Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for calling for fighters to join its effort to repel Russia’s invasion, warning that recruiting mercenaries or even volunteers breached its laws. In a statement Thursday evening, Senegal’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the Ukrainian ambassador after reading, “with astonishment”, an embassy Facebook …

Popular Guinean singer and rapper, Mousse Sandiana Kaba, popularly known as Grand P, has engaged his longtime girlfriend, Eudoxie Yao. In a video clip that was shared on Instagram by the rapper’s girlfriend, Grand P went on his knees with a ring to propose to her. According to Tuco.co.ke, Grand …

Paying for sex is prevalent among African men with 1 in 10 of them using the services of sex workers, suggests new research. Researchers from the University of Montreal in Canada and Imperial College London also found that men who pay for sex are 50% more likely to be HIV-positive …

A 15-year-old boy died after being stabbed in the stomach during a violent altercation with a fellow pupil outside a Durban school on Friday. KwaZulu-Natal police said a case of murder was being investigated by the Pinetown police following the incident. “It is alleged that at approximately 14:45 a male, …

The grievances of the members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have been resolved and all will be returning to the lecture halls to continue teaching, a National Executive Committee (NEC) member has said. Dr Asare Asante-Annor, who is the National Secretary of UTAG, told Alfred Ocansey on TV3‘s News 360 on Friday, …

As hundreds of Nigerians in Ukraine are struggling to return home, about 115 young men, recently, offered to join Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The men, who besieged the Ukraine Embassy in Abuja, also put down their names in a register provided by the embassy, Guardian reports. The Second …

The unbearable pain of losing a whopping sum of money running into millions to scammers has compelled a young Nigerian man to commit suicide. Daniel Ayuba Mark, according to reports, took his own life after scammers infiltrated his sports betting account and ripped him off. The deceased who advocates for …

Government will from this year, expand the free Senior High School (SHS) programme to cover public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution first year students, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. President Akufo-Addo who emphasised investments in the educational sector as being a key priority of his …

The Nigerian government has approved a United States extradition request for embattled former top cop, Abba Kyari, local media outlets have reported. The development means he will be facing criminal charges in the US after federal authorities asked for his possible extradition months back. The case in the United States …

Some people online have expressed anger after footage emerged of a group of Nigerian governors’ wives celebrating the first lady’s birthday, apparently in Dubai. Aisha Buhari’s birthday was on 17 February, when she turned 51, but the video has only just emerged. It is not clear when it was filmed. …

Police in the North West are investigating a double murder case after the bodies of a woman, 48, and her son, 10, were discovered in their home in Letlhabile. According to police, neighbours called the brother of the victim on 25 February after they noticed a foul smell coming from …

A Nigerian couple have reportedly died in their car during sexual intercourse along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. At the moment, we can’t tell what actually killed them but reports have it that they have been dead for the past two days now. Social media users who have come across this video …

Four people were shot dead in a massive shootout on the Higginson Highway bridge over the N2, near Chatsworth in Durban on Wednesday afternoon. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said they responded to multiple complaints regarding a shooting incident. “On the scene, paramedics found an active crime scene, [and] members …

KwaZulu-Natal High Court Judge Isaac Madondo has ordered that the coronation of Prince Misuzulu KaZwelithini, the Zulu king in waiting, can go ahead. The ruling came after Zulu princesses Ntandoyenkosi Zulu and Ntombizosuthu Zulu-Duma applied for an interdict to stop the coronation process of Prince Misuzulu. They claimed that the …

The US Treasury department has identified and sanctioned a group of people it alleges are Isis organisers and financiers based in SA. On Tuesday, the US department of the Treasury said its office of foreign assets control (Ofac) had designated four Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) and Isis-Mozambique …

Six pupils from Assin Dawomako D/A Basic School in the Assin South District of the Central Region escaped death after a nine-unit abandoned dilapidated school building collapsed. Information gathered revealed that the pupils were hiding in the building during heavy rainfall when the building collapsed and nearly killed them. The …

Wives of some Nigerian governors were reported to have traveled to Dubai to present a cake to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari. The video which has since gone viral was posted on the official Instagram page of Reno Omokri, a former special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, March …

Some nurses across the country are seething with rage over the government’s delay in the release of their February salary. According to the nurses, the situation has become unbearable for many health workers since salary for the month ending February has not been released. “Many a time, as government workers …

Some teacher unions, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) are livid over the delay in the payment of their February 2022 salary. NAGRAT president Angel Carbonu confirmed to journalists at a press conference that they were yet to receive their February salary. …

A video has surfaced online showing two women acting strangely after alighting from a car. The incident occurred in the Nigerian city of Enugu. According to accounts, the two ladies attended a party and were picked up by an SUV in the middle of the day. However, the females began …

The military junta in Burkina Faso has approved a three-year transitional plan to prepare the country for a return to democracy. A government committee had proposed a two-and-half year transition period, but the current duration means junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba will be in charge for 36 months before the …

Students are once again bearing the brunt of the seemingly undecided end to the UTAG strike. This comes after some universities voted against the suspension of the strike by the National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC of UTAG had earlier urged lecturers to resume teaching ahead of the referendum results …

A five-year-old Early Childhood Development pupil slipped and drowned in the Mukuvisi river on Friday, February 25 on her way to school in Waterfalls, Zimbabwe. She was in the company of her Grade 7 sister and maid. Harare police spokesperson, Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident. “It is very unfortunate …

The Governing Council of University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) is calling on the government to immediately withdraw the appointment of its Chairman, Nana Ofori Ansah I, following accusations that his actions have thrown the University into a state of chaos. In a statement issued and signed by the President-UTAG and …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to WAEC, a total of 572,167 candidates took part in the 2021 BECE, with 287,730 of them being males and 284,437 being females. A statement by WAEC released on February …

One person was killed and 22 others seriously injured at a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in the Zimbabwean Midlands city of Kwekwe on Sunday. The CCC supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears, machetes, iron bars and stones. The incident happened while opposition leader Nelson Chamisa …

Two suspected robbers were killed and two arrested in an attempted cash delivery van heist on the R42 in Delmas, Mpumalanga, on Monday. “According to the police report, a cash delivery van with two security guards was attacked by a group of heavily armed suspects. “The suspects then tried to …

At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in skirmishes at an opposition party rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, on Sunday. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears, machetes, iron bars and stones. One man was stabbed to …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is demanding the immediate shutdown of the University of Ghana, Legon (UG), if the school’s lecturers are not ready to return to the lecture halls. Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, February 27, UG’s branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) …

The University of Ghana, UG, branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG, has rejected the call for academic work to commence on Monday, February 28, 2022. According to a release signed by Prof Ransford E.V. Gyampo, Secretary UG-UTAG, lecturers of the University of Ghana cannot comply with an …