A bride-to-be has died after tripping and falling into a well at her bridal shower in Danbatta, northern Nigeria. Fatima Abubakar, 16, was set to tie the knot with her fiancé on Thursday. Her father told the BBC that she was standing very close to the well when the accident …

Cases of the deadly Ebola virus have risen in the Democratic Republic of Congo where health care workers remain largely cut off from the disease’s hotspots since militants attacked their camp, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Twenty-seven Ebola cases were confirmed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces …

A bride-to-be has died after tripping and falling into a well at her bridal shower in Danbatta, northern Nigeria. Fatima Abubakar, 16, was set to tie the knot with her fiancé on Thursday. Her father told the BBC that she was standing very close to the well when the accident …

Algeria has a new president in the person of Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The 74-year-old won controversial December 12 elections with 58% of the vote, the national electoral body announced quoting preliminary results. Mr Tebboune, 74, previously served as housing, then information minister. He served seven-months as Prime Minister two years ago …

Two Ghanaian have been sworn into office as high court judges in The Gambia. Justice Alexander Osei Tutu and Justice Francis Apangabuno were sworn into office by President Adama Barrow on Thursday, 12 December 2019 in The Gambia. Both judges were high court judges in Ghana prior to their appointment …

Libyan military strongman General Khalifa Haftar has called on his forces to begin an advance aimed at capturing the capital, Tripoli. The General’s statement came in a rare, live television broadcast. In April, he launched a major attempt to seize the city – which is held by Libya’s UN-backed government. …

The General Overseer of the City of Praise WorldWide Prophetic Ministries has advised women to stop moaning in silence when their husbands are making love to them, saying women who don’t moan loudly during sex end up producing inactive children. According to the Nigerian Prophetess Patience Akpabio, “Nigeria is at …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday landed in Benin, the Edo State capital. On his arrival, he assured his supporters that the rally to receive defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will still hold. The APC leadership had organised the rally to …

The man, Ocholli Edicha, suspected to be the gang leader of those who led some political thugs to burn Mrs Salome Achejuigu, the PDP women leader to death has confessed that they carried out the dastardly act because he had been nursing a grudge against the woman before the Nov …

‘What is mine, is yours, what is yours is mine, including your man sis.’ In 2019 the concept of sister-wives is no longer taboo, as you may remember the American reality show ‘Sister Wives’ that launched in 2010 on TLC about one man who had four sister-wives and 18 children. …

Some traders in the Eastern Regional Capital, Koforidua, have flooded the market with expired products to outwit unsuspecting consumers rushing to buy products for the yuletide. The perpetrators allegedly sneaked onto the market with products that have expiration dates as far back as 2017. However luck has eluded some of …

Militants have killed at least 60 people in an attack on a military base close to Niger’s border with Mali. No group has said it was behind the killings, but fighters linked to the Islamic State group and Nigeria-based Boko Haram are active in the area. The news comes just …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ofosu Asamoah, has explained that the decision was made because of the teachers’ failure to follow due process. The NLC, on Wednesday, filed …

The striking teacher unions have said that the National Labor Commission (NLC) can compel them to return to the classrooms but cannot force them to teach. The NLC secured a court order to stop the teachers from continuing its strike action. This was after the teachers defied a ruling by …

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), in collaboration with Transplant Links UK, has performed successful kidney transplant for four patients with kidney conditions in a major breakthrough in local medical practice. The transplant team at the KBTH was led by surgeons Dr Bernard Morton and Dr James Edward Mensah, and …

A Zimbabwean initiative dubbed ZimThrive will host an event aimed at urging countrymen living in South Africa to return home through a “homecoming extravaganza” to be held in April. “The move is part of strategic efforts to get the Zimbabwean diaspora in South Africa and across the globe to come …

The video of some suspected secondary school students who were passionately making out in a classroom has hit the internet. According to the video, the two male students was seen with female fellow students around the four corners of the classroom as they engaged in a passionate job As at …

Militants have killed at least 73 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger, the army says. Twelve soldiers were also injured in the attack – the deadliest for several years – on Tuesday in Inates. Niger’s defence minister, Issoufou Katambe, told the BBC “a large number …

A married man identified as Nevo Mike Obiayo who is fond of recording sɛx acts with lovers got the shock of his life when one of his videos was released online anonymously. According to report, the man who is from Amagu village in Udi local government of Enugu State was …

Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed presiding bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in more than 200 years. Reverend Purity Malinga has just become the 100th presiding bishop to be elected by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. She is the first woman in …

When his family recently fled a separatist rebellion in the country’s English-speaking regions, they thought they had found a place where he could go to school in safety. But that has turned out not to be the case as the school he attends in Douala, the biggest city in Cameroon, …

Five people have died and dozens others have been injured after two buses collided in Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The two buses that were heading in the opposite directions collided after the Nairobi bound bus veered off its lane. The crash happened at 02:00 local time (23:00 GMT) in the Kiongwani …

Tanzania has started using Dolutegravir ‘DGT’, the new and most effective drug in suppressing HIV/Aids in the human body. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. Tanzania is now among 82 countries with low and …

Private Health Facilities in Ghana (PHFAoG) has threatened to withdraw their services if the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) does not pay their ten (10) months claims in arrears by 16th of December, 2019 to alleviate the intensity of their woes and distress The association said the delay in payments …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction to compel the striking teacher unions to immediately resume work. The court order also barred the teachers from continuing with the strike which has been in effect since Monday. Meanwhile, the teachers say forcing them to the classroom in spite of …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that Christians constitute about 80 per cent of Persons Living HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana. Officials attribute the trend to less active social mobilisation and community participation in the campaign on risk behaviours. Speaking at an event in to mark World Aids Day at Kwadaso …

Residents of Okofia, Otolo Nnewi in Anambra state have banished a man in his 60s for allegedly impregnating his daughter twice. In photos shared on Facebook, the elderly man, who is allegedly from Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area, had palm fronds tied on his neck. His daughter, who was carrying a baby, also …

South Africa has been hit by massive power cuts and acute water shortage. The situation, according to report has caused a lot of frustration and huge losses for many business owners. The few weeks leading up to Christmas are the best time for business in South Africa’s beauty industry. With …

Government has described the ongoing strike by Teacher Unions as sabotage after their meeting with the unions ended inconclusively. Government’s meeting with the teacher unions to resolve the issue of legacy arrears did not end well, the PRO for the Education Ministry, Vincent Ekow Assafuah speaking to Joy FM accused …

A piece of information gathered has it that the Students at Mayani Secondary School in Dedza have been sent home following the temporary closure of the institution due to an outbreak of bedbugs. The school, like many other schools in the country, was supposed to close this term on 21 …