The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has introduced a new rule compelling patients to pay N1,000 daily each as electricity bill. In an internal memo, the hospital management claimed the new charge on patients was introduced because of the hikes in electricity tariff …
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Teacher unions declare strike over Cost-of Living-Allowance
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union have effective today, Monday, June 4, 2021, commenced a nationwide strike action. The strike according to the leadership of the Teacher Unions, is a result of the …
Read More »Ibn Chambas withdraws as ECOWAS envoy to Guinea
Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas has communicated his intention to withdraw as a mediator to the West African State. Guinea, whose junta has refused an ECOWAS mediator announced a 36-month transition period and has conditioned any dialogue towards …
Read More »Meet the Nigerian man who has fathered five sets of twins
Nigerian man, Ayopo Ogunleye has fathered five sets of twins which have gained him a lot of popularity in his town. After losing a set of twins and a male child, the middle-aged man is now raising 7 children single-handedly as his wife left him due to complaints from her …
Read More »Libya protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk
Protesters have stormed Libya’s parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set fire to part of the building. Images posted online showed thick columns of smoke as the demonstrators burned tyres outside. There have been rallies in other Libyan cities against continuing power cuts, rising prices and political deadlock. …
Read More »Dozens freed from church awaiting ‘Second Coming’ in Ondo Nigeria
Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the south-western state of Ondo. Some of them are believed to have been there for months. A police spokesperson said many of them had been told to expect the Second Coming of Jesus …
Read More »First Igbo translation of Quran published in Nigeria
The first translation of the Quran into the Igbo language has been published in Nigeria. It was launched at an event in the capital, Abuja, at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Mosque, where Muhammad Murtala Chukwuemeka told the BBC it took him five years to translate the sacred Islamic text into Igbo from …
Read More »Terror suspect sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Kenya
A man accused of engaging in terror activities has been sentenced to serve 15 years behind bars in Kenya. The accused, Charles Kibet Rono alias Bashir, was sentenced by Kahawa Chief magistrate Hon Diana Mochache, on Thursday, June 30, after pleading guilty to two charges of collection of information to …
Read More »Body of Khayalethu Magadla found
The body of seven-year-old Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto in June, was found on Saturday afternoon at the Eldorado Park Cemetery wastewater plant. Johannesburg EMS spokesperson Nana Radebe-Kgiba said Magadla was found in the splitter chamber on the first manhole towards the …
Read More »Four killed in suspected gang shootings
It’s been a bloody week in Cape Town as four people have been killed in what is believed to be gang-related incidents. On Friday morning, Steenberg police attended to a crime scene in Hek Street, Lavender Hill, where according to reports, a 39-year-old man was shot and wounded. The victim …
Read More »Sierra Leone launches re-denominated currency to strengthen value
Sierra Leone is launching a re-denominated currency, knocking three zeroes off bank notes but keeping their value unchanged, its central bank has said. Financial transactions with the West African country have been suspended since Wednesday in preparation for the re-calibration of the leone currency, Central Bank Governor Kelfala Murana Kallon …
Read More »Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of looted Benin Bronzes
Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of hundreds of artefacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were looted and removed from Africa more than 120 years ago – an accord that Nigerian officials hope will prompt other countries to follow suit. A …
Read More »Shell suspends plan to sell Nigerian onshore oil assets
Shell Plc said it has suspended its plans to sell its onshore oil assets in Nigeria, responding to a Supreme Court suit over oil leak appeal filed by a community in Bayelsa State. The oil major had announced its plans of divestment in May 2021. It was subsequently sued by …
Read More »Insecurity: Do not travel to Nigeria – Canada warns citizens
The Canadian authorities have issued travel advisories to its citizens travelling to Nigeria. According to the authorities, Canadian citizens should not travel to Nigeria unless it is extremely necessary to do so. “Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk …
Read More »Zimbabwe to open new US$160m Parliament built for free by China
The infrastructure footprints of China is a long drawn subject for analysts of geopolitics. It is widely believed that the Asian giant’s power and prowess on the continent is linked to the efforts it sinks into developing public and private infrastructure across the continent. China has in recent years, built …
Read More »Nigeria missing 2022 World Cup is a big blow – Sadio Mane
Senegal and Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane says it is a big blow Nigeria did not qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar following the array of talents the West African country has. The Super Eagles were eliminated on the away goals rule following a 1-1 draw with …
Read More »Court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail again
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) lost the move to regain freedom. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court rejected Kanu’s application seeking to grant him bail. The IPOB leader sought the court’s permission to discharge the earlier order revoking his bail. Justice …
Read More »Okocha, Drogba, Demba Ba, Toure: Africa’s greatest free transfers of all time
Which of the continent’s star players achieved great things after moving on a free transfer? Jay-Jay Okocha Surely Africa’s greatest free agent of all time, Okocha went from being Africa’s most expensive player when he signed for Paris Saint-Germain in 1998 to moving to Bolton Wanderers for nothing four years …
Read More »Nigerian arrested in Germany over deadly knife attack; 1 dead, 5 injured
A 31-year-old man has been detained in southwestern Germany, accused of stabbing several people in a shelter for asylum seekers. One man was killed and at least five people were injured in the knife attack late on Sunday, police said on Monday. The Nigerian man, also a resident at the …
Read More »How Pastor’s son allegedly butchered girlfriend, dumped remains near river in Abuja
The son of a pastor allegedly killed and dismembered the body of his girlfriend, simply identified as Anita, and dumped her remains near a river in Abuja, SaharaReporters exclusively gathered on Sunday. SaharaReporters on Monday, June 20, 2022, reported how the remains of an unidentified young woman were packed inside …
Read More »Missing former Nigerian diplomat found dead in US
Police in Tuckahoe, New York, United States, have found the body of a former Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Ejeviome Otobo. The 70-year-old, AMB Ejeviome Eloho Otobo was declared missing by Police in Tuckahoe, New York in United States of America. It was learnt that Ejeviome Otobo went missing on Wednesday, June …
Read More »‘My body, my choice’: Anger over US Supreme Court anti-abortion ruling
Hundreds of protesters descended on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v Wade precedent that recognised women’s constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to vastly change American life with …
Read More »South African police investigate nightclub deaths
South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people in a nightclub. The victims were found strewn across floors and tables the Enyobeni Tavern in the coastal town of East London. The bodies were taken to mortuaries, where post-mortem examinations – including toxicology tests – will …
Read More »Gabon and Togo join the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at the closing session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It follows formal expressions of interest by …
Read More »22 killed in East London nightclub
Twenty-two people have been found dead at an East London nightclub. The horrific scene unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning with frantic messages requesting police, metro and ambulance assistance at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park. Daily Dispatch reporters are on the scene but the images are not fit …
Read More »Liberian ex-fighter charged in US over civil war
A man from Liberia who had sought asylum in the US has been charged with, among other crimes, fraudulently attempting to obtain US citizenship. Moses Wright was a former commanding general of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) during the country’s civil war, and according to the indictment he was …
Read More »Tears flow as Catholic priest murdered
A piece of news that would sadden the heart of many is that suspected terrorists have murdered another Catholic priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, in Kaduna state. Vanguard reports that the incident happened at Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm. A statement by Rev …
Read More »Four killed in suspected Cape Town gang shootings
It’s been a bloody week in Cape Town as four people have been killed in what is believed to be gang-related incidents. On Friday morning, Steenberg police attended to a crime scene in Hek Street, Lavender Hill, where according to reports, a 39-year-old man was shot and wounded. The victim …
Read More »The priceless Nigerian sculpture stuck with UK police
The 24th of January 2017 was a cold, foggy day in London. At midday John Axford, of the auctioneers Woolley and Wallis, was in his office in upmarket Mayfair, waiting to meet a visitor from Belgium who wanted to show him a sculpture. “He produced this particularly beautiful piece,” said …
Read More »Zimbabwe lobbies to rejoin Commonwealth
Zimbabwe at the ongoing Commonwealth summit in Rwanda continued with lobbying for readmission 18 years after it was thrown out of the body over allegations of human rights abuses. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government submitted an application on May 15, 2018 to re-join the grouping of 54 countries, a year after …
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