AFRICA

UNILAG worker commits suicide with ‘sniper’ after facing panel

The University of Lagos, Akoka employee, Sunday Meshioye has committed suicide allegedly with sniper after facing an investigative panel of the institution. Meshioye was a driver in the Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Science of the Institution. Confirming the report, the Principal Assistant Registrar and Head of Information Unit, UNILAG, …

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Kenyan judge rules Rastafarianism is a religion

A Kenyan judge has ruled that Rastafarianism is a religion that deserves to be treated like any other. The ruling is part of a case involving a minor who was banned from school for having dreadlocks. The 15-year-old student at the Olympic High School in the capital, Nairobi, was sent …

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Girl, 19 to receive 80 strokes of cane for smoking marijuana

A Shari’a Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday, September 12th sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi to 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana in public. Delivering judgment, the Judge, Malam Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, sentenced Abdullahi after she pleaded guilty to the offence. Shehu-Adamu held that the 80 strokes of …

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BCI Launches 9th Edition Of ‘Walk For The Cure’ In Cape Coast

The 9th edition of ‘BCI Walk for the Cure, 2019’ has been launched in Cape Coast, the Central regional capital, on Thursday, September 12, 2019, with the theme ‘Early detection is the best prevention. The annual global event is organized by Breast Care International (BCI), non-governmental organization, is to create …

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South Africa president to skip UN meeting

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York later this month. Instead, he says he will stay in the country to focus on “critical” domestic issues including the recent spate of xenophobic violence and the spate of attacks on women. Mr Ramaphosa …

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Kenyan MP demands law to control farting on planes

A Kenyan MP has demanded that a law be passed to help flight crews deal with passengers battling flatulence on board. Lilian Achieng Gogo, MP for Rangwe constituency in western Kenya, told parliament that farting passengers were increasingly becoming a security threat because of the discomfort caused to fellow travellers. …

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Mugabe family opts for private burial: date, location unknown

The dispute between ex Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s family and the government has overshadowed arrangements for Zimbabweans to pay their respects to the late leader. Mugabe will not be given a state burial on Sunday at the national Heroes’ Acre site, family spokesman Leo Mugabe announced Thursday. The burial will …

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How I lost one of my testicles – Man reveals

A student had to have a testicle removed after docs took six days to spot it had twisted around and cut off the blood supply. The 20-year-old, named only as Ryan, woke up in agony in the early hours with intense pain in his right testicle and lower abdomen. He …

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Video: EFF holds memorial service for Mugabe

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Thursday held a memorial service to honour the late Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe in Soweto. Speaking at the memorial service, Mr Julius Malema, founder of the Economic Freedom Fighters eulogised the late President as a great revolutionist. We are here to celebrate the life …

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GES self-placement module opens

The self-placement module which was temporarily closed down by the Ghana Education Service (GES) is expected to be live again today, Thursday, 12 September 2019. The GES closed down the module to enable it update the list of schools and programmes available for students entering the senior high school this …

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Free SHS: Self-placement for qualified candidates temporarily suspended

Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has temporarily suspended the self-placement module under the Computerized School Selection and Placement Scheme( CSSPS). This option enables qualified candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination ( BECE) who have not been placed in their chosen Senior High School( SHS) to choose a …

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Zimbabweans to view Mugabe’s body amid burial dispute

The body of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will soon be taken to lie in state at a stadium in the capital, Harare. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects for the next two days at Rufaro Stadium, where almost 40 years ago Mr Mugabe raised …

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Nigeria court upholds Buhari’s poll victory

A Nigerian election tribunal has dismissed a case filed by opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar, who was challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in last February’s presidential election. The electoral commission had declared President Buhari, a member of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party, the winner with about 56% of the …

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24-year-old mother of two found dead

The woman whose body was found dumped and beaten next to a primary school in Gugulethu on Friday was a 24-year-old mother of two children, says Ilitha Labantu spokesperson Siyabulela Monakali. He said the activist group and her grieving family were holding off on releasing her name for now. This …

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Xenophobia: 84 Nigerians return from South Africa today

84 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday at 2.pm local time via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos in company of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which disclosed this in an update made available to newsmen …

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Agric Minister’s imported pigs spread Africa Swine Flu – Report

Impeccable sources within the Ghana Veterinary Service, have revealed a massive outbreak of the dreaded Africa swine fever disease in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, resulting in the death of lots of pigs in various piggeries in the Western Region. The Herald is informed that, the recent outbreak, could be attributed to …

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Gov’t releases over GHC49m to settle outstanding grant for teachers

The Finance ministry has released over forty-nine  million cedis to the Ghana Education Service for the payment of delayed transfer grant and other outstanding allowances to teachers in the country. It comes after the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT)  declared strike in six regions over poor condition of service. …

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Robert Mugabe’s body being flown home from Singapore

he body of Robert Mugabe has left Singapore on a private flight destined for his home country of Zimbabwe. The former president had been receiving hospital treatment in the city state before he died last week aged 95. Mr Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first leader after becoming independent in 1980. He …

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Xenophobia: 320 Nigerians arrive from South Africa

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South West Zone has said the first batch of Nigerian returnees from South Africa would arrive the country today. The announcement comes even as South Africa has reopened its High Commission in Abuja and the Consulate in Lagos shut down last week following fears …

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Okyenhene to build 10 new schools

Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin ll has promised the people of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region 10 new basic schools to help improve education in that part of Ghana. The Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area made this known in Asamankese during his tour to interact with …

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14-year-old stabs fellow pupil to death over cellphone

A grade 9 pupil stabbed and killed a grade 10 pupil to death after the two got into a fight over a cellphone at Tokelo Secondary School in Evaton, east of Johannesburg, the Gauteng education department said on Tuesday. It is alleged that the two boys, aged 17 and 14, …

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