An Abuja-based businessman identified as Hussaini Aliyu Takuma has been murdered and dumped inside a well around his farm at Jeda village in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Kuje Police Divisional Headquarters, FCT, had on Saturday, exhumed the body of Hussaini, which was taken …

  The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a sex worker, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her room, reports Thecitypulsenews. According to our source, one of the suspects patronised Saliu and after having sex with her, …

Pope Francis has apologised to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan for postponing his July visits to the two countries indefinitely for health reasons. He had planned to visit the DR Congo cities of Kinshasa and Goma on 2 to 5 July before travelling to the South Sudanese …

The Nigerian government has issued new guidelines for the operations of social media multinationals in the country including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other platforms. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) late on Monday issued the new regulations for the interactive platforms in Nigeria. A statement signed by NITDA spokesperson, …

The Catholic Diocese of Ondo State has said that the victims of terrorists’ attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State would be given a funeral mass on Friday. The church disclosed this in a pamphlet seen by SaharaReporters. According to …

The London-Lagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju, has been conferred the Are Aniyikaiye of Offa Land in his state of origin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Adeyanju announced the reception of the chieftaincy title conferred on him by the Olofa of Offa on his verified Twitter page on Monday. The member of Rotary Club …

Some 35 staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have reportedly contracted the COVID-19 virus. According to sources at the hospital, 70 percent of the 35 infected staff got the virus from within the hospital while 30 percent of the infections came from outside the health facility, asaaseradio.com reports. A …

Students of St Paul’s Senior High School ( SHS) at Kwawu Asakraka in the Kwawu South Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently on the edge as snakes and bedbugs take over the school. Speaking to Adom News‘ Akwasi Dwamena, the students stressed that they are suffering because the school doesn’t …

Gunmen who abducted three pastors on their way to a crusade in Kogi State, Nigeria have demanded a ransom of N80 million for their release. The clerics were reportedly kidnapped on Friday along the Ochadamu-Okele-Ejule Road in the Ofu Local Government Area of the state while going to minister at …

Scores of students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi have reportedly been rushed to the hospital following an incident with police. According to a 3news report sighted by GhanaWeb, some students of the school early on Monday morning blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road to protest the absence of …

Two security guards have been arrested in connection with a business robbery in which they allegedly used their service firearms to rob a petrol station in Mpumalanga. The security guards, aged 30 and 40, allegedly robbed an employee at Majuba King Petroleum in Bethal on Saturday. “According to our information, …

Numbers of Covid-19 cases are rising again in East Africa even as countries bank on vaccinations to prevent another round of restrictions. Over the past one month, Kenya’s positivity rate has risen from zero to more than five percent, the level which the World Health Organisation (WHO) often considers threatening. …

Mu’ammar Al-Qadhdh?f? died on October 20, 2011, and this is the untold truth about his death. What was the Trigger? In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then-President of the African Union, proposed to African countries that they transition to a new currency, the gold dinar, which would be independent of the US …

The 39-year-old father of the three Ratanda brothers who died after they consumed poison-laced energy drinks has died, police said on Sunday. According to police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili , he died on Friday while still in hospital. He was admitted after attempting to take his life and had been under …

A pastor was captured in a video holding a gun in church whiles preaching. In the video, he was heard telling the congregation that he got the riffle in 1994 as he showed the church his license. He noted that although the license has expired he was going to renew …

Police in Dar es Salaam is searching for a Chinese national Zheng Lingyao, 42, who is accused of killing Fu Nannan, 26, a fellow countryman. The incident occurred on Saturday June 11, at 11:45pm, in Kalenga Street, Ilala according to the statement issued by the Dar es Salaam Special Zone …

The National Service Secretariat has announced the postings of some 10,975 nurses and midwives to undertake their mandatory national service for the year, 2022/2023. The NSS in a statement issued on June 9, 2022 disclosed the newly-trained nurses and midwives have been posted to various health facilities in the country …

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY 12TH JUNE, 2022 1.Fellow Nigerians, Today, June the 12th marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate …

A Ghanaian lady identified as Davidal Kobi has graduated from the Ashesi University with first-class honours after being on the list of the Dean throughout her study period. Davidal did not just graduate with first-class honours but according to edwardasare.com, she has landed a job with investment bank, Goldman Sachs …

The Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra says the government is owing the facility a whopping GHC5 million in COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking to GHOne News, the Chief Executive Officer of the facility, Dr. Opoku-Ware Ampomah stated that a lot of factors are affecting the operation of the hospital including …

Fatou Terema Jeng was overcome with emotion when she first saw her photographs in the grounds of a museum called The Memory House. But it was not the usual despair and sadness she feels when she thinks about what she said was done to her family by the Yahya Jammeh …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has implored the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to be measured in their expectations as they continue to engage the government on their conditions of service. The university lecturers in January this year embarked on strike over what they described as worsening condition …

At least two people were killed and another injured during sectional clashes between the Ibahure and Lohutok villages of Lafon County, Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan on Wednesday, local officials said. The youths from Ibahure village are said to have launched an early morning attack on Lomuloro village in …

The government has started distributing subsidised inputs to cashew farmers in its efforts to meet its target of producing 400,000 tonnes in the next season and 700,000 tonnes by 2025. Government aims at increasing the use of sulphur powder, liquid pesticide and motorised sprayers following evidence that increased application of …

Master Odonkor Abednego, 14, pupil of Nsuta Dahomey D/A Basic School, a village in Fanteakwa South District in Eastern Region of Ghana has been diagnosed of Respiratory Papillomatosis by the Ear ,Nose and Throat (ENT) unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 2015. However, treatment of his condition has …

The first batch of national IDs which were issued by the National Identification Authority (NIDA) in 2013 are set to expire from next year (2023) As it has emerged, citizens will have to pay Sh20,000 each when renewing their National IDs, unlike in the past when they were issued free …

Parts of Amanin M/A Primary School in the Offinso municipality in the Ashanti Region have collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday. A teacher of the school stated that due to the poor condition of the building, the pupils were asked to leave as soon as the weather became cloudy. …

Albinism, caused by a lack of melanin, the pigment that colours skin, hair and eyes, is a genetic anomaly that concerns hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, particularly in Africa. Ahead of International Albinism Awareness Day on Monday, AFP looks at the specificities of a very visible condition …

Founder of Sabash Herbal Centre, Dr Kwaku Sarbah, has asserted that, no matter how much foreplay one has with a lady, it will never match the pleasure of sexual intercourse. According to him, it’s important for men to also have sex even after extreme foreplay to conclude love making process. …

The 24-year-old attacking midfielder was on his way home for club duties after representing his country in an international friendly Algeria and USM Alger attacker Billel Benhammouda has died after being involved in a road accident. The 24-year-old was on his way home after playing for the national team in …