Two people have been shot dead in a church in Centurion on Sunday after they allegedly stormed in during a service and proceeded to rob the congregants at gunpoint. According to police, three individuals entered the church in Wierda Park and robbed the churchgoers of their personal belongings. One of …

Zambian MP Princess Kasune Zulu, who is living with HIV and is a prominent AIDS activist, has announced that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Ms Zulu, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was tested last Thursday. Some 15 Zambian MPs have so far tested positive …

Leaders of the West Africa regional grouping Ecowas will hold an extraordinary summit on Monday to propose measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali. The virtual summit comes after two missions to Mali’s capital, Bamako, failed to reconcile the government of embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and opposition groups …

26-year-old Pwadimadi Zeham, pictured above, has been arrested by men of the Adamawa state police command, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in the state. Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the police command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said Zeham was arrested last Thursday July 23 in Numan town in …

News circulating online reveals how a headteacher in Tanzania made it during to openly discipline by caning his student together with a fake parent he brought to represent him at the school. In the footage available to us from Nairobi News, the headteacher is spotted making an address at the …

All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa’s Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for “restoring stability” following a two-day manhunt. The break-out happened after inmates at Malmesbury Prison “overpowered” staff during an exercise session. They then locked three …

The Bolgatanga Technical University in the Upper East Region has appealed to the government to address the infrastructure deficit of the institution to enable it to admit more students and improve upon the quality of academic work. Professor Francis Abantanga, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University said …

FIFA has slapped Guinea-Bissau Football Association President Manuel Nascimento with a 10-year ban from all football-related activities for “his involvement and participation in an incident of mob justice.” A fiery critic of CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, Nascimento was also ordered to pay 100,000 Swiss francs …

A combined team of police and military Saturday night chased out third year students of the Zebilla Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Upper East Region, from campus for rioting. The students reportedly pelted stones at some teachers and destroyed school property. They vandalized the headmaster’s private car, his …

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel is the latest member of the executive to test positive for the deadly Covid-19. Patel received his results on Saturday. It was his second test since the outbreak of the virus. “Minister Patel is in good spirits and is in self-quarantine, and …

Government has commenced processes to convert the Kumasi Campus of the University of Education, Winneba into the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. The University will have the mandate of training teachers in Practical Skills and Entrepreneurship. The Bill that will allow the conversation went through the Second Reading …

The police leadership has replaced four senior police officers in Masaka sub-region who are being investigated over recent scandals in the area. Last weekend, the Police Professional Standards Unit (PPSU) summoned the four officers in connection with the July 2 gruesome incident where a boda -boda rider set himself on …

A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local secret linked to ancient emperors: how to make a prized purple dye using the guts of a sea snail. “At the beginning, I didn’t know where to start,” said Mohamed Ghassen Nouira, who heads a consulting firm. “I would crush …

The Committee charged with Investigating issues with regards to the death of a final year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School has completed its work and has handed the report over the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region. The Report was submitted …

According to a report from a local radio station called Bon Déjeuner! Radio based in Haiti, the young Haitian political leader Werley Nortreus (also known as Prince Werley Nortreus) said the Haitian Revolution must continue so Haiti can become free and independent again. For the first time, Haiti will exit …

A four-year-old boy died in a fire at a home in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, on Friday night. Two women – the child’s mother and a relative – sustained injuries, said City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse. “The City’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at about 19:40 …

South Africa’s prisons body says it has arrested all but eight of the 69 inmates who escaped from a facility in the Western Cape on Friday. Explaining how it had happened in a statement, South African Correctional Service said the prisoners had “overpowered officials during exercise” then “took the keys …

Popular Iranian-born Australia-based Islamic cleric, Mohammad Tawhidi a.k.a Imam of Peace has taken to Twitter to call for the arrest of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari.   The hashtag ‘ArrestBuhari’ is currently trending #1 on Twitter. Taking to his Twitter page, Imam Tawhidi called for the arrest of the incumbent president, saying he …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released an amended timetable for 2020 Senior High School candidates(SC). A statement from WAEC indicates that the change affects the date for Principles of Cost  Accounting 2 & 1. The paper which was scheduled to be written on Saturday, September 5, 2020, has now …

Two men were reportedly burnt alive in Mbaise, Imo state, for allegedly robbing in the neighbourhood. Photos and videos shared online show the men being brutalized before tyres were placed on them and they were burnt alive.   The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Aboh Mbaise. Nigerians …

A watchman who works at the Dzodze Penyi Senior High School has allegedly assaulted a second-year student of the institution.    The assault took place on the school’s premises on Sunday, July 19 at a time students are not allowed to be outside.   A student who witnessed the incident …

A 70-year-old Nigerian man will spend the next three decades in prison after he was sentenced to serve 30 years jail term for defiling an 8-year-old girl. Mohammed Sani Umar was sentenced on Friday, July 23, 2020 by a Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger state. According to a source in Nigeria, …

A lottery shop operator simply identified as Baba Pool, on Thursday, July 23, allegedly committed suicide inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State over his ”inability to pay the winnings of his customers.”   Baba Pool, 70, left a suicide note before hanging himself …

He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962. Ruling the East African country for two terms from 1995 to 2005, he’ll be remembered for working to end the conflict in the Great Lakes. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has died age 81 at a hospital in …

Exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has denied knowledge of inside information linking the state to past acts of citizen brutality although emphatically pinning all blame on security forces for the atrocities. Moyo was once fierce aide to late former President Robert Mugabe who led a brutal regime blamed for …

Police in Ashanti Region have invited Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Secondary Technical School for questioning over the detention of two students in his office. Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command tells JoyNews a student suspect is also assisting police with investigations. “The other suspect [student] is also assisting police in …

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …

The Ridge hospital is in the news again! This time around, a woman has narrated a chilling story of how a huge towel was left in her tummy for nine long months before it was eventually discovered and removed at a different hospital. According to the woman, she was delivered …

The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown armed groups in northeastern Nigeria. The statement late on Wednesday by Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, followed the release of a video showing the murder of the humanitarian …

An Ethiopian Airline cargo plane caught fire in China, an aviation news tracking portal reported on Wednesday morning. The incident involved Ethiopian Airlines 777F which was parked at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. The blaze was centralized in the fuselage area. “The aircraft is thought to be ET-ARH, a 5-year old …