President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that all public schools will close for four weeks as the country faces a surge in coronavirus cases. In a media briefing on Thursday night (23 July), the president said this break will extend from 27 July until 24 August. However, he noted that some …

American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by 2024. A report released by the company shows that an increase in access would significantly lower the cost of internet on the continent. Facebook says it …

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tonight brief the nation on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of Coronavirus. “The President’s address follows a number of meetings of the Cabinet and the National Coronavirus Command Council,” said the Presidency on Thursday. The President’s address is scheduled to get …

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to be an attempted suicide on campus. This was after an Assistant Headmaster locked him up with a colleague, overnight, in his office, for stealing the school’s electric stabiliser …

A man has been killed after gunmen fired shots at a group of taxi drivers at the Eindhoven taxi rank on Thursday in Delft, Cape Town. According to Western Cape police, reports indicate that two unidentified suspects approached the taxi rank and started firing shots at taxi drivers who were …

All district hospitals to be built across Ghana will be constructed by Ghanaians. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020. He said the hospitals will be designed by Ghanaian-owned firms. He stated that the mid-year budget review is to highlight the significant impact of the Covid19 pandemic …

Nigerians living with expired visas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been ordered to leave the country. The directive from the UAE authorities comes after Dubai police cracked down on some Nigerians including Instagram celebrity, Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, for fraud. According to the order, those with …

Marijuana is one of the herbs that South Africa is trialling against Covid-19. There are currently no medicines or vaccines against the deadly disease, which is caused by the novel coronavirus. The South African government, in partnership with universities and traditional healers, is evaluating whether six herbs used in African …

Every day, you burn calories when you move around, exercise, and go about your daily tasks. Your body even burns calories at rest, through basic functions like breathing, circulating blood, cell processes, amongst others. Another way to burn calories is through sexual activities. Burn some serious calories by undressing, kissing, …

A South African woman danced out of a hospital in the Western Cape Province with medical staff at the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) clapping and cheering her on. 48-year-old Zuliswa Maqana was admitted to a district hospital on May 4 with severe virus symptoms. She went through 54-days in Intensive …

The former leader of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir is facing a trial in the capital Khartoum over a 1989 coup that brought him to power. Bashir is facing charges over the military coup in 1989 and could receive the death penalty if convicted. Following the 1989 coup, Bashir stayed in power …

At least 683 new COVID-19 infections have pushed Ghana’s case count to 29,672. Some 26,090 have recovered with the death toll still at 153. The number of active cases is therefore 3,429, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service. A geographical overview of the active cases shows …

News reaching us indicates that Nigerian alleged scammer Hushpuppi has been reportedly released from prison in the United States of America. Earlier last month, the FBI accused Ray Hushpuppi of living an extravagant lifestyle from the hundreds of millions of dollars he got from business email compromise frauds and other related fraudulent …

The UN eminent peace Ambassador Bishop Samuel Owusu has urged Ghanaians to stop violence and conflicts for peaceful election on December 7, 2020. He said this during church service around. “The politicians who are trying to bring or share blood for this nation God will wipe their entire generation”  He …

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for covid-19 since the outbreak in the country. Two Hundred and three out of the number have, however, recovered and were back at post while one had died. Chief Executive of the hospital, …

A tanker explosion which reportedly happened near Koko junction section of the Benin/Sapele Expressway, Ethiope West Council area of Delta state on Wednesday has reportedly burnt atleast 17 people to death. We learnt that four vehicles reportedly got destroyed in the incident. Multiple sources said the sad incident occured around 8am …

A staff of the University of Benin was killed and another person was injured when a commercial driver, allegedly trying to avoid police extortion, rammed into them.   Dr. Stella Okotie died on Tuesday, July 21, as a result of the accident that happened in Benin City at about 6:30pm along …

Kenya’s judiciary has closed a court in the capital, Nairobi after some members of staff tested positive for coronavirus. The Makadara court will be closed for 14 days. All members of staff have been told to self-isolate. The judiciary said the break will allow those affected to seek treatment. It …

Some two final year students have been reported dead in Anlo Senior High. According to reports coming in from Anlo Senior High, some two final year students have lost their lives in an unfortunate circumstance, Trends Baze filed. Per the report cited, the two students are a boy and a …

Madagascar’s health ministry has sent out an urgent request for help to partner agencies and health institutions as Covid-19 cases increase. “The Ministry of Health indicated that the Covid-19 epidemic has in recent weeks evolved in a very critical fashion in Madagascar with significant outbreaks in some regions, particularly the capital, …

Exactly eight years ago, 21st July 2012, was the birthday of the late President, Prof. John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. The day was a Saturday.   The previous day, Friday, 20th July, the Council of State, of which I was a member, had met and appended our signatures to a …

A statement released on Monday, July 20, 2020, outlined the schedule for the continuation of lectures and examination for continuing students of the Accra Techinical University. The statement outlined that students were going to have online lectures and subsequently report to campus to write exams where all protocol for the COVID-19 will …

At least 23 soldiers have been killed in an ambush in northwestern Nigeria. Armed militants opened fire on the soldiers as they walked through a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina State, security sources said on Sunday. So far, the bodies of 23 soldiers have been accounted for …

A Kenyan Member of Parliament has been arrested for holding a public gathering contrary to COVID-19 guidelines. MP Charles Ong’ondo Were was arrested on Tuesday evening and detained at a police station. The MP was said to have been chairing a meeting at his village home when members of the …

Police are investigating after the body of a 56-year-old teacher was found in her home in Mmadinonyane village, near Vryburg in the North West. The woman’s body was discovered by her colleagues when they went to check up on her after she failed to report for duty on Monday morning. “[Her] colleagues went …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of more strict lockdown measures including imposing a curfew to curb rising cases of COVID-19. In an address to the nation, Mnangagwa said the curfew will run from 6 pm to 6 am, although essential services are exempted from the curfew. …

The sister of a girl electrocuted when she stepped on an illegal electricity connection on Sunday sustained minor burns while trying to help her sibling. Chantelle Matthews, 8, of Hillside, Grabouw, in the Western Cape died after she is believed to have stepped on an open live wire left by …

Flag-bearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo has promised to give Ghanaian students free university education if he is elected president of Ghana in the upcoming December polls. The astute businessman among other things committed to creating 200,000 jobs in the cocoa sector as he will build the …

Police have freed 15 children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria where they were kept in chains and tortured, police are quoted as saying to the AFP news agency. AFP adds that the children were aged between two and 10 and were discovered on Sunday in the town of …

The Gansbaai community was left reeling following the death of two children on a farm in the area on Sunday. Netwerk24 reported that Dameon de Vries, 7, and his sister, Kaylie, 5, drowned in a dam on the farm Vlooikraal in the Baardskeerdersbos area, near Gansbaai. Their parents, André and Odete de …