Limpopo police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nneke Ledwaba has expressed shock and sadness at “the continuous incidents affecting minor children in the province”. This after the Monday night gruesome discovery of the two boys’ lifeless bodies in Ga-Maupa village. “It is alleged that the deceased went missing while attending a local church …

The suspects led police to the location of the victim’s body. Police followed up on the disappearance of a Scottburgh man. They found his home splattered with blood and three vehicles missing.Three suspects were later arrested and led police to the 34-year-old man’s body.KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested three men who …

A Botswana rape victim has stunned a court procession after she opened up on getting absolute satisfaction from her abuser’s love making process and refused to testify against him. New Zimbabwe reported that prosecutors in Botswana were left stunned when one of the rape victims (name not supplied) who was raped …

The Minister of Education, Hon Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has launched Edmodo Enterprise Learning Management System to facilitate remote and distance education for all grade levels in Ghana.   The Edmodo platform is used by over 144,000,000 learners globally and is noted for its user-friendliness and acceptability among the global …

A six-year-old girl identified as Aisha Ya’u allegedly was reportedly raped and murdered by unknown person in Kumashi, Kaduna South Local Government.   Her lifeless body was found dumped at a cemetery near her home on Sunday, November 8, few hours after she was declared missing. A family source, who …

More than 50 people have been beheaded in northern Mozambique by militant Islamists, state media report. The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an “execution ground”, where they decapitated and chopped bodies, other reports said. Several people were also beheaded in another village, state media reported. The …

Alichia Adams is one of the ladies who died in the fatal Rolls Royce crash with Zimbabwean socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure. Two others who also died documented their time at the club for popular fitness bunny and socialite Mimie Moana’s birthday celebration before the accident. She was a model and …

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has “celebrated” the projected defeat of Donald Trump’s presidency and urged President-elect Joe Biden to fix the problems of “racism, sexism, xenophobia and Afrophobia”. “It is with a sense of relief that we have seen President Donald Trump defeated in the US presidential election. Like many …

South African artist and music producer Master KG of Jerusalema fame has ended the four-year domination by Nigerian artists in the MTV Europe Music Awards to win the Best Africa Act award. Master KG thanked everyone who made Jerusalema a world-wide hit. It currently has more than 220 million views …

A day after being declared Guinea’s president for a controversial third term by the constitutional court, incumbent Alpha Conde staged an hour-long walkabout in Conakry on Sunday But the 82-year-old did so with bodyguards surrounding him after his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo called for resistance “by all legal means”. …

The General Secretary of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Titus Bayuo, has described as not surprising the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. Dr Bayuo states that government was warned by the association months ago that the lifting of restrictions and the non-compliance of Ghanaians in adhering to safety measures could …

A Durban community tried to break windows and remove burglar guards of a home on fire in Ndwedwe, but they could not save a 45-year-old man and four teenagers on Sunday afternoon. The anguished screams of the man and four teenagers, aged between 13 and 16, could be heard as …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, he has extended the incentives for health workers in the fight of the novel Coronavirus. This was announced during his 19th coronavirus update to the nation. More soon.  

Popular fuel trader and socialite, Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, was killed in a fiery high-speed car crash early on Sunday. He was 36. Kadungure was returning home to Domboshava, just outside Harare, after celebrating a friend’s birthday at around 5:am when witnesses say his Rolls Royce had a …

Eight people have been killed in four separate road crashes on Saturday night in the Gauteng province. According to Gauteng Traffic Police Spokesperson, Obed Sibasa, the first major crash was reported in Sebokeng where five people were killed after being ejected from the vehicle they were travelling in.   In …

The Embassy of Japan has signed a grant contract with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, for the procurement and installation of an incinerator at the Institute for proper laboratory waste management. The grant, funded by the Government of Japan under its Assistance for Grassroots …

South African politicians, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have spoken out on the result of the US elections on Saturday 7 November 2020. Various US networks declared Joe Biden the next President of the United States and his running mate Kamala Harris the next vice president. “America, I’m honoured that you have chosen …

Graduates of the School of Social Work have appealed to government to immediately recruit them to fill vacancies at the various district social welfare departments across the country to stabilize society. The over 400 trainees, some of whom completed their studies in 2010 and 2012 made the plea at a …

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why the Nigerian authorities are worried about social media and its impact in the era of #EndSars protests. Over the past week, some Nigerian state governors and public officials have called for some …

The Equal Opportunities Commission is recommending for the age of the beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) to be lowered from the current 80 years to 60. While speaking to Daily Monitor, yesterday Ms Harriet Nalukenge, the acting commissioner legal and investigations, said the recommendation was reached …

Thursday morning saw a dark cloud of tragedy hang over the Regional Hospital of Kumba, Cameroon as many gathered to mourn seven students shot in cold blood by armed men at the College St Mother Francisca a week ago. This funeral comes only 24 hours after an attack on a …

On 25 September 2020, gunmen raided police stations in Mepe and Aveyime, two little-known towns in the Volta region of Ghana. The armed men were reported to belong to the Western Togoland Restoration Front. This is one of two or more separatist groups campaigning for the creation of a new …

A notorious serial rapist, Malibongwe Ncokolo, has been sentenced to seven life terms and 300 years imprisonment by the Bisho High Court in Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was sentenced on Friday, November 6. The 44-year-old Ncokolo, whose arrest on June 7, 2017, signalled an end of reign of terror …

The Kumasi High Court, Human Rights Division, has place an injunction on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) from replacing its Director of Finance. The Director of Finance of KATH filed a motion in court to injunct a decision by the hospital’s board to replace him while still in office. …

A 21-year-old bricklayer, Biodun Owolabi, has been arrested for killing his apprentice for money rituals. Mr Owolabi is alleged to have killed the 13-year-old secondary school boy, Quadri Olalekan, with the help of his accomplices, 20-year-old Festus Simon. The incident happened on Saturday, October 31, 2020, after they tricked the …

A North West man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, raping and hanging his former girlfriend in 2018. The Madikwe Regional Court found Mpho Mkhibane Nkwe, 33, guilty of kidnapping, rape and the contravention of a protection order. The court heard that Nkwe kidnapped, assaulted and raped his former …

An abusive husband has been accused of smashing his wife’s car after she dumped him in South Africa. An eyewitness who alleged that she was riding with the man’s estranged wife, said he smashed her car and drove off. She further revealed that after they visited the police station, they …

A woman has opened up to the Anambra Judicial panel on Police brutality on how officers of the defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS killed her husband and asked her to marry another one.   SARS killed my husband, told me to marry another – Woman narrates The woman identified as …

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday ordered its State House officials to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House Clinic becomes functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent …

A very sad thing is said to have happened as a 6 years old boy has drowned after falling into a well in the  Yansango Kumbotso Local government Area of the state in Nigeria. According to reports, the young boy was playing with a few friends when the unfortunate incident …