AFRICA

Noguchi dismisses allegation on falsification of Covid-19 test results

A five-member committee, set up by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in consultation with the University of Ghana, has dismissed claims that the Institute engaged in the falsification of Covid-19 test results. The Noguchi Institute, in a press release dated Wednesday, March 3, has disclosed that investigations …

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Task team established to review visas, permits issued since 2004

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced the establishment of a Ministerial Committee that will review all permits and visas issued since 2004. The Committee, said the Minister, comes three weeks after the Minister in Parliament expressed an intention to set up a task team to review some permits …

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Reggae legend Bunny Wailer dies at 73

Reggae music legend Bunny Wailer has died. Born Neville Livingston, the singer 73 died in his native country of Jamaica. Wailer formed The Wailers in 1963 with the late Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. They would later catapult to fame with the album, “Catch a Fire.” According to Bunny Wailer’s …

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Buhari bans mining, imposes ‘no-fly-zone’ on Nigeria’s Zamfara state

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State be declared a no fly-zone. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Monguno said the President had also …

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Zimbabwe Vice President resigns amid ‘voice cloning’ sex scandal

Zimbabwe’s second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has resigned a week after he denied accusations of sexual impropriety. Mr Mohadi, 71, repeated his defense that he was the victim of hacking and “voice cloning” after an online newspaper published lurid phone call recordings with several women allegedly including a subordinate. “I’m a …

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VIDEO: Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage features in Bob Marley song

Award-winning Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage has revealed that she featured in the remix of a popular track by reggae legend, Bob Marley. The announcement was followed with appreciation to the family of Bob Marley for giving her the opportunity of a lifetime. This is arguably one of the most historic collaborations by …

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Teachers boycott class as unknown persons “shit bomb” School

Teachers of King of Glory Presbyterian Basic School in Bonya a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region have boycotted academic work following the “shit bombing “of the school by unknown persons Monday morning. The perpetrators used human feces to smear the doors and windows of the …

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13 year old girl killed by lightning two other sustain serious burns

Lightning has struck a 13-year-old girl to death while two others have sustained serious burns in Dowa district. Dowa Police Spokesperson Sub-inspector Gladson M’bumpha confirmed of the development in an interview with the press, saying the incident happened on Sunday night According to M’bumpha, Ruth Benjamin, Melina Mpandang’oma aged 12 …

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SHS placement out

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has published the placement of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates into senior high, technical and vocational schools. The roll-out went up live last night, Sunday, February 28, 2021. In a statement issued by the GES, out of the total number of 533,693 registered candidates, …

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At least 11 alleged terrorists killed in northern Burkina Faso

At least 11 alleged terrorists were killed and one was caught during an army operation from Tuesday to Wednesday in the north-east of Burkina Faso, a statement from the Burkina Faso armed forces said. The operation was carried out in the localities of Tasmakat, Bidy, and Fourkoussou as well as …

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Soweto churchgoers clash with police

Congregants became hostile when Johannesburg metro police department (JMPD) officials intervened to halt a mass church service being held in contravention of Covid-19 safety regulations on Sunday. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said seven officers attended a complaint about noise at a church in Midway, Soweto. On their arrival at about 1pm, …

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SA moves to Covid-19 alert level 1

SA has officially been moved to Covid-19 alert level 1. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on Sunday night during his address to the nation on the latest developments around the coronavirus pandemic.   The changes were due to kick in as of Monday, with a gazette expected to be …

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Girl, 15, killed in ‘crossfire’ in Cape Town

The killing of a teenage woman in Lotus River, Cape Town, has left her household shattered and distraught, the native Community Policing Forum (CPF) stated on Saturday. The 15-year-old woman was sitting in entrance of a home with a bunch of different kids on Friday night when armed males approached …

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JHS student who led 15 men to attack his maths teacher arrested

The Nungua Police Command has arrested the 17-year-old student of the Nungua Krowor 2 Junior High School (JHS) who led a gang to attack his mathematics teacher in school. This was made known by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krowor Constituency, Joshua Nii Bortey in an interview with Citi …

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GES announces release of SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will be released on Sunday, February 28. A statement issued by the Service on Friday said a total of 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates qualified to be placed into Senior High Schools …

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Cameroon police arrest 9 for practicing homosexuality

9 Cameroonians suspected of being homosexuals have been arrested in western Cameroon. Two of the suspects are still in custody, a police officer and a lawyer told AFP on Thursday. “We arrested them to check if they are homosexuals,” an officer in the town of Bafoussam, where the nine men …

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Cameroon detects 2 cases of polio

Cameroon has launched an awareness campaign among the population after two cases of polio were detected in Yaounde, health officials said Thursday. “The response consists of sensitizing communities for the observation of hygiene measures, intensification of routine immunization, and epidemiological surveillance,” Dr. José Shalom Tchokfe, head of the Ministry of …

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Arrest warrant issued for AbaThembu King Buyelekaya Dalindyebo

The Mthatha magistrate’s court on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against the AbaThembu King Buyelekaya Dalindyebo. The monarch failed to appear in court on charges that he allegedly assaulted his son, the former acting king, Prince Azenathi Dalindyebo, in 2020. NPA spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said Dalindyebo was due to …

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Airfares drop as new airlines surface

Nigerian airlines are beginning to reduce airfares on local routes as new airlines spring up, passenger traffic gradually improves and more aircraft are being deployed on local destinations, intensifying competition on these routes. Few weeks after the resumption of local flight operations across Nigeria, BusinessDay had reported a 100 percent …

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Illegal abortion clinic, 8 others shut down in Kumasi

The Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has shut down a clinic in Kumasi suspected to be carrying out illegal abortions. The Lake Road Clinic is part of nine facilities that were closed down by the agency. The exercise is aimed at ensuring that facilities comply with the standards of delivering …

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SA man who burnt lover to death jailed for 20 years

A South African court has sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend by dousing her with petrol and setting her alight at her flat in Johannesburg in 2018. The magistrate described Mpho Thobane as a “cold-blooded killer” and a coward who fled after torching Viwe …

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