star life Assurance and 7 others at the High Court. The plaintiff, uniBank, among other reliefs is praying the court for an order for the recovery of some 5.7 billion cedis …

The Police in Kumasi have arrested five members of the University Hall, popularly known as Katanga. The students and some alumni had gathered at Maxima, few meters from KNUST campus, holding placards such as “We want our hall back’ and ‘Kum y3n pr3ko”. A team of police deployed to disperse …

American pop star and rapper, Nicki Minaj, has left many fans and followers in shock after she announced that she will be retiring from the music scene to start her family. The top female rapper, who took to Twitter to make the announcement on Thursday, September 5, urged her fans …

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He chaired the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) group from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – …

  A rare two-headed baby timber rattlesnake has been found in a forest in the US state of New Jersey. The reptile, named Double Dave, was spotted last month and taken by an environmental group. Joined at the body, the baby venomous snake has two fully-formed heads, four eyes and …

A student of the University of Ghana Medical School is reported to have taken his own life on Wednesday. Joseph Obeng Opuni’s lifeless body was found in his hostel room in the early hours of September 4, campus-based UniversNews reports. A source at the University told JoyNews that the deceased …