Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government …

Answering a question on radio on 28th May 2020, the General-Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association stated thus. “We are not soldiers who take an oath to die for Ghana. We nurses do not swear to die for Ghana. We must therefore be given PPEs to protect …

No church services will be held in classrooms, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has cautioned Christian religious leaders in the country. Following President Akufo-Addo’s ease of restrictions on public gatherings, schools across the country have reopened for final year students and churches are permitted to …

Three Ghanaians, namely Enoch Adjei, Hamadu Hassan and Anane Vida who have completed 102, 94 and 61 courses respectively emerged as top learners on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) scholarship programme. Ghana, through the Ghana Library Authority forms part of the four countries which includes …

The confidence to return to work has been a major subject in this COVID- 19 era. The assurance of whether one is safe being at home or at the workplace remains fully unanswered. The way forward in resolving the major part of this challenge is to have your workplace/home/environment disinfected.  …

Operatives of Benue State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man identified as Patrick Onoja Igah for allegedlu raping a 7-year-old girl inside the 7th wonder church premises in Owukpa area of Benue state over the weekend. This sad incident was confirmed to newsmen by the Police Public Relations Officer in …

A Nigerian mother has incurred the wrath of Nigerians after she beat up her 2-year-old daughter who was allegedly raped in Lagos. According to the lady who shared details of the incident, she said she met the mother and her two daughters around Idumota in Lagos. She noticed a red …

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani says children are now having to police their credulous parents on WhatsApp. Just a few years ago, local comedians had a field day with jokes about elderly Nigerian mothers and their nonchalant attitudes towards their mobile phones. …

There seems to be trouble between former president Jacob Zuma and his 25-year-old fiancée Nonkanyiso Conco. The pair, who have a young son together, have allegedly separated and Conco has since moved out of the house that was rented for her by Zuma near Ballito, Durban. Conco’s father, Fartescue, said …

A restaurant owner was hacked to death in an early-morning attack in KwaZulu-Natal, the authorities have confirmed. Paramedic service Midlands EMS reported a crew was dispatched to “a well-known eatery in the Balgowan area at 08:30” in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Saturday morning. Upon the crew’s arrival “they were met …

Mrs Queen Igbinevbo, the pregnant wife of Comrade Promise Igbinevbo has died after she was raped and murdered at home. Mrs Igbinevbo was alone at her home in Benin when her attackers gained entrance into the home through the ceiling. A source who spoke to LIB said the intruders had come in search …

There are reports in South Africa that last week’s lifting of an alcohol ban – which had been imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus – has led to a sharp rise in trauma cases at hospitals some of which are already under strain due to the pandemic. A specialist …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nationwide overnight curfew by another 30 days after warning that ending it risked tens of thousands of additional coronavirus deaths. But the nightly curfew will be three hours shorter, running from 21:00 to 04:00, and several areas that had been under lockdown will …

Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, has revealed what should be done to actors found guilty of rape. Kemi Filani News recalls that Actress Sylvia Oluchi hours ago, accused veteran movie director, Lancelot Imasuen, of sexually assaulting her, during a film shoot in 2008. Reacting, Patience Ozokwor in a chat with …

Students are jubilating over the death of their lecturer because he has been allegedly practising sex for grades with their ladies. Dr. Mekino Nnaemeka Okonkwo shared a photo of a late lecturer recognized as Anunkakampi to wish him peaceful rest in his grave. His post on Twitter, however, backfired as …

The trio on Thursday appeared before Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court on charges of demanding property by written threats contrary to the penal code. The suspects; Hamis Mukota and his wife Donah Werukwendera, are jointly charged with Tracy Nangendo. The couple is said to have sneaked into the house of Iganga-based …

A 3m (10ft) great white shark has killed a surfer in northern New South Wales, police in the Australian state have said. The shark bit the leg of the surfer, aged between 50 and 60, off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney. Several “heroic” boarders tried to help the …

The Coronavirus pandemic, floods and landslides have forced the government to push the planned pay rise for civil servants to 2023. Authorities in Public Service docket revealed that only public universities’ academic staff will get salary increments in the forthcoming financial year 2020/2021. Ms Catherine Bitarakwate, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry …

A farmhouse restaurant owner in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands was hacked to death outside his office on Saturday morning,  Midlands EMS said in a statement. According to Midlands Emergency Medical Services, the owner of Gunther’s and Sausages, described as “a little piece of Switzerland in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands”, …

Junior High School students will not spend more than four hours in school per day, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. The comment comes after President Akufo-Addo announced the reopening of schools for final year students in the country. As part of measures to return lives to normalcy while …

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is working with the Government to allow entry for international students returning to the campus to complete their academic work for the Second Semester. They include those in the fifth and sixth years in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School …

Zimbabwe’s police arrested five senior officials of the main opposition party on Friday after they attempted to enter the party’s Harare headquarters, which is being occupied by a rival faction. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been divided since Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled on March 30 that Nelson Chamisa …

Twenty-six people were killed in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday’s attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in the volatile Mopti region, said Aly Barry, an official from Tabital Pulaaku, a Fulani association …

South Sudan has rubbished reports that it has agreed to Egypt’s request to build a military base in Pagak, a town bordering Ethiopia. In a statement on Wednesday, South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed some media reports as “unfounded and baseless”. “There is nothing of that kind. No agreement …

Four prisoners in Mali’s capital Bamako have died after a “mutiny” which saw inmates break out of their cells and attack prison guards. The violence occurred on Friday while anti-government protesters were demonstrating in Bamako, according to government spokesman Yaya Sangare. “A mutiny occurred at the Bamako Central Remand Prison,” …

Madagascar’s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Rijasoa Andriamanana said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar’s …

A Chief in Kula kingdom in Rivers state has caused confusion among community members with English while speaking on some challenges faced. As the video of the Chief addressing the people while speaking and “blowing grammar” in English language goes viral, Nigerians started calling on interpreters to help break down …

A false pretense mad man has been caught with a baby which has been confirmed dead by the people in a community in Aba a town in Nigeria after he was suspected to be normal but acting up. The suspect was carried away by the security service personnel who were …

Nigerians have continued to fight against the surge in cases in the country with many either coming out to condemn the act or tell their own story In the past week, many rape stories have been shared on various social media platforms with some Nigerian celebrities been called out. The …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Adeyeye Oluwatosin, a Botany student of Lagos State University (LASU) seen kissing a minor in a viral video. Adeyeye Oluwatosin who was arrested on Friday 5th May is currently being investigated at the State Criminal Investigation Department for molesting his three-year-old step sister. …