Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

A Kenyan woman who was arraigned for stabbing her 74-year-old grandmother in the stomach after a quarrel over a piece of uncooked fish, has pleaded guilty to charges of causing grievous bodily harm.   The suspect identified as Binti Asma Juma, was arraigned before Mombasa Chief magistrate Martha Mutuku, on charges …

  A seven-year-old girl who was grabbing hold of a banana was bitten by a venomous snake.   The bothrops jararaca is Brazil’s fourth most dangerous snake with its venom capable of inflicting necrosis and limb loss,   At around 6.30am on Thursday, Dec. 1, a girl woke up at …

Archaeologists have shown evidence that land situated off the Zambezi River in Botswana is the ancestral home of modern humans. Modern humans are believed to have settled at this site for at least 70,000 years. The location was also the original home of early men in Africa some 200,000 years …

“Urinating during intercourse” is a “very widespread health problem” that “affects many people (primarily women) during intercourse,” according to Healthline. Male bodies have a natural defence mechanism that makes it difficult to urinate during a hard-on, making this a more common issue among women. In this post, I want to …

A 17-year-old man from Nandi County has been arrested for killing his father over family issues. The young man exchanged words with his 42-year-old father, which led to a fight between them and the father was beaten and killed by his son. The CID said the father and son fought …

A NURSE revealed the thing that people can never tell she’s wearing under her scrubs. Jessica Birden, who goes by @jboss7691 on the app, told fans in a recent video that she wears a corset waist trainer while on the job, without being noticed. The nurse has a secret weapon …

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based on two core subjects; Mathematics and English. The Chief Director at the Ministry of Education, Divine Ayidzoe, disclosed this at a conference on teacher training with stakeholders. Mr …

Most homes have a wall lizard or gecko, which is not poisonous at all. It only counts the number of bugs. The heloderma, which is also called the gila monster and the beaded lizard, is the only poisonous lizard in the world. Near the Gila river in the south-western United …

A white garment prophet was recently sentenced to 12 months in prison for carəssing his client’s privatəs and f0ndling her brəasts during a ‘healing’ session. He will, however, only have to stay in jail for six months because he was good during the first six months of his sentence. Simbarashe …

  Emergency search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven people yesterday morning, bringing the death toll to nine. Later in the afternoon five more bodies were retrieved from the river, raising the number to 14. As the mission continues along the river for the missing people, Renqe recalled …

A young man who led a gang to attack a mortuary, stab dead bodies and destroy hearses has been arrested. The surprising attack reportedly took place at Yatta Funeral Home in Kenya’s Machakos County on Sunday. According to TV 47, the 30-year-old suspect is the son of the owner of the …

A three-year-old girl has died following severe flogging by her 25-year-old father for entering a neighbour’s room. Nigeria’s Delta State police have arrested the young father, identified as Godsgift Uweghwerhen and he is assisting them with investigations. The suspect committed the heartless crime in the Aladja community of the Udu Local Government …

One Kehinde Adeleke, 62, and his 19-year-old son, Ayomide, have both been arrested by the Gender Section operatives of the Lagos police, for allegedly gang-raping his biological daughter, who is equally a blood sister to Ayomide, getting her pregnant in the process. According to P.M.EXPRESS, the incident occurred at Enelu …

Johannesburg emergency services will continue the search for church members who were swept away by flash floods at the Jukskei River as the death toll rises to 14. The incident happened during a baptism ceremony at the Jukskei River near Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Saturday night. Johannesburg emergency services …

The Health Services Workers’ Union(HSWU) has vowed to resist any attempt by the government to touch the Pensions of its members. The General Secretary of the HSWU, Franklin Owusu Ansah, at a press conference held on Sunday said “If the government finds it so important to do the debt restructuring, …

Teachers are important people in every society for they install role models for future generations. However, some teachers erode the culture and norms that societies have bestowed upon the teaching profession. For example, nowadays many teachers are mentioned of defiling students or doing other bad things which are not in …

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Two people have died in South Africa and 15 others are missing after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when a torrent of water surged …

Near Nelspruit in the small town of Mpumalanga, locals witnessed a miracle that left them in awe and rendered them speechless. The Piglet, who was born to one of the pigs, appeared to have a mix of pig and human DNA, which was unsettling. The birthing pig was released into …

A boy, 1, has died after falling into a bucket of water in Nnewi, Anambra state.   The child’s parents reportedly left him in the care of his siblings when the tragedy occurred on Saturday,  Dec. 3.   The siblings were busy playing when the child made his way to …

Pastor Penuel Mnguini, a South African pastor, was in the news for a long time after he fed snakes to his congregation. He said that was done to show the people in his church how powerful God was. At that time, what this man did was covered by every online …

Magdaline Awushi Bukudah   Healthcare professionals in the Volta Region, specifically the Central Tongu district, have recounted the positive impact the services of Zipline has had on healthcare delivery. This comes after about a year since the company began operations from the Anum center. The Anum distribution center of Zipline …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on following the implementation of the …

A great African merchant, businessman, and state-builder, John Kabes (also spelled John Cabess or John Cabes) established the paramount stool of the prosperous port city of Komenda in the Eguafo Kingdom of the Gold Coast (Ghana). Despite his tight links to the British and his role as a supplier to …

Four Naval officers have been accused of attacking an anti-robbery police patrol team in the Satellite town area of Lagos state, stabbing one of the police officers identified as ASP Abion Hezikel to death on Saturday, December 3.   According to police sources who confirmed this incident to LIB, the four Naval …

Flatulence is most commonly caused by colds and ulcers. However, poor portion control and indiscriminate eating can also cause flatulence. Your stomach may feel bloated or full of gas due to the fermentation of foods that take a long time to process. The remaining food will eventually cause a lot …

The human body keeps reacting in some way or the other depending upon various internal and external factors. Sometimes, you fall sick and that’s because maybe your body is fighting some unwanted foreign elements or viruses. However, sometimes there are issues that may not be serious or need immediate attention, …

According to healthline Food is necessary for survival, but not all consumables are created equal in terms of their positive effects on human health. From a health point of view, cooked meals are better than fried or roasted ones. I’ll discuss how plantains can lower your blood pressure using research …

The story of Priscilla Wangechi from Muranga, who was locked up in a dog house for three days because she refused to do what her madam asked and sleep with her husband from behind, broke my heart. Priscilla says she stopped going to school when her mother left for three …