Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged for patience in the military’s fight against bandits in north-western states. Last week in Katsina state 150 gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on residents, looting shops and stealing cattle in the village of Kadisau. In a statement tweeted by his spokesperson, President Buhari said …

Eight men have been arrested in South Africa, accused of involvement in one of the country’s most notorious corruption scandals – the looting and eventual collapse of VBS, a provincial bank that served poor communities. The VBS scandal is alleged to have involved senior politicians, bankers and government officials in …

Zimbabwe’s government says it will increase civil servants’ wages in the light of economic challenges worsened by Covid-19. The finance minister said that with immediate effect, salaries and pensions would be increased by 50%. These are paid using the local currency introduced last year. In addition all civil servants will …

    Fear and anxiety have gripped health workers at the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region after a surgeon and other staff tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. The surgeon, who is on housemanship together with two other critical care staff of the Hospital working at the …

A wide range of businesses and services will be allowed to return to work again soon, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday. Details are still to follow, but close-contact services such as hairdressers, and business conferences, will all be unbanned, Ramaphosa said. These were previously considered too dangerous as potential …

The Nelson Mandela Bay Chamber of Business, the largest organised business group in the Eastern Cape, has written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa over the vacant Nelson Mandela Bay Metro mayor position. In the letter to Ramaphosa, the chamber expressed dissatisfaction with the prolonged appointment of executive mayor. Councillor Thsonono …

President Cyril Ramaphosa will provide an update at 20:00 this evening on developments around the risk-adjusted strategy adopted to manage the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa. Footage: Courtesy of SABC 17 Jun 2020  18:11 Source: www.moneyweb.co.za

The Osun State Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo has remanded a 32-year-old driver Mayowa Adeyemo in Ilesha Correctional Centre, for reportedly torturing his 18-month-old son with burning cigarettes. The suspect who was arraigned in court on Tuesday June 16 on two counts bothering on assault and exploitation, was accused of beating the child with a stick and …

Two women have been confirmed dead while six others were injured in a fatal accident that occurred along Upper-Iweka Road in Onitsha, Anambra State on Tuesday night, June 16.     According to reports, the driver of a 911 Tipper lost control following brake failure and rammed into a motor park, …

A Nigerian mother has allegedly beaten to death her 7-year-old boy in Agbarha community, Warri South council area of Delta State. The boy died on Monday night after being flogged by his mother until he collapsed. An eyewitness said; “The mother punished the boy by asking him to ‘ride a bike’ …

A judge who was said to have died of a heart attack while overseeing a corruption trial involving the president’s chief of staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo actually died of stab wounds to the head, the justice minister has revealed. Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende said a murder investigation …

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has revealed that at least about 20 doctors have been infected with Coronavirus. He also noted that though the number of infected nurses hasn’t been fully collated, he can project that for every doctor that is infected, five …

A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they …

A woman has died after her lesbian partner allegedly stabbed her to death and left her body to decay for days. The deceased, identified as Vivian, allegedly caught her lesbian partner Spicykvng Vee having sex with a man.   Spicykvng Vee, who is a known stud, was reportedly embarrassed after …

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has banned mass campaign rallies and encouraged aspiring candidates to campaign through the media. The commission said the country’s general elections will go ahead in January 2021, but with strict measures to protect voters against coronavirus. Wearing of masks, hand hygiene and social distancing will be enforced …

    As senior high schools (SHSs) prepare to re-open on Monday, June 22, heads of SHSs in the Eastern Region have assured that all arrangements were in place to receive both the final-year and Form Two students.   These arrangements, they said, included availability of Veronica buckets, soaps, and …

  A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Bindura magistrate. The man from Mhasvi Village in Chiweshe, kept his daughter isolated and silenced her by saying no one would look …

  The government through the Ministry of Health has been given clearance to employ 8,076 nurse assistants who completed in 2017 in both clinical and preventives. According to a letter dated June 9, 2020, from the Ministry of Finance and signed by the Deputy Minister, Abena Osei-Asare, is to take …

  Kenya’s health ministry is investigating the alleged disappearance of coronavirus medical equipment and testing kits donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma. The shipment comprising of protective gear, testing kits, face masks and equipment arrived in the capital, Nairobi, on 24 March. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe confirmed to journalists about …

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is an increase in respiratory-related deaths amongst displaced people living in Bentiu camp in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity State. The camp is managed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and currently hosts 111,766 people who fled their homes because …

Four staff members working in the office of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta have tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the presidency says. All four have been referred to a nearby hospital for treatment, it adds. The president and his family are “safe and free from Covid-19”, the statement says. …

 Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, has expressed his pain of seeing educated black youth being “instruments” of white people. In a short clip shared by his daughter Dudu Zuma-Sambudla on her Twitter page, the former South African President, who has corruption charges hanging on him, was seen seated …

  President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his reflection on the 1976 youth who stood up against the apartheid regime, says this has become a bitter legacy for many young people who continue to suffer even under a democratic South Africa. The president, who delivered a virtual address to mark the 16 …

A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a 42-year-old Pretoria woman on Sunday in what is believed to be yet another case of gender-based violence. “Detectives, crime prevention unit and the Tshwane District task team followed up information to where the suspect had fled. Police traced the suspect [but] …

Two security guards were shot dead in Philippi East, Cape Town, on Monday afternoon while escorting Eskom technicians out  of the area. The technicians were in the area attending to an electricity supply fault. “The security guards were employed by VusaIsizwe Security and were contracted to Eskom to provide armed …

The Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is to operate at half capacity for the next 14 days. This is because most of its intensive care unit doctors and nurses have been exposed to a trauma patient who has tested positive for Covid-19. A memo dated June …

A Boko Haram commander, Abu Imrana has been killed in an exchange of gunfights with Nigerian soldiers in Borno state. Vanguard had reported how over 150 people were killed in attacks across Monguno and Gubio local government areas of Borno last week. Recently, Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai …

The United States and Ghana have launched a new programme to support and improve reading among Ghana’s primary school students. The Ghana Learning Radio: Reading Program, developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education will provide distance learning instruction in English and the 11 …

Ghana has taken the fight against COVID-19 a notch higher, with plans to introduce blood plasma as part of treatment options for those infected with the virus. Under the initiative, COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe conditions would be given the plasma transfusion from recovered patients, to aid their recovery. As a result, the …

  A woman in Kenya’s eastern town on Makueni has been hospitalised after being attacked by her ex-husband with a machete, local media report quoting medical sources. The doctors had to amputate Purity Muthoki’s hands after she sustained 31 deep cuts. Her ex-husband, Boniface Mutua, was at her home and …