The mother of an 11-year-old Kansas girl who was hit in the head with a pole by a 12-year-old White bully is alleging the attack was racially motivated. Speaking to WDAF-TV, Brandi Stewart, mother of victim Nevaeh Thomas, said her daughter was brutally attacked while she was out playing with …

Four women have been taken into custody for allegedly selling a newborn for N1,500,000. Officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) arrested three of the women near Abuja, while the fourth suspect was apprehended in Owerri, the Imo State capital, where the baby’s teenage mother …

The Nigerian Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG) has finally agreed its members are prepared to leave the Ghanaian local market if the government has asked them to do so. “The truth of the matter is, to the best of my knowledge, even the Ghanaian authority, our authority and ECOWAS …

A Zimbabwean man was subjected to reproachful assault after being caught red-handed trying to sleep with his boss’ wife.   While the visibly angry men proceeded to beat the randy man mercilessly,  the woman managed to flee from the scene leaving her ‘partner-in-crime’ to face the consequences alone. The man in the …

The US assistant secretary for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, has held talks with Rwandan ambassador to the US over the arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in a Hollywood film about the Rwandan genocide. Rwandan officials said Mr Rusesabagina, 66, was arrested under an international warrant for leading “terrorist …

Some 9,246 Nigerian teachers, who sat for the Batch A professional qualifying exam held in July 2020, reportedly failed. The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said only 75%, a total of 28,094 candidates passed the exam. The council’s registrar, Josiah Olusegun Ajiboye, who disclosed that about 7,023 candidates didn’t write the exam, added …

Power utility Eskom will implement stage 3 load-shedding on Friday, as the weather improves and demand decreases. “Due to reduced demand and the much improved weather, Eskom will reduce load-shedding to stage 3 starting at 8am to 10pm,” Eskom said in a statement. The power utility said load-shedding would continue …

Is this love or not? A Ugandan comedian named Ssebabi recently got married to his second wife in a grand style. The bride and groom were joined in holy matrimony and they look so happy. Love is a choice and who we choose to fall in love with solely depends …

South Africa is no longer among the five countries most affected by coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Peru now has the fifth highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 663,437 reported by Wednesday. South Africa, which accounts for half of all the cases confirmed in Africa, has had …

The US is cutting aid to Ethiopia over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River Nile. The move was triggered by Ethiopia’s move to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam before reaching agreement with Egypt and Sudan. Egypt has long been opposed to any …

The police in Anambra state have arrested a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Oyinye Chime, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Eleyi Azubuike, to death at his home in Ochiagha street in Nkpor, an area in the state on Wednesday, September 2.   The spokesperson of the state police command, Muhammed Haruna, who …

Kenya has frozen the assets of nine people it accuses of funding Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab. The interior ministry said the move was part of its renewed counter-terrorism efforts aimed at tackling “ domestic terrorists”. In a statement, Internal Security Minister Fred Matiang’i said the freezing of assets of the …

The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has disclosed that over 2,980,000 pupils in 8,683 public basic schools are currently benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Programme, with one hot and nutritious meal for each school-going day. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, 2 September …

Due to the continuing severe generation supply constraints as a result of multiple unit breakdowns, Eskom says it will continue to implement stage 2 load shedding from 8am until 10pm today. In a statement, Eskom said 10 generation units at seven power stations have suffered breakdowns in the past two …

Senior Dr. Douglas Antwi was born in a community called Chine in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District and come from Edwinase- Kokofu. He grew up in Sefwi Surano, a village in the mining area of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District, where he had his primary school education at Sefwi Surano …

Armed militia attacked a school and raped female students on the eve of their examinations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The men attacked an examination centre housing 35 final year students in Isiro town, the capital of Haut-Uélé province. Local authorities said some female students were raped during the …

Rwandan authorities have arrested Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroic actions during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi inspired the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda. Mr Rusesabagina has been living in exile and is a leader of an opposition outfit accused of financing terrorism activities in Rwanda. The announcement of his arrest on …

Government and officials of the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research have clashed over the processes and charges for the testing of passengers who will be arriving at the Kotoka International Airport as it reopens today. Antigen tests are immunoassays that detect the presence of a specific viral antigen, which …

A 26-year-old woman identified as Rutendo Nhemachena has reportedly died while undergoing baptism at Manyame river in Zimbabwe.   Nhemachena is believed to have been possessed by a mermaid spirit before becoming violent and jumping into the river where the leading prophet, Isaac Manyemba was cleansing men and women with …

Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of Rwandans during the genocide by sheltering them in the hotel he managed, and saw his story made into the Hollywood film ‘Hotel Rwanda’, has been arrested on terror related offenses, Rwandan authorities announced. The country’s bureau of Investigation said in a Twitter statement that Rusesabagina was now in …

Resident doctors in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, will begin an “indefinite” strike on Tuesday morning over non-payment of what they term as “Covid-19 hazard and inducement allowance” since April. The Association of Resident Doctors said the authorities had failed to fulfil pledges to pay its members who are working in coronavirus …

Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in …

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is saying that the payment of teachers’ salaries and arrears remains a challenge as over 14,000 teachers have not received their salaries. This was revealed by the President of the Association, Mr. Eric Angel Carbonu, in an interview with Samuel Eshun on the …

Police arrested 44 people in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend for attending a party. “On Saturday night, Winterton SAPS, SANDF, public order police and Okhahlamba Traffic Department conducted an intelligence-driven multidisciplinary operation in the Winterton central business district after information of a party that was taking place,” said SAPS KZN spokesperson …

watch the video below A policeman and a policewoman on Monday appeared in court accused of the premeditated murder of 16-year-old Nateniël Julies* of Eldorado Park. Scorpion Simon Ndyalvane and Caylene Whiteboy, attached to the Eldorado Park crime prevention unit, made a brief appearance in the Protea magistrate’s court in Soweto …

The Eldorado Park community is expected to come out in their numbers at the Protea magistrate’s court near Soweto on Monday as two police officers, accused of shooting dead an unarmed teenage boy, are set to make their first appearance. 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies was shot and killed in Eldorado Park, …

The number of COVID-19 deaths has exceeded the 14 000 mark in South Africa, after 47 more people succumbed to the respiratory disease on Sunday. Sixteen fatalities were reported in Gauteng, 11 in Mpumalanga, seven each in the Eastern Cape and Western, and three each in KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. “This …

An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in his car in Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth on Saturday night. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, at approximately 11.15pm police officers in Bethelsdorp responded to a report of a shooting in Wallflower Street in Extension 33. “On arrival, the body of …

A hell-father has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 4 yrs old daughter for 3yrs and using scissors to cut her private part for ‘easy’ entry. The incident happened in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. The 38-Year Old man identified as Peter Sunday Etim was reported to have been molesting the 4-Yr-Old …

Brighto, Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, has been evicted from the reality show. He was evicted during the Sunday live eviction show. In a surprise twist, housemates were not allowed to save the least housemates put up for eviction Brighto has now become the ninth housemate to be evicted from …