Despite missing out on the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Nigeria’s Super Eagles are ahead of Ghana’s Black Stars in the latest FIFA world rankings. The Super Eagles were rated 30th on FIFA’s March rankings, which were revealed on Thursday. Ghana’s Black Stars are ranked 60th in the world, whereas Senegal’s …
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32 year old man rapes 75 year old grandmother to death in Nigeria
A 32-year-old, Iliya Musa, has allegedly raped a 75-year-old grandmother to death in Adamawa State in Nigeria. SaharaReporters further learnt that the incident happened last Saturday in Maduguva community in the Mubi North Local Government Area. Samuel Adamu, who is the son of the rape victim, said, “The rapist come …
Read More »Lighting kills four in Ondo community
Four youths have lost their lives in Ago-Dada in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following a lightning strike in the community. The incident was said to have occurred during a rainstorm in the community. A source in the village said the killing of the young boys sparked …
Read More »Mozambican teenager buried in November 2021 ‘resurrects,’ returns home
A village in northern Mozambique has been thrown into a state of surprise after a teenager buried in November last year resurfaced. Eurélia Manuel Benjamim, was presumed dead and buried in her home village of Lindi late last year. She said she never died and had gone to work on …
Read More »Bathabile Dlamini gets 4 years in jail or R200 000 fine
The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has imposed a R200 000 fine or four years in prison, with half of either of the two suspended, for ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini. She was sentenced on Friday morning. This comes after Magistrate Betty Khumalo found Dlamini guilty of perjury for lying under oath …
Read More »Faulty traffic lights endanger lives of school children at Sofoline
Pupils of the Prempeh Primary School risk their lives daily on their way and back from school while crossing the Sofoline-Abuakwa Highway in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. This is due to the faulty traffic lights which have not worked in over two years. Some of the traffic …
Read More »VIDEO: FIFA World Cup 2022: Everything you need to know about April 1 draw
There are three slots yet to be filled to complete the set of teams that will be in Qatar later this year for the FIFA World Cup. But whiles those three candidates are keenly awaited, football’s world governing body, FIFA, will go ahead with the draw of the competition. That …
Read More »13 bodies of women, children recovered from Niger state boat mishap
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has expressed grief as many people drowned in Guni-Zumba River while fleeing terrorists attacks in Guni and Kurgbaku communities in Munya local government area of the state. Recall that the victims including women and children were said to have drowned while trying to …
Read More »Reopening date for first year SHS students remains April 4 – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has emphasized that there has been no change in the reopening date for Form One Senior High School (SHS) students First years are therefore to report on Monday, April 4, 2022, as earlier communicated. Reports have circulated that the date has been shifted following some …
Read More »Abia 2023: Anyaogu reveals rationale behind his gubernatorial ambition
Abia 2023: Anyaogu reveals rationale behind his gubernatorial ambition A gubernatorial hopeful from Abia State, Chief James Okereke Anyaogu, has adduced the rationale behind his ambition to become governor of Abia state come 2023. He also frowned the alleged politics of godfatherism being witnessed in the state which he posited, …
Read More »20 residents fleeing bandits’ attack drown in Niger
About 20 people have drowned in the Guni-Zumba river while escaping attacks by bandits in Niger State. The victims which included women and children from Guni in Munyan Local Government were said to have lost their lives on Wednesday morning. In a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, a …
Read More »Students injured as inter-schools competition ends in brutal fight
Scores of students have been left injured following a clash during an inter-school gala competition at Sehwi Kwasikrom. This year’scompetition in the Amoaya circuit in the Bodi District of the Western North region did not end peacefully as some youth from the host community, Sehwi Kwasikrom, engaged in a fight …
Read More »WARNING: 3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases that are more dangerous than HIV/AIDS
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diseases that many people are aware of but are not fully aware of the repercussions or how badly they will affect their lives. These infections are generally acquired through sexual contact. According to mayoclinic.com, the bacteria, viruses or parasites that …
Read More »Abuja-Kaduna Train Bombing: 9 killed, dozens missing; survivors recount ordeal
Nigeria is in mourning following the Monday night bombing of the Kaduna-bound train by hundreds of terrorists. The train was forced to a halt after the terrorists planted bombs on the tracks. Witnesses said the attackers later surrounded most of the coaches and opened fire before they forcefully gained access, …
Read More »NAGRAT hoping for 15% salary increment in State of the Nation address
Ahead of the State of the Nation address today, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has said it is hoping for a salary increase announcement from the President. Speaking to Citi News, the President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu, explained that considering the economy, social and worsening …
Read More »Lady dies in Abuja hotel, brother accuses management of cover-up, slams police
A 21-year-old lady, Esther Isaac, has died in a hotel in the Federal Capital Territory. The victim reportedly lodged in Room 901 on February 25, 2022, at the Agete Hotel in the Gwarinpa area of the FCT. Her brother, Emmanuel, who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, accused the police …
Read More »Young Female Doctor killed in terrorists’ bombing
The gunmen were said to have blown up the rail track after which they launched an attack on the passengers. A young medical doctor, Megafu Chinelo, who was killed on Monday in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack was meant to travel out of the country on Friday, one of her friends …
Read More »29-year-old female lawyer killed
A 29-year-old lawyer identified as Farida Sule Mohammed, was among those killed in the terrorist attack on a train along Abuja-Kaduna route on Monday March 28. The deceased, said to be the daughter of the National Organizing Secretary of People’s Redemption Party, Mallam Sule Mohammed, was confirmed dead by her …
Read More »Police rescue four-year-old abducted girl
The police in Akwa Ibom State said they have rescued a four-year-old girl abducted from her school in the state. The police identified the girl’s school as Methodist Township Primary School in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, SP Odiko Macdon, …
Read More »Nyieso MP donates 1100 dual desks and 20 computers to GES
The Member of Parliament for Nyieso constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Stephen Amoah has donated 1100 dual desks and 20 computers to the Education Directorate to be distributed among schools in the area. The donation, according to him, forms part of his efforts towards promoting quality education in the …
Read More »Gunmen attack Nigeria train with nearly 1,000 passengers
The Kaduna State government in northern Nigeria confirmed reports of an attack on a train shuttling between the state and the capital Abuja, late Monday, March 28, 2022,. Local media outlets reported that gunmen had abducted an unknown number of passengers from the train which at the time was within …
Read More »Family of 4 killed after car plunges into dam
A family of four died on Monday after the car they were travelling in lost control and plunged into a dam on the R30 in Allanridge, the Free State. Free State police have opened a culpable homicide case. The victims, Lutsha Mbato, 33, Thabisa Sikhumba-Mabatu, 34, and their two daughters …
Read More »Another opposition planned #ENDSARS protest maybe underway – FG
The Federal Government has accused the opposition of plans to sabotage the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and overheat the polity. It claimed that the opposition was trying to trigger another END SARS protest in the country. It also faulted attempt by the opposition to declare the National Convention of …
Read More »GIJ SRC considers re-joining NUGS after exiting last year
The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after exiting the mother student body last year. GIJ exited NUGS last year because it felt the association was not playing its role with regard to issues at …
Read More »Garden City University College inducts 1,996 fresh students
The Garden City University College at Kenyase in the Kwabre East in the Ashanti region has inducted 1,996 fresh students for the 2021/22 academic year into the university. The students, including foreign nationals, are to pursue diplomas, degrees and masters programmes in nursing, business and communication. The matriculation ceremony was held …
Read More »Free TVET kicks off in April
The Education Ministry has announced that the Free Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative introduced by the Government will start this academic year. According to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Coordinator, the Ministry, Mr William Darkwah, all qualified candidates who chose to pursue TVET at any government-approved …
Read More »Two killed after car crashes
Two men died after their car crashed while allegedly trying to flee from the police on Inanda Road, near Durban, on Saturday afternoon. According to KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, on Saturday police officers from Phoenix received information of a vehicle with five occupants, who had allegedly committed a …
Read More »Four okada riders pursuing PoS robbers shot dead
No fewer than four commercial motorcyclists and residents of the Omi Adio area of Ibadan, the Oyo State’s capital who were said to be chasing some fleeing armed robbers have been reportedly shot dead. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Friday after the hoodlums who raided some Point …
Read More »Two arrested for trying to hijack a fuel tanker
Free State police arrested two foreign nationals for attempting to hijack a fuel tanker on the N5, outside Paul Roux, at midnight on Thursday. The men, aged 35 and 44, are expected to appear in the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They face charges of attempted truck hijacking and another …
Read More »Why Africa prints money in Europe
At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. DW examines what prompts them to outsource their currency production. Last July, a delegation from The Gambia visiting the Nigerian Central Bank asked if the Gambian dalasi could …
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