AFRICA

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites. He was buried at the church’s premises after an internment service that had dignitaries from around the world Thousands of mourners attended the burial service at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun …

A South African regional court on Friday rejected Zuma’s request to postpone his jail term. The 79-year old will remain behind bars after his application for his prison term to be delayed was dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma begun his 15-month jail sentence Thursday. He has one more …

Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward, They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many suck on oxygen, but nobody talks. Some die while waiting for a bed. On the worst nights in Johannesburg, currently in the grips of a terrible …

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Founder and President of Christ Embassy church, is set to hold a three-day healing programme ‘Healing Streams With Pastor Chris’ from Friday, July 9 up to Sunday, July 11. Interestingly, pastor Oyakhilome’s healing programme coincides with the funeral of founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations …

The 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has visited the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) for the funeral of late prphet T.B. Joshua. Prof Opoku-Agyemang was in the company of some big wigs of the NDC who were seen filing past the …

Police at Baastona in Accra have rescued 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers at Coastal Estates down, along the Spintex Road. They also managed to arrest six suspected traffickers. The said victims are between the ages of 21 and 24. In a statement, the police said they received an SOS …

Former president Jacob Zuma is in isolation at Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo confirmed on Thursday morning. “As per all new admissions due to Covid-19, he is in isolation.” Nxumalo said he had not checked on Zuma on Thursday morning, therefore he could not give …

Earlier, there was a procession conveying the body of God’s servant from The SCOAN Prayer Mountain to the church auditorium at The SCOAN, Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos, Nigeria. Peaceful indeed is the rest of a man who preached and acted nothing but love, humility, compassion and service to humanity in the mighty …

Former president Jacob Zuma has officially handed himself over and is in police custody. Both national SAPS spokesman Brig Vish Naidoo and police ministry spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba confirmed the news. Naidoo said: “I can confirm that the former president has been taken into police custody well ahead of the deadline.” …

Police arrested seven suspected armed robbers in KwaDukuza while they were being cleansed by a traditional healer. Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK Seven men have been arrested in KwaDukuza, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, while being cleansed by a traditional healer after allegedly committing an armed robbery. Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said the …