At least ten students of the Gyaama Pensan Senior High School in the Ashanti region have been hospitalized after they sustained injuries during a demonstration against the headmaster of the school Monday. The Over 700 students who are taking part in the demonstration are demanding the removal of the head teacher Kwadwo Boakye Yiadom. The irate students have vandalized some ...

A Nigeria woman gave birth on board a flight after she went into labour a week earlier than her delivery date. Toyin Ogundipe delivered her son, Jake, in mid-air about 35,000 feet above sea level. The 41-year-old and her daughter, 4, were aboard an Air France flight heading to New York. She is a banker resident in the United Kingdom ...

Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday. The crash of a private Huey helicopter in rugged terrain near Raton, New Mexico, on Wednesday evening killed Bennett, 60, along with his wife, ...

Chelsea have refuted claims they may have breached transfer regulations when signing young players from overseas. The Guardian reported on Thursday that world governing FIFA had pinpointed 25 cases after carrying out an investigation into the club’s recruitment of players aged under 18. According to the newspaper, FIFA’s transfer matching system (TMS) examined incoming deals involving the Premier League club ...

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday he does not know if he will seek re-election in 2019 and the decision is personal and also for Nigerians. Buhari, 75, was speaking in a radio interview. He was elected in 2015 but spent much of 2017 in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment that left him visibly ...

JOSE MOURINHO says he has no idea why Alexis Sanchez is not a Manchester United player. Old Trafford officials have been working to complete a deal with Arsenal for the £35million-rated Chile forward, with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan going the other way in part-exchange. Mourinho has made it clear that he wanted Sanchez in his plans for the trip to Turf ...

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick will become a billionaire, after investors agreed to take a large stake in the ride-hailing firm. A consortium led by Japan’s Softbank is buying a chunk of the company from existing shareholders as well as new Uber shares in a $9.3bn (£6.7bn) deal. Mr Kalanick, who stepped down as chief executive in June, is selling $1.4bn ...

Brazil legend Pele is in hospital after collapsing on Thursday with exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). Pele – the only player to win three World Cups – “has undergone a series of tests which appear to point to severe exhaustion”, said ...

Cruiserweight boxer Braimah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, has declared that he will no longer fight in Ghana but would rather campaign overseas because he had lost the love of the people and no longer felt safe. Kamoko, 37, suffered the first loss of his career on October 21 after losing to Bastie Samir in a non-title fight at the Bukom ...

If you are a participant of #ThirstTrapTuesday you could find yourself in big trouble in Tanzania. According to a report by Pulse live.co.ke the Tanzanian government has banned the posting of ‘nude pictures’ on social media. It appears the ban is currently aimed at the countries’ entertainment personalities. The report states that the Music Regulatory Board of Tanzania has summoned ...