Zambia’s Police assistant director for legal and professional standards, Charity Chanda announced the country’s policewomen are to henceforth restrict from wearing miniskirts to maintain professional standards. Mrs Chanda noted there’s a prescribed length for women’s attire. She stated this in an event where the country’s Police Service Commission chairperson Peter Chingaipe addressed officers in the […]

14-year-old schoolgirl, Chadia Nishimwe was brutally caned by a teacher on the neck and legs in a school in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. The girl according to BBC died in class after which she was taken to the head teacher’s office. Her father, Jean-Marie Misago told BBC the beating caused her to bleed from nose and […]

…To stop government-issued cellphones for public servants …Ministers, MECS, Mayors to travel economy class on local trips South Africa’s Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni during the mid-term budget speech was reported to have related measures the government is taking to ensure its economy does not get caught up in a debt trap. Mr Mboweni told the […]

A squatter, Bill Gertos was in the process of adding at least $1 million to his name if he could find a buyer for his 3-bedroom residential property in Sydney, New South Wales. Gertos, a property and tax agent got the house for nothing. According to reports, he was in search for property in the […]

Germany’s unemployment rate rose more than expected in October, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that a manufacturing crisis in Europe’s largest economy is spilling over to the labour market. Data from the Federal Labour Office showed the number of people out of work increased by 6,000 to 2.287 million in seasonally adjusted terms. That compared […]

Two U.S. State Department officials will testify before House of Representatives investigators in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Wednesday while lawmakers prepare to weigh rules formalizing the impeachment process ahead. Ukraine specialists Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson are set to appear before  House committees a day after a senior White House official […]

Belgian police found 12 migrants alive in a refrigerated truck at a motorway parking area in northern Belgium on Wednesday after the driver alerted authorities, a federal police spokeswoman said. ALSO READ: Vietnam says trying to speed up identification of UK truck dead The driver, who was transporting fruit and vegetables, called the police who found […]

16-year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg turned down an environmental award and £40,000 (N18.6 million) in prize money by the Nordic Council. The Swedish campaigner revealed this in an Instagram post while appreciating the acknowledgement of the Council. Revealing why she turned down the award, the teenager said: “What we need is for our politicians and […]

A man was seen on YouTube falling down Mount Fuji, one of the highest peak islands in the world while live-streaming himself climbing. In the YouTube video titled “Let’s Go to Snowy Mt Fuji” the man identified as TEDZU was seen panting.  He said; “I’m rushing to the peak”. Japan’s police said they have found […]

The assassination of Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could lead to the reinvigoration of the movement under a more radical and less reclusive leader, a top U.S. official said. Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chas Freeman made this known in an interview with Sputnik. On Sunday, President […]

The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri was forced to resign by protesters who took to the street to express their dissatisfaction at the corruption state and inequality. Following the al-Hariri’s resignation, the Lebanese army urged the protesters to lift roadblocks so that activities could return to normal following the 13 days of demonstrations that […]

…company says own research reveals no asbestos Andreas Saldivar, a laboratory expert hired by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says his findings revealed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Baby powder. Saldivar operates AMA Analytical Services Inc, a private lab in Maryland, United States. He conducted the research under a contract with […]

Vaz blamed an unspecified political crisis which he said had paralyzed state institutions and functioning of government. A few days ago, the Prime Minister, Aristide Gomes, denounced what he called a coup attempt. And on Saturday, the police violently stopped an attempt by the opposition to demonstrate, killing one person and injuring several others. This […]

A 12-year-old prodigy has won a spot at university to study public administration in Ghana Viemens Bamfo is the youngest out of nearly 3,000 students who have just been enrolled at The University of Ghana. He passed entrance exams with flying colours after being home-schooled by his father Robert Bamfo. READ ALSO: Over 500,000 spaces […]

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Canberra would hold China to account on issues such as human rights, insisting that staying quiet on sensitive issues is not in Australia’s national interests. Relations between Canberra and its most important trading partner have deteriorated in recent years amid accusations that China is meddling in Australian domestic affairs. […]