Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has died at age 95. Mugabe is the longest serving president of Zimbabwe. In 2017, he was forced to resign after his party had internal crisis. As the world mourns him, Kemi Filani News has put together popular and funny quotes that have been attributed …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce the bonds between the two countries after a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South African presidency said on Saturday. South Africa’s MTN Group and supermarket chain Shoprite have closed all stores and service centres in …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that over 5,000 persons have lost their jobs to the protest against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. It may be recalled that Nigerians had staged anti-xenophobia protests across the nation, during which business outfits perceived to belong to South Africa …

There is a looming cholera outbreak in parts of the Country as contractors have, en bloc, abandoned ongoing construction of automated modern toilet facility projects under a Public Private Partnership between Ghana First Company and the Government of Ghana. Over 200 existing public toilet facilities in communities across the country …

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is …

President Muhammadu Buhari will this week meet with the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Dingyadi and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to resolve the dispute over recruitment of 10,000 constables into the force. This followed the inability of the Police Service Commission and the NPF to resolve their differences …

Government has succumbed to pressure from various bodies in protest against the conversion of the University Hall otherwise known as Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into a mixed hall. The decision by the Governing Council of the University last year was met with …

The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested a woman for allegedly setting a young man ablaze over a N200 debt. Another female accomplice allegedly involved in the crime is on the run, Delta Police Commissioner, Adeyinka Adeleke has said. The young man simply identified as Sunday was set …

Lulu Xingwana, South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana has dismissed assertions that the recent spate of violent attacks in the southern African country will prevent people from traveling there, ABC News can report. Lulu Xingwana disclosed that she is not in any way perturbed about the decision of some people …

Successive South African governments have been described as weak, for failing to find lasting solution to end the recurring xenophobic attacks in the southern African nation. According to international relations expert, Dr. Vladmir Antwi-Danso, the current South African government has failed to empower institutions to crack the whip on perpetrators …

The government has urged the authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to maintain University (Katanga) Hall as an all-male hall of residence. Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh said while the running of the university is the sole preserve of the university’s council, it is …

The Headmaster of Donkokrom Senior High School, John Mensah Dzokoto, has been sacked by the Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service. The Headmaster was transferred from Klo Agogo Senior High School in the Yilo Krobo Municipality to Donkokrom in the Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region …

There’s anger from former residents of Unity Hall (Conti) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after a government letter “prevailing” on the authorities of the University to reverse University Hall back to an exclusive male residence conspicuously left them out. Former residents of the hall took …

African leaders past and present have been paying tribute to Robert Mugabe, whose 37-year-rule in Zimbabwe made him one of the continent’s longest-serving leaders. “A great nationalist” and “symbol of Zimbabwe’s emancipation” is how Nigeria‘s former President Goodluck Jonathan described him: Africa has lost a great nationalist. Robert Mugabe will continue …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and the Effia Kwesiminstim Municipality have been hit with an outbreak of the Africa Swine Fever. The fever is suspected to have affected the government allocated pigs under the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme. This was captured in a letter addressed to the Minister of Agriculture …

The alumni of the University Hall of the KNUST has vowed to challenge the Ottumfuo Asantehene Osei Tutu the second should he endorse the conversion of Katanga Hall into a mixed hall. The alumnus is angered the management of the University has gone ahead to admit female students into the …

The South Africa High Commission to Nigeria has shut down its offices and consulate. This is as a result of fear arising from attacks by youths in the country. The acting High Commissioner, Amb. Bobby Moroe, confirmed the report that he had directed the Mission to suspend all consular activities …

The South African government has told victims of recent xenophobic attacks not to expect any form of compensation. Dr. Naledi Pandor, Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, said there was no provision for compensating those affected in the renewed attacks in the country. In an interview with …

The korle bu senior staff Association (KOSSA) has lauded the chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for his efforts in transforming the hospital. Mr. Charles Ofei-Palm, president of the Association thanked the board chairman Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Heads …

The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Winfred Ofosu has attributed the high maternal mortality ratio in the Region to lack of ambulances to readily transport expectant mothers to major referral health facilities for management. He said a total of 19 maternal deaths were recorded …

It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe (1/2) — President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) September 6, 2019   Albert Mugabe, a nephew of the late president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, said he learnt of the passing …

Three Ghanaians have sustained injuries in the ongoing xenophobic unrest in South Africa, the foreign ministry announced Friday. “The Mission [in Pretoria] is ensuring that the injured Ghanaians receive the necessary medical attention,” a statement said. It further added that five Ghanaian nationals are behind bars at the Sunnyside Police …

Former president Jacob Zuma has been interdicted from publishing any statement in the future that “says or implies” that senior ANC leader Derek Hanekom ”is or was” an enemy agent or an apartheid spy, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruled on Friday. Hanekom took Zuma to court to the tune of …

The Police in Kumasi have arrested five members of the University Hall, popularly known as Katanga. The students and some alumni had gathered at Maxima, few meters from KNUST campus, holding placards such as “We want our hall back’ and ‘Kum y3n pr3ko”. A team of police deployed to disperse …

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He chaired the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) group from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – …

A suspected drug baron identified as James Ameh has been arrested by the Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA). Ameh who was arrested at about 5:30am on Thursday was in possession of a pump action gun loaded with cartridges. About 40 personnel of the …

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017, ending his three-decade reign. Zimbabwe’s education secretary Fadzayi Mahere tweeted: “Rest In …

A Pan-Africanist Kwaku Aboagye Boampong is calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to repatriate the South African high commissioner to Ghana within the next 24 hours. The high commissioner Lulu Xingwana stated in an interview with Starr FM that the tag of Xenophobia on South Africans was unfair and would rather …

Naledi Pandor, South African minister of foreign affairs, says there are many Nigerians in the country involved in drug and human trafficking. Pandor said this on Thursday while responding to criticisms that South Africa’s security agencies are not doing enough to protect foreigners in the wave of xenophobia rocking the …

One Ghanaian has been shot in West Hills a suburb in Johannesburg province in South Africa last night in a fresh attack. He was shot in the leg when violence erupted between some South Africans and foreigners in the area. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ program, Chairman of …