Joseph Shabalala, who helped introduce the sound of traditional Zulu music to the world, has died aged 78. The musician was best known as the founder and director of choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, which won five Grammy awards and featured heavily on Paul Simon’s Graceland album. They also reached …

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with regional and district directors of education and has asked them to desist from issuing official cover letters to organisations and institutions organising special classes for teachers due to write their promotional examinations. It also called on the management of …

The 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union has appointed President Nana Akufo-Addo as ‘Champion of the African Union Financial Institutions’. The decision of the Assembly was made on Monday, February 10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the Chairperson of the …

Fire gutted Bwaise Timber market for the 22nd time in 18 years, according to available records, leaving property and capital in ashes and traders in tears. Like in previous incidents, the fire first started at midnight and spread to the nearby mattress factory in Bwaise, Kawempe Division. In all incidents, …

A soldier has been killed in a suicide car bombing that targeted a military barracks in southern Algeria. It was the first such attack in the country for several years. It is not known who was behind the bombing, which happened in the Bordj Baji Mokhtar region, in Adrar province, …

Four Chinese have been arrested after a video of one of them caning a Kenyan staffer in Nairobi emerged. Detectives from Kilimani raided Chez Wou Restaurant in the suburb Kileleshwa on Sunday and arrested the four. Eight Kenyans who work at the hotel were also taken for interrogation. Officials said …

In our series of letters from African journalists, media and communication trainer Joseph Warungu looks at a recent court ruling that could end some uncomfortable road trips. We in Kenya have discovered that we have a constitutional right to relieve ourselves in public, at the expense of the government. Here’s …

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested one Prince Owabie from Rumueperikom community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State for allegedly killing and burying his pregnant girlfriend inside his apartment. The Suspect, Owabie is alleged to have killed the girlfriend identified as Better Ozige Nwabueze and buried her inside …

Ejisuman Senior High School has expelled seven students from its boarding facility after they were deemed to have engaged in activities that tarnished the school’s image. The six are all final year students. They are accused of using a mobile phone – which is prohibited in basic and high schools …

Youths on Saturday stormed the venue of 2020 Lagos City Marathon, Eko Atlantic to protest against the ban of motorcycles (Okada) and tricycle (Keke). The placard-carrying protesters complained that the Okada ban was making life difficult for them. Among the inscriptions on their placards are ‘fix bad roads, less traffic’, …

Watch the video below A Nigerian man has sadly died after taking six pills of medicine to boost his performance in bed. The said man whose name is not known but appears to be in his 50s was found dead in a hotel room in Nigeria with a prostitute. Precious, …

Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …

Kenyans are queuing up to view the body of the country’s longest-serving president, Daniel arap Moi, as it lies in state in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Moi, who led the country from 1978 to 2002, died on Tuesday at 95. Speaking before the body was taken through Nairobi, President Uhuru …

Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …

International Criminal Court judges should scrap conditions of release imposed on Ivory Coast’s former president, his lawyers argued Thursday in a move they hope will free Laurent Gbagbo to return home during a tense election year. Gbagbo and former youth minister Charles Ble Goude were both acquitted in January 2019 …

The impasse between the management of the University of Ghana and government over the ownership of the UG Medical Centre has been settled. Per an agreement between the two parties, government will take 60 percent shares of the facility with the University reserving  40. The disagreement over who takes control …

Former Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday called for the for wholistic data base collation to address the security issues threatening the unity of Nigeria. Arase, speaking during the 4th annual public lecture organized by United Action for Change with the theme “Security of Citizens as a …

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any in the country. Medical Director, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo who took journalists on a tour of some of the wards designated for such cases said the hospital is ready to …

South Africa’s embattled former President Jacob Zuma has found himself at the centre of fresh controversy after tweeting a photo of himself taking aim with a rifle. Its meaning was unambiguous, and provocative. A day after he had learned that a judge had issued an arrest warrant for him for …

A 30-year-old man identified as Monday Uwem has killed his 26-year-old wife in Akassa, Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. It was gathered that Uwem allegedly murdered his wife and buried her remains in a shallow grave he dug in their kitchen. The incident, which occurred at Aparama Fishing Camp, …

The Ghana Health Service has said Ghana has recorded a total of nine suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus infection, but they have all tested negative. These nine cases include the two recent ones reported at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday. The two – a Chinese and an Argentine …

Barely 51 days after the illegal child marriage between a 17-year-old identified as Rabi Rabi’u, and her 25-year-old husband, all hell has been let loose as the two engage in a bizarre fight. The fight over a phone charger between the duo has reportedly led to the untimely demise of …

A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …

The head of the Public Health Department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that a lack of a well-resourced holding bay at the hospital caused pandemonium among doctors on Wednesday. Dr Philip Amoo said there was a situation in which two suspected cases of coronavirus were reported at the facility …

About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …

Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …

Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …

Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …

Samuel Ezekiel, the father of the suspect who was arrested for allegedly attempting to bomb a Living Faith Church in Kaduna, has said his son, Nathaniel Samuel, is a Christian and not a Muslim as being speculated in the media. Speaking to the Daily Trust in his house at Marabar …

Seven persons including President Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the Union for the Republic (UNIR), have been cleared by Togo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) to contest the country’s upcoming presidential election. This is Mr Gnassingbe’s fourth bid since coming into office in 2005, following the death of his father, Gnassingbe …